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URGENT i have a interview in 3 hours what not to wear! jeans?

ok so i have a interview for a yard hand in the next 3 hours. The job entails managing incoming and outgoing stock, ordering and driving and forklift at times. Is it ok to wear say jeans with a long sleeve tee and black loafers/work shoes. Or should i get out my pin striped pants and white long sleeve italian shirt,(tie no tie?) also im wearing a standard black belt with a modest buckle.

please help me!!!!1
this is the company site
http://www.ritek.net.au/company.php
 
Forklift work? I would say wear your best pair of Lee jeans and tucked in flannel and you should be set.
 
All job interview questions shall henceforth be united under a single banner of truth!
 
Lysis said:
I have analyzed it and it is purely nerves. My mind just goes blank. Plus I am usually interviewed by 3-4 people in a room. This is because I am a software developer with a wide range of experience so there are a lot of people watching for me to slip up in their little niche of the IT world. :-/
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have you considered practicing interviewing? do you have a friend who knows your field who would be willing to mock interview you and help you analyse your performance afterwards?

practice makes perfect :)

alasdair
 
they say you should dress for the job you want not the job you are going for. Im leaning towards the dress pants and white long sleeve shirt
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help
 
heres the job description
this is a huge company and im going to HR what if there wearing a suit and im wearing jeans im fucked

xperienced Yard Hand with at least 2 years in similar position of loading and unloading goods. Critical attention to yard management and document control. Must have fork lift licence and ability to quality check and maintain receipt and delivery standards. Applicants should send resume to The HR Manager,
 
alasdairm said:
have you considered practicing interviewing? do you have a friend who knows your field who would be willing to mock interview you and help you analyse your performance afterwards?

practice makes perfect :)

alasdair
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My friends had some good advice - interview at companies you have no interest in working for. This way you get practice and don't care if they think you're a clod. LOL
 
alasdairm said:
even if the day-to-day dress code at the job is jeans, never wear jeans to an interview unless you are specifically told to.

alasdair
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thanks so much for the advice, i work my pin striped black pants (very nice by the way) and a crisp white long sleeve quality shirt, black belt with a not to show off buckle, i polished my loafers, put on a small amount of Giorgio Armani Acqua Di (less is more) and headed out the door.

I had all my certificates and a back up resume' in hand, in a black folder (not in a suit case) Got there 10 minutes early, a stern hand shake and a confident smile i walked into the interview room.

It started with small talk then they got down to business, i aced all the questions, and gave a small instance in where i excelled in that area and past job experience on all topics.

I didn't fidget with my hands sat straight up, remained confident eye contact with both of the interviewers. I was aware of what there body language was telling me and we had a few laughes.

They asked me what i knew about the company. I told them basically a brief over view off what i knew. (i looked on there website, because they are a big company) and researched what they did, there processes and company history. So when they asked me if i had any questions for them( for which i already knew the answer) i had one straight away.

all in all i did my research, dressed well, and radiated confidence, not egotistical.

what ever happens i did my best and im proud of myself at only 22.

thanks for everyone's help.
 
Why not try going to some interviews for jobs that you have no intention of accepting?

It could be great practice.
 
^ I'm an easy woman at the moment. Anything i can get, just going to throw myself out there and hope i don't make too much of a fool of myself.. maybe work on the old confidence a little:\

electicdoe said:
Yay i got the job and start tomorrow
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Congrats!
 
^ well yeah, after today i feel more confident. It's just a little hard to not fumble when you want something so bad. When you have been working somewhere for 4 years are retrenched with no notice, plan to move out in a week and need a job asap because there is nothing financially in your life to fall back on. No pressure at all...

It just shits me because i am so good at what i do! Just suck at interviews :(
 
Wow I'm in the process of interviewing for jobs right now and this thread came along at the perfect time! There are a lot of great tips in here. I don't have much practice interviewing so I've been reading all I can about the process.

Is it true that you're ALWAYS to emphasize that you're a 'team player?' I've been told that for any question involving leader vs. team player to emphasize team player, even if you're interviewing for a management position.
 
chicpoena said:
Wow I'm in the process of interviewing for jobs right now and this thread came along at the perfect time! There are a lot of great tips in here. I don't have much practice interviewing so I've been reading all I can about the process.

Is it true that you're ALWAYS to emphasize that you're a 'team player?' I've been told that for any question involving leader vs. team player to emphasize team player, even if you're interviewing for a management position.
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My job relies on working with teams (programming), so I always emphasize that. I'm not sure what field you're going in, but I think it translates to "good with people." That's why it's good for even management.

I think leader can translate to "bossy" unless you're interviewing for maybe an upper level management position. I think it depends on what job you apply for. For programming, "bossy" would probably not go over too well as programmers are really sensitive. =D
 
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