Today, my mother insisted I dress very smartly in suit attire for my first job interview at a hippy-style retail store. My interviewer wore a poncho. I didn't get the job. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had my first interview after weeks of applying everywhere, but I got turned away for being "inappropriately dressed" for the interview. I was wearing the smartest clothes I own. FML
Today, I had a job interview. I didn't have any clothes suitable for the interview, so I went to the store early and bought some there. After the interview, I went to return the clothes, because they were so expensive. The hiring manager saw me. FML
Today, I was kicked out of a job interview at a clothing store for "not dressing appropriately" for the occasion. I'd purchased my outfit from the same store just two days prior with my last $100. FML
Today, my friends gave me a complete makeover, which included clothes from their wardrobe, to prepare me for an upcoming job interview. I was then declined the position, because apparently, I "looked too wealthy" to need the job. FML
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Today, I was turned down from my dream job at a graphic design firm. Before the interview, concerned about my hobo style would not impress the company, I shaved, cut my long hair, and even bought a suit. They said I wasn't "free-spirited and creative enough." FML
Today, because my insane mother doesn’t want me getting a job to afford to move out and never see her again, she put my suit in the freezer last night so I couldn’t go to my 9 a.m. interview. I went in a t-shirt instead and they rejected me straight away for not "taking the interview seriously." FML
Today, I went shopping for a nice outfit to wear for a job interview. A fake job interview. One that I just made up so my mother would get off my case about finding a job. I don't know which is sadder, the fact that I can't get a job, or that my mother actually believed me about the interview. FML
Today, I had an interview for an office job. As a requirement, I had to show up dressed for the job. My friend has worked there for years and told me it was casual dress. I wore jeans and a blouse. Everyone else had on business suits. Obviously my friend doesn't know what casual means. FML
Today, my mom kissed me goodbye before I went to a big job interview. I got weird looks on the way there, but I figured it was just because I look like a massive douche in formal wear. Turns out my mom had smeared lipstick all over my chin. The person who finally let me know was my interviewer. FML
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emmagillespie24 11
That is so not your fault. You did the proper thing, and what any other interviewer would want. Next time you will get the job.
pradip 26
Dress appropriately, you cant be draped in a sari for an interview at the hooters.
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Comments (88)
gracehi 33
Ha ha! It's like that scene in "Step Brothers." "You showed up in tuxedos for a an interview for a job that requires you to clean toilettes."
NickaPLZ 26
******* love that scene. "Okay now the tuxedos seem kinda weird..."
Enslaved 38
I've heard you always dress one step above what the job's uniform is. Oh, and don't forget to bring your own pen to fill out the application. Looks good being prepared. (:
SuperDanielNL 23
So in a hippy style store, I should come in naked, caked in mud, with 6 feet long dreadlocks while high on Acid and tripping balls.
Enslaved 38
That all depends, what's their uniform? (:
buckdharma 38
Make sure Mr. Happy wears his bow tie.
docscientist 10
What's one step above a spacesuit?
Abdulis2cool 9
Master Chief's Armor
littlekellilee 45
Sometimes its not always clear, it seems the age of the suit is on the out depending in the company and industry. I had an interview at Microsoft and they said to not wear a suit unless you wanted "interviewee" looks all day. In my industry at least, which is software development, I'm told to never wear a suit, but business casual. It depends on the dress code of the company usually.
empath 20
It was your interview, she can insist all she wants to, you're old enough to dress yourself. Did she know where your interview was? At any other place she would just be advising you on making a good impression, I assume she's old enough to know from experience that hippies hate suits.
qirde_15 5
he's afraid u would get his job soon
karlcolt45 19
yeah well, that's just like, your opinion Mom
empath 20
You could have gone in there with Iron Butterfly playing your theme music, with a green tambourine in each hand, if you show up looking like a suit, you're still a suit.
melkymac101 17
Who still listens to there moms
pradip 26
You for sure didn't listen to your mom when she corrected your grammar.
provei 11
For the most part she was right. My school told us to wear a suit to any professional interview because it's always better to be overdressed than underdressed. Then again, my school expected us to be working at more professional places than a hippie store, so I guess that case is different.
willbur73q 7
You said yourself that they teach you to wear a sit on a Professional interview. This was a hippie retail store. I'm sure your school would not teach you to wear one to that.
JanisEvans 10
I don't think you didn't get the job because of your outfit. I've never rejected an applicant for overdressing. Only for underdressing.