"The project manager of a top IT company in Pune felt distinctly put off when a candidate turned up for a job interview -- in a white floral-print shirt and a pair of jeans.
She felt that the casual dress indicated a casual attitude."
What crap! I have never come across a situation or heard of one first-hand where a person's dress caused a problem in an interview for a software job. Of course the MBA-type people probably have different codes since they live in a world of their own, but in the s/w world I would be very surprised to come across such people. And to tell you the truth I wouldn't want to work for a person who places so much importance on dressing.
In fact, if I were interviewing such a person he would be in immediate trouble... not for his clothes, but because I would expect someone who has attitude enough to wear floral shirts to be equally good technically. It's the normal, staid, conservative people who turn up in trousers and shirts and ties and polished shoes - only a person who is technically competent would feel confident enough to break conventions. And if the candidate is not technically good then he won't be hired anyway, regardless of how he dresses.
2 comments:
i think the case is not absolutely wrong... people are not measured just for their technical abilities... esp in IT companies, where in some sense of belongingness is tried to observed ... a normal shirt with a jeans might do ... but wearing a white floral shirt simply gives one a feeling of "me different" attitude ... where the team resonance is of more importance than his technical abilities, he'll be treated "out of ordinary" ... and might be selected out of the process. S/w companies hv grown and matured to a lot extent and they don't mind losing a highly tech mind, infact that guy could become over-qualified for the lot! (for instance i can guarentee... you are over qualified for most of the IT companies in india)
Is it difficult to tell that Chaos is an MBA? ;)
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