Career Services: Other Basics of Interviewing
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Dress for success.
Dressing correctly for an interview means wearing appropriate attire
for the field in which you are interviewing. This shows the interviewer
that you understand the position and take it seriously. In the business
world, suits are the norm --- usually in dark colors. The education
or non-profit world is less demanding in attire of its professionals.
Either way, it can be helpful to check with professionals that you
know in the field you are interested in to ensure that you are complying
with the dress that is appropriate. If you have any questions, call
Career Services!
Ethical and legal considerations.
It is illegal for a prospective employer to ask questions that
relate to race, gender, religion, marital status, or other personal
areas that do not have any bearing on your ability to do the job.
While employers might require certain personal information after
hiring, there is no legal reason that those questions should be
asked of a prospective employee if they have no bearing on that
person's ability to do their job. An interviewer may not intend
to break the law with certain questions --- they may not have the
experience to know what subjects to avoid. If you feel that an inappropriate
question has been asked, you can consider that the interviewer is
either uninformed, trying to put you on the spot, or may actually
be unethical. Examine whether or not this question was intentional
and then decide how you should handle it; either by sidestepping
the question, or, in a severe case, by confronting the interviewer
about the question.
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