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dude, worry less about your clothes and more about what comes out your mouth. just dress neat and comfortable. you don't have to be GQ. i doubt the interviewer will be some hot chic.
dude, worry less about your clothes and more about what comes out your mouth. just dress neat and comfortable. you don't have to be GQ. i doubt the interviewer will be some hot chic.
dude, worry less about your clothes and more about what comes out your mouth. just dress neat and comfortable. you don't have to be GQ. i doubt the interviewer will be some hot chic.
I've been lurking as a guest for a while. Got a lot of cool tips from this site. I have some invites even with weak GRE stats but strong research. Don't want to identify -- I'm superstitious.
Wow, never thought I'd see the day when SDNers would use objectifying language.
p.s. You misspelled "chick."
Yeah. Plus, I don't really think this was a particularly useless question. I've been wondering for awhile now what to wear to a "reception" and "informal dinner" during an interview weekend (any suggestions...?). While someone's intellect and fit with a program should matter way more than clothes, the truth of the matter is that they can have an impact.
As an example, I work at a university and have been involved in hiring decisions for a large research center. I'm not comfortable giving specific examples but I'll say that for some people, the way that a candidate chooses to dress can sway a decision in favor of another equally qualified individual. I don't like that this happens but it's a reality.
Yeah. Plus, I don't really think this was a particularly useless question.
I've been wondering for awhile now what to wear to a "reception" and "informal dinner" during an interview weekend (any suggestions...?). While someone's intellect and fit with a program should matter way more than clothes, the truth of the matter is that they can have an impact.
It IS possible to over dress. As I mentioned above, first interview... comments from grad students about my attire... feeling uncomfortable... it was bad. Just pack both and I agree, ask your host.
My first interview is Friday and I have been given the schedule and who I will be interviewing with.
I will have time to speak with the professors that I have not interviewed with for a period of time after my two one-on-one interviews, however, I was wondering if I should speak with other profs or if I should speak to my POI some more?
I am reading a few papers by both of the people I am interviewing with (my poi and another professor that after looking her up I find some of her work very closely related to my interests).
Let me know what you think!
I had my first interview about 10 days ago, and I had prepared myself to answer all kinds of interview-type questions. I got there and we simply talked about research the entire time (3 hours). I really enjoyed our conversation, and I think it went really well but it completely caught me off guard at first.
Maybe this is rare, but I just thought I should mention that it's a good idea to go in with some research ideas that you might implement if you are accepted into a certain lab.
Best of luck!
It IS possible to over dress. As I mentioned above, first interview... comments from grad students about my attire... feeling uncomfortable... it was bad. Just pack both and I agree, ask your host.
Whoa!!! You stressed out people really got carried away by my "chic" response. RELAX. This process is stressful, but relax and don't be so sensitive.
I wasn't saying show up in jeans, I just think he should worry more about the questions they could ask. I'd rather answer all questions brilliantly and wear jeans, than look GQ and can't answer any questions...
Could you please elaborate? What do you mean by the grad students made comments about your attire? Where they nice comments such as 'wow you look nice/elegant/etc' or not so nice comments that you were too dressed up (while they dressed casually)?
Without thinking of any constraints, what would your dissertation be? (Yes, sometimes it can get asked)
well, for some context, this interview was a bit of a s***show for me all around.
but i met with some grad students at my hotel before a casual dinner and was dressed up and they asked me if i had any jeans to change into and when i said i didn't they responded "oohh.." with awkward faces. then i got a couple other comments at the dinner from the other students. i just felt like "damn i wish i had some jeans."
oh wow. I am sorry that happened to you. Things like this you just can't predict. I will make sure to pack something more casual. Thank you for the reply
I know that in interviews that take place in work environments it is frowned upon to ask about payment and salary. With the advice being given to ask in-depth questions about funding, my concern is that those of us who might not be THE strongest candidate might be at a disadvantage when asking these types of questions. Specifically, I wouldn't want to give off the notion that I'm there primarily for the funding. Is this a valid concern? If so, in what ways can this be circumvented?
I would say just ask us grad students. You can ask some general questions of faculty but I wouldn't push them too hard. Students know better what it's like to live on our stipends and I can't imagine a student getting bothered by these questions unless you go WAY too far.
(p.s. I would say funding is and should be a big part of the decision making process. I don't think anyone would judge you for this unless it was all you talked about.)