I have a question about dressing for an interview

I have my first one in 14 years coming up this week and I am wondering if any of you can help.

The position is for an Electronic Maintenance Technician. I talked to the manager who will be interviewing me and he said that he likes to spend about 2 to 2 1/2 hours with people. I am getting the feeling that we will be doing more than sitting around yapping.

This is for a position with a government contractor at NASA.

Of course I'm not going there in a suit, but I am not sure if I should dress casual, short sleeve, long sleeve, jeans, khakis, polo? I'm lost on some things..lol.

I guess the one without the tie and coat would be ok for a 2 hour interview.

should be fine. :hi:

would be appropriate, if you are not willing to wear a suit.

I think for an interview, unless you are specifically told that the dresscode is business casual just casual, that you should wear in a suit.

We always dress 'one level above the client' and the same level as the higher ups in our company.

Of course, this is major PR with some very heavy hitters, so we have to put out a good vibe.

Anyway. Good luck. :hi:

an advantage to be the most formally-dressed person in the room.

I've been dealing with my #1 customer for sixteen years, and I KNOW that their dress code is a company-logo polo shirt, and furthermore we have such a close relationship that they wouldn't care if I showed up wearing a jockstrap and a feather. But I still NEVER visit them without wearing a suit. Including tie.

(Of course, it doesn't hurt my ability to "command" a meeting by being six-four and having long black hair and a commanding mustache, not to mention the two-colored eyes, the Tony Lama boots, and the confidence that comes from having been a musician.)

But even without that, yes, you should be the best-dressed person in the room. Doing so helps impress on the other people that you're serious about what's going on in that meeting.

Redstone

This is for a technician job working in the wind tunnel. He wants to spend over 2 hours and I know that will be more than just talking. Walking around in August in a suit for two hours will kill me..lol. They would be sticking me in the back of an ambulance within an hour.

That way you're a little more dressed up for the sit-down part, then if you end up wandering around the site post-yapping you can ditch the jacket in the interviewer's office, with his/her blessing.

wear brown dress shoes and a brown belt

if it was winter, I'd suggest a sport coat, but in summer it's optional too

polos, jeans and sneakers are for AFTER you get the job ;)

I think I may have that stuff available around here. I wasn't really getting ready for any interviews, this one just came up.

I work in an office now as an engineer, but I dress pretty half-assed casual. I don't think it would be right for an interview.

Seems not to have hurt, as I'm like 5/5 in my recent interviews (for job offers).

I'd at least go with a sport coat and tie with a pair of khakis. When I used to hire people, I never thought less of people who were "overdressed", but when they dressed too casually it made me a little tentative about hiring them (superficial I know, but those things do make an impression)