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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Leam Hall <leamhall@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word; font-family: sans-serif">Brian, thanks!<br /><br />I just sent in my acceptance of a verbal offer to Rackspace. That was <br />the one where I wore the Vibrams and pullover shirt. Since many people <br />came in wearing shorts and decorated t-shirts, I seemed to fit in.<br /><br />Leam<br /><br />On 07/10/2012 07:15 PM, Brian Stanaland wrote:<br />> Good luck on those. I enjoyed the thread you're talking about. I<br />> interviewed a couple of months ago where I wore black pants, charcoal<br />> jacket, pale blue shirt and "power" tie. During the interview one of the<br />> engineers, who was wearing shorts and flip flops, said "do people still<br />> wear suits to interviews?" It was pretty funny. I didn't get the job but<br />> it was because the company decided not to fill the position. I have<br />> another one tomorrow. This time I asked about the dress code. Before he<br />> could answer I told him I was asking because a lot of my stuff is still<br />> in storage and I wasn't sure where my suit was at. He said "nice jeans<br />> and a good shirt, whatever."<br />><br />> It's all about the culture of the company.<br />><br />> --Brian<br />><br />> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 5:07 PM, leam hall <leamhall@gmail.com<br />> <mailto:leamhall@gmail.com>> wrote:<br />><br />> All,<br />><br />> Some time back we had a discussion about suits and a couple weeks<br />> ago I posted a blog about 10 vital steps for job seekers. For those<br />> who don't know, I'm putting what was said to the test. When I wrote<br />> the blog post it was not just "what I've done before" but "what I'm<br />> doing right now". I have been interviewing with three different<br />> companies for a total of four different positions. The things I<br />> wrote about have made my interviews go very well and have guided me<br />> in the process.<br />><br />> For two of the three interviews I wore a nice suit that I purchased<br />> just for the job search. It's expensive, does its best to make me<br />> look good, and is tailor to my shapely form. At the other<br />> interview I knew the dress code was very casual so I wore cargo<br />> slacks, a polo shirt, and my Vibram 5 toes.<br />><br />> I'm keeping my fingers crossed and praying like made for clarity as<br />> offers may or may not be extended. At this stage I feel I've done<br />> the best job I can in presenting myself and look forward to the<br />> responses. For those of you on the ALE list who are considering a<br />> career move, this is a great place to find Off Topic but important<br />> information.<br />><br />> Thanks for your thoughts, and thanks for appreciating mine!<br />><br />> Leam<br />><br /><hr /><br />Ale mailing list<br />Ale@ale.org<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br />See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br /></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>