What should I wear to an engineer interview for tech startup?

[baydude]

I usually wear a suit and tie for Fortune 500 companies but never interviewed at a startup before. Would a suit and n tie be suggested?

 

[core2slow]

Jean and a funny engineering-related tshirt.

 

[Cappuccino]

what is your role and expected salary? Also is this a troll question? Ofc you wear a suit and tie... what am I missing here? Are you suppose wear timberlands and a Gucci top hat?

 

[ElFenix]

short sleeve white button up shirt, black and red horizontal fat striped tie that is upturned and sticking out at the end

 

[Ns1]

dick in a box.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Star Trek bridge officers uniform. You can pick which franchise.

 

[Cappuccino]

Star Trek bridge officers uniform. You can pick which franchise.

might as well stick a Naruto headband too.

 

[Brian Stirling]

A Tuxedo with flip-flops...


Brian

 

[Matthiasa]

Unless told otherwise do as you have always done...

 

[brianmanahan]

Jean and a funny engineering-related tshirt.

make sure they are 7 for all mankind

 

[core2slow]

make sure they are 7 for all mankind

...and fitted, not loose.

Gotta accentuate that tight butt in case you get a few lady interviewers in the room.

 

[Sonikku]

If you go with the Star Trek suggestion please ensure you're wearing the relevant colors for Engineering (probably yellow) relative to the show you're working with. You're going to look like an amateur dressed in blue.

 

[madoka]

 

[Carson Dyle]

Shorts, sandals, open collar shirt.

 

[IronWing]

Clean underwear

 

[Carson Dyle]

Clean underwear

No underwear.

But a recent shower is a good idea.

 

[manly]

I usually wear a suit and tie for Fortune 500 companies but never interviewed at a startup before. Would a suit and n tie be suggested?

Definitely not.

what is your role and expected salary? Also is this a troll question? Ofc you wear a suit and tie... what am I missing here? Are you suppose wear timberlands and a Gucci top hat?

You're missing the words "tech startup."

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Not all tech startups are created equal. Contrary to popular belief, not all startups are full of permanently high tech hipsters wearing pajamas.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

If you go with the Star Trek suggestion please ensure you're wearing the relevant colors for Engineering (probably yellow) relative to the show you're working with. You're going to look like an amateur dressed in blue.

In TOS engineering was red, in TNG it was gold. You have to get that stuff straight before the interview starts.

 

[SSSnail]

You should wear only bespoke suits.

 

[sdifox]

Fedora and nothing else.

 

[Humpy]

 

[DrDoug]

Fedora and nothing else.

I was going to say nothing but a smile but a Fedora would top it off nicely!

 

[brianmanahan]

You should wear only bespoke suits.

oh crap, i love trident's bespoke suit thread

be back in an hour lol

edit: hooo boy i forgot about this shop i did

 

[Markbnj]

I usually wear a suit and tie for Fortune 500 companies but never interviewed at a startup before. Would a suit and n tie be suggested?

I just spent three months interviewing entirely at startups, accepted an offer from one of them (a YC launch, slightly less of a raw startup than some of them, but still small), and for those few interviews that were in-person I wore jeans and a shirt.

short sleeve white button up shirt, black and red horizontal fat striped tie that is upturned and sticking out at the end

I mean this. I wore this.

Not all tech startups are created equal. Contrary to popular belief, not all startups are full of permanently high tech hipsters wearing pajamas.

They sorta are. Not pajamas, of course. They're young engineers not weirdos.