Interview Grooming Tips

I am sometimes surprised that I need to remind people on grooming tips for interviews but here we go.

Please do not chew gum. Every so often a candidate will decide to freshen up their breath with a piece of gum prior to their interview but not throw it out prior to the meeting. I don't think I need to state the obvious on how ridiculous it is is to chew gum in an interview but sometimes people will decide to hide a small piece of gum under their tongue or bury it near the wall of their mouth. Refrain from any of this. It will always become obvious that there is something in the person's mouth and it becomes distracting and irritating to the interviewer.

I have been known to wear the odd facial stubble in the past but never for an interview. If you are going to an interview you need to be clean shaven. The manicured beard, or the thin defined "art stubble" is not acceptable. It immediately suggests to the company that is interviewing, that this person might not fit with the rest of the culture in the company or that the person believes that first impressions are not important.

Do not wear too much cologne. It still occurs regularly. The rule of thumb is that two squirts from the bottle is enough. Less is more folks. An increasing number of people in offices find cologne and perfumes offensive, so it is again important to limit the likelihood of an employer believing that the "smell" offender will not fit in well with the culture of the company.

Do not wear too much jewlery. Bracelets crashing into each other during physically active conversations can be distracting. Men, make sure you only wear rings on ring fingers unless you are an engineer. Additional rings on thumbs and index fingers are not visually appealing to anyone.

Always remember to take a quick look in the mirror before a meeting. It is important that none of the following are present:

-Any nose debris or runaway nose hairs

-White debris collecting on the corners of the mouth

-Any eye brow hairs that resemble small giraffes

-Lipstick that is not limiting itself to the just the lips

-Eyeliner that is dripping onto the cheek

-Any random facial hairs that were missed when shaving that are either above the lip or on the chin for both men and older women.

I hope this helps:

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Farewell,

Mike