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Wearing an outfit from the store was a very smart move! You did your homework, and deserve that job. Congratulations and good luck to you, and also your friend - sometimes we have to learn things the hard way.
Sometimes stores care if you wear their clothes to the interview. However, coming from years of retail experience, many stores would not even consider an applicant dressed that way.
Sometimes stores care if you wear their clothes to the interview. However, coming from years of retail experience, many stores would not even consider an applicant dressed that way.
Yeah, but I think txtqueen is talking about American Eagle. That corporation does want applicants who are wearing their clothes.
AE is all about trendy. Employees even dress like that in the AE corporate headquarters located here in Pittsburgh.
Here's a newspaper article on dress codes for 11 retailers. AE encourages employees to wear AE clothing:
Quote:
American Eagle Outfitters
AE-branded clothes are preferred but not required. "I wear Banana Republic all the time and get away with it," one employee boasted, but then added that he can't advertise any logos for competing brands. Tattoos and piercings are generally tolerated, and the company does not photograph its employees or job applicants.
Yeah, but I think txtqueen is talking about American Eagle. That corporation does want applicants who are wearing their clothes.
AE is all about trendy. Employees even dress like that in the AE corporate headquarters located here in Pittsburgh.
Yes, that is true. However, most stores would not accept a person who dressed like that for an interview. It applies to very few stores. None of the stores I worked for would hire that person.
Yes, that is true. However, most stores would not accept a person who dressed like that for an interview. It applies to very few stores. None of the stores I worked for would hire that person.
Depends on what store though.
Retail stores you are better off buying an outfit from that store and wearing it to the interview.
Like Hot Topic, I would never apply but if I did, I would wear something that Hot Topic sold or something that portrayed that image.
Most clothing stores do not tolerate you wearing any other companies clothes to work. I once work a Hollister t-shirt to AE and you couldn't see the whole shirt under my hoodie but since the hoodie was this weird v-neck type deal you could see PART of the cursive writing on the shirt, like the loop of one of the L's in Hollister and my manager MADE me buy a new shirt from the store because she "could just tell" where it was from.
When applying to retail and good rule of thumb is to wear to the interview what the associates wear to work, make sure you visit on a weekend and a week day to make sure they don't dress dressier on the weekends (like bbb does) and if they do dress dressier on the weekends then go with that.
Typically anywhere else go business casual or if its a big job then dress business.
If I was a store manager or hiring manager they'd have to make a really good impression if they came over/underdressed, yes even over dressed. In my opinion it shows they don't know what they are doing if they are over dressed. It like, "Oh I was told to do X, Y and Z and therefore I do it and can't think for myself", dress the part, I wouldn't go for an interview at Hollister wearing Hot Topic clothes and I wouldn't go for an interview at Hot Topic wearing Hollister and I wouldn't interview at best buy in jeans and hoodie.
A LOT of kids are clueless when it comes to this stuff.
I spent high school doing DECA and learned a lot from all that plus I was a 90's kid, most 90's kids aren't as corrupted and clueless as say idk the teens of today, we're kind of like the last semi-normal generation.
If I was a store manager or hiring manager they'd have to make a really good impression if they came over/underdressed, yes even over dressed. In my opinion it shows they don't know what they are doing if they are over dressed. It like, "Oh I was told to do X, Y and Z and therefore I do it and can't think for myself", dress the part, I wouldn't go for an interview at Hollister wearing Hot Topic clothes and I wouldn't go for an interview at Hot Topic wearing Hollister and I wouldn't interview at best buy in jeans and hoodie.
Eh txt i think prs13 might just know a bit more than you do in this department. And for the record one of my good friends manages the local hot topic and she told me she won't hire anyone who comes in dressed such as you said because it shows they aren't professional.
Eh txt i think prs13 might just know a bit more than you do in this department. And for the record one of my good friends manages the local hot topic and she told me she won't hire anyone who comes in dressed such as you said because it shows they aren't professional.
Txtqueen did just land a full time retail job with full benefits.
She even landed this job during the after-Christmas layoff season, which is a very hard time to find a retail job, let alone a full time one with benefits!
That makes her the one with successful first hand experience on how to dress when interviewing for a retail position.
Txtqueen did just land a full time retail job with full benefits.
She even landed this job during the after-Christmas layoff season, which is a very hard time to find a retail job, let alone a full time one with benefits!
That makes her the one with successful first hand experience on how to dress when interviewing for a retail position.
LOL hopes i take everything txt tells us with a grain of salt. For all you know she knows the manager and just got in because of that. And prs13 and my friend both have decades more expierience than txtqueen on the matter so i will tend to defer to them rather than a 21 year old girl who can never seem to hold down a job long term. And i always did my job hunting after christmas hopes and got a job....many retail places....*esp places like hot topic,american eagle, etc etc that tend to have college and high school kids working there* hire after christmas because they often like to shed dead wood, or just don't kids who come back after christmas break. In fact cracking open my paper shows those exact places in the now hiring section. So her getting a job this time of year isn't the miracle you seem, to think it is.
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