From: Christopher Van Heuveln (cvanheuv@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 09:17:15 GMT-3
My observation is that most Cisco interviewers expect to see a
candidate in a suit and tie, even if they themselves are wearing
t-shirt, shorts, and sandals. Also, when I was hired about a year
and a half ago I was told that you MUST wear shoes outside of your
cube - so I guess there *is* a dress code :)
Chris
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:58:48AM -0700, Kenneth Sacca wrote:
> One of the great things about working at Cisco is that your judged
> on your abilities. No one cares what you wear to work. There is
> no dress code at Cisco. We have hippies, guys with ponytails,
> guys with a vast assortment of tattoos, tongue piercings, eye brow
> piercings, managers who look like they just got back from woodstock
> etc etc etc.
>
> I will say this, if you were to come to an interview at Cisco wearing
> a shirt and tie, or even a sportcoat, your interviewers might not want
> to work with someone who is stiff and uptight.
>
> Regards Ken
>
> Scott Benton wrote:
> >
> > I have what sounds to me to be a stupid question (I
> > know, I know...no such thing as a stupid question)
> > that I haven't seen addressed before. Does it matter
> > what you wear into the lab? I want to be comfortable,
> > which to me is jeans, t-shirt, and ballcap. I guess
> > what I'm getting at is, since the proctor has some
> > discretion, will you start out on the wrong foot if
> > you're not dressed in at least business casual? I know
> > the lab is supposed to be based on pure ability, and I
> > hope something as silly as how you're dressed would
> > not affect the outcome or the helpfullness of the
> > proctor. But then again, I've run across many people
> > who seem to judge your level of seriousness about
> > things based on how you're dressed. Any insight?
> > Scott
> >
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