Job interview: which watch would you choose?

[elp 26]

...fuck; you guys are way overthinking this one, which just tells me that your opinion is just too junior to matter. You seriously need to loghten the fuck up and get some perspective: NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU WEAR!

 

;)

 

They do.

 

i passed my driving test cos i wore a cardy, cords, socks with sandals and nhs specs.

 

...and I passed my driving test three fucking times already. IN THE NUDE. And passed.

Mind you, my wrist wasn't what caught their attention... ;)

 

Seen that 70s porn film. Quite cheesy if I well recall ....

[Bidle 0]

I would go for any watch that's mentioned in this topic, whatever you feel like.

 

More important I would not mention this topic during the interview as that might be a little weird. ;-)

Edited May 14, 2017 by Bidle

[Kleen™ 45]

...fuck; you guys are way overthinking this one, which just tells me that your opinion is just too junior to matter. You seriously need to loghten the fuck up and get some perspective: NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU WEAR!

 

;)

 

They do.

 

i passed my driving test cos i wore a cardy, cords, socks with sandals and nhs specs.

 

...and I passed my driving test three fucking times already. IN THE NUDE. And passed.

Mind you, my wrist wasn't what caught their attention... ;)

 

Seen that 70s porn film. Quite cheesy if I well recall ....

 

Yeah, well with a title like 'wrist-watch crisco' I did not have much artistique freedom, did I...;)

[GenTLe 1,495]

It depends on which department

Either Way, good luck!

 

One of the direct reports of the IT manager for Italy.

Thanks!

 

What's the position?

See upper. The PO is because it's a medium watch, like a Rolex GMT or like a Tag etc. It's a watch that doesn't show "I'm rich" :)

 

 

You've suggested your background doesn't equate to a high end watch and I'd wonder if it was acquired through some shady means, or whether it was even real.

most importantly, good luck!

Well, it's not that I had a shit salary :D It's probably a shit salary for someone living in UK, Germany or in NYC, but for our standard it's "decent". Enough to be able to afford a piece like that without a problem (in the end I bought like 70 high end reps or other watches since I joined 3 years ago, if you calculate an average or at least 250$ each I could have taken more than 1 or 2 POs ;)). On the other side I don't want to present my self too much low profile because that is also counterproductive in a job negotiation (especially at the HR end of it): they could think that a low offer is more than ok.

In the end I think that a SS Omega or similar Tudor or such is a good choice.

And thanks for the good luck.

 

Thanks also for the nice words of all the other guys participating on this thread. Let's see. It will be difficult as I see that MANY MANY guys have replied to that job post, not from IT only, and with the lack of work we have here, it's an easy temptation for the companies to get someone cheaper.

Let's see :)

[mike_morgan 0]

First things first, you need to do well on the interview. You need to to ask yourself, "If I'm wearing a rep, will that distract me by worrying about what they think of my watch?... will they think it's real? Will they think it's fake? Will they ask me about it, and will they know that's a fake and try to trip me up?"

 

So being more blunt... do you really think that walking into a job interview wearing counterfeit fashion accessories is REALLY all that good of an idea?

 

Personally, I would wear a very conservative gen... seiko perhaps, I believe I read somewhere that Seiko was the #1 selling watch brand on Amazon.

 

OR, I would wear no watch at all.

 

SO in order of rank:

 

1) Conservative inexpensive gen

2) No watch at all

3) Conservative rep (And I would never make this choice)

[Amac 0]

As long the watch you choose is not to flashy or way out of your price range it really shouldn't matter. I'd definitely keep any watch under your sleeve. Nobody, especially at a job interview wants to see a show off.

[TheTinMan 13]

If you're an IT professional, you could easily have a PO.

 

I'm going to have to change my stance and say you're overthinking it. Wear what you like.

 

Just go in and kill it in the interview. Something tells me you're going to do great!!

[Daywatch 4]

Good luck on the interview GeNTLe. Just skip all the oversized, those that won´t fit under a cuff, don´t take the full gold presidenial day-date - and everything else will be fine.

[Cleebeauregard 2]

This has been covered in other threads, so I'm not going to beat the horse tooooo much--

 

I love the LMPO, but IMHO, it's just a tad bit too flashy for an interview. Too big, too shiny, too much metal (I.e. bracelet instead of a nice strap) for the "dress standard."

 

I'm a surgeon/medical administrator, so the crowd I'm surrounded by is conservative to a fault. I'm sure it's probably more relaxed in the IT/tech world, but the general "watch rules for fitting in among uptight, conservative males":

1. Keep it 40mm or under. Preferably way under.

2. Dive watches are for diving, dress watches are for dress clothing

3. Absolutely NO stones of any kind, anywhere, especially pave. Good lord no.

4. Steel bracelets are for sports watches, and sports watches are for sports (see #2). A dress watch should have a leather/alligator strap that matches your belt and shoe color--- no black watch strap, brown belt, and tan shoe combos please.

 

Finally, all of the above is mainly just bullshit. As long as you don't look like you belong in a rap video or on Canal street, wear whatever the Hell you like and just be yourself-- that will go much further towards making a good impression than anything.

[dilip 0]

Haha, yeah no, I know what a Planet Ocean is. I used to work at an Omega AD for years :)

I meant what job position are you applying for, as in junior administration or something like that.

Anyways, how did it go??

[brang1 3,989]

Timex! theres Gazillions of em on Amazon, looks like your supporting the crew

[GenTLe 1,495]

Ok guys, one hour break between the meetings. The environment is very informal and I got it right, also looking the others involved (internal and candidates). No ties or suits around, so good choice for the PO, and the same for the "casual business" dressing (a good jacket, part of a suit, and a shirt but with casual trousers and sneakers).

The PO fits under the cuffs ;)

By now the interview seems going well, and I perfectly fit in the role.

Let's see :)

[SuperbMonster 4]

Wear lots of PAMs. 2 or 3 on each wrist.

[timesshopnet 0]

Wish you all the best!

[brang1 3,989]

Wear lots of PAMs. 2 or 3 on each wrist.

So true, you can NEVER have too many Pams on. Legally you have to have at least 2 on

[SuperbMonster 4]

Wear lots of PAMs. 2 or 3 on each wrist.

So true, you can NEVER have too many Pams on. Legally you have to have at least 2 on

I recommend an additional prosthetic arm so you can get a few extra on. There is no way you wouldn't get the job if you turned up with 3 arms and 9 PAMs especially if there were a couple of submersible on there.

[Helmut Wong 36]

Wear lots of PAMs. 2 or 3 on each wrist.

So true, you can NEVER have too many Pams on. Legally you have to have at least 2 on

 

Well I would hate to break the law.

 

Will have to ensure I'm all above board I think

[narikaa 129]

interview is usually based on skills and not the watch on the wrist. i dont see how it matters at all. but PO is a good choice. good luck

 

 

 

But what if they start to thinking

 

"hows he going to operate the tape gun with that thing on his wrist?"

[brang1 3,989]

Wear lots of PAMs. 2 or 3 on each wrist.

So true, you can NEVER have too many Pams on. Legally you have to have at least 2 on

I recommend an additional prosthetic arm so you can get a few extra on. There is no way you wouldn't get the job if you turned up with 3 arms and 9 PAMs especially if there were a couple of submersible on there.

OMG, you have this interview caper down to a real art

[JSJ 0]

Hope it went well.

[COMPLICATIONS 0]

Somebody said up the thread that nobody cares what you wear.

That statement was generalist, subjective and plain wrong and therefore simply bad advice to give to a person going into potentially life changing meeting.

The fact is that some people may care and they may have strange and unfathomable opinions or prejudices against anything you wear, say or do.

Your job is to not give them the opportunity to take away anything negative from the interview which might colour the experience of meeting you.

This could be as bizarre as wearing the same watch that the interviewer's partner (he regularly beats her up!) or the same watch as a recently dead relative (just too painful to see you wearing it around the office every day) etc etc.

 

To give you an example, i was once in a tendering scenario with a colleague significantly senior to me and suppliers were pitching to us, one after the other, for a £700k contract.

When one guy left the room my colleague who had been calm through the supplier's presentation went into a rage and said "RIGHT HE'S OF THE FUCKING LIST" I asked why and he said that he had never been so insulted that someone could come into a formal pitch wearing a short sleeved shirt! Now the guy had a collar and tie on and it was the height of summer and I personally haddn't even noticed the shirt. My colleague however was incensed that the chap had such a "lack of respect" to dress so casually.

Now, I later came to find out that my senior colleague was a bit of a nutter and eventually he was sacked and frogmarched out of the building for calling our CFO a "Jewboy"

But my point is this; that poor supplier never knew why his bid was "deselected" from the process.

 

So my advice would be don't wear a watch at all, or if you really must then make it the most innocuous one you have.

[SuperbMonster 4]

Somebody said up the thread that nobody cares what you wear.

That statement was generalist, subjective and plain wrong and therefore simply bad advice to give to a person going into potentially life changing meeting.

The fact is that some people may care and they may have strange and unfathomable opinions or prejudices against anything you wear, say or do.

Your job is to not give them the opportunity to take away anything negative from the interview which might colour the experience of meeting you.

This could be as bizarre as wearing the same watch that the interviewer's partner (he regularly beats her up!) or the same watch as a recently dead relative (just too painful to see you wearing it around the office every day) etc etc.

 

To give you an example, i was once in a tendering scenario with a colleague significantly senior to me and suppliers were pitching to us, one after the other, for a £700k contract.

When one guy left the room my colleague who had been calm through the supplier's presentation went into a rage and said "RIGHT HE'S OF THE FUCKING LIST" I asked why and he said that he had never been so insulted that someone could come into a formal pitch wearing a short sleeved shirt! Now the guy had a collar and tie on and it was the height of summer and I personally haddn't even noticed the shirt. My colleague however was incensed that the chap had such a "lack of respect" to dress so casually.

Now, I later came to find out that my senior colleague was a bit of a nutter and eventually he was sacked and frogmarched out of the building for calling our CFO a "Jewboy"

But my point is this; that poor supplier never knew why his bid was "deselected" from the process.

 

So my advice would be don't wear a watch at all, or if you really must then make it the most innocuous one you have.

 

You're wrong. Wear loads of PAMs.

[narikaa 129]

That logic could go on and on

 

What if, what if

 

What if the interviewer was a raving crossdressing flamboyant outside work and hated innocuous nondescripts

[Kleen™ 45]

That logic could go on and on

 

What if, what if

 

What if the interviewer was a raving crossdressing flamboyant outside work and hated innocuous nondescripts

 

^ This!

 

- qed: Wear what you bloody well want to...

[Not Quite Dead 9]

The PO is my favourite watch but in this context I would go with the Seiko as whilst the watch will probably not be noticed if it is then you either have too much money or are into counterfeit goods etc etc. Wear it later when they are paying you. Good luck.