I always have this question from applicants: what is the best attire to wear during interviews? And I always reply: “Wear yourself.”

It is always a tendency for everyone to focus more on the physical aspect and forgetting that which is essential. Quoting the little prince: “What is essential is invisible to the eye.”  After all the application I have attended and most of the friends I have helped has been through, I have reached the conclusion that the best attire is to wear yourself.

It does not really matter much if you come in polo barong or short sleeve than when you come in shorts and t-shirt.  The highest post I ever get hired was when I was wearing my short pants and a t-shirt that says “pop cola angat sa iba.” I was hired to become the campus ministry coordinator of La Salle in an interview done right next to the school’s oval.  My friend got his chance to get hired in a call center when he dropped by in jeans as old as our friendship and a t-shirt just enough to cover his skeletal body.

Companies do not hire you for the dress you wear but by your attitude towards work.

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