What to wear for an interview. I have conducted career coaching sessions for a number of years for law students and lawyers, and recently had someone come to see me who wanted to know what they needed to wear for a legal job interview. It almost seemed like the primary reason she had travelled over 200 miles to see me, and I am not sure why this had become such an issue for her. For interviews, the primary thing is that you look smart, and the dress you wear fits into the office environment you are going for an interview to work in. Eg; traditionally local authority legal departments and legal services commission funded firms do not tend to dress as smartly as magic circle law firms such as Clifford chance. There is a good reason for this – if you are constantly going into police cells for example, and meeting someone who probably hasn’t washed for 3 days, you do not want to be wearing your new suit recently handmade in London by that bloke who advertises in the back of the glossies! ...
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