I’m going in for a job interview on Tuesday for an internship over the summer for a radio station (I’ll either be doing on-air broadcasting or marketing, not sure which yet).
Given that I’ve never been inside a radio station, I have no idea what to wear to the interview.
Suggestions?
I went to a couple when I was looking for a summer internship during college. Basically, wear whatever you’d wear to any other job interview. Regardless of how wacky some of the DJs may act in the booth, the radio station is still a business and the employees (including many of the DJs once they get out of the booth) will generally act and dress like ordinary company employees. It’ll probably be more casual that working at a bank, but you won’t go wrong, at least not for the interview, if you go dressed in ordinary business attire.
It’s better to be dressed up than dressed down. I wouldn’t go in in a suit, but maybe one step below. .
Nice shirt, nice pants, tie and polished shoes.
In other words, look professional. They will explain the dress code to you later.
On my interviews I wear a nice skirt or dress with hose and high heels. However, at work, I will wear pants and open-toed sandals, or casual dresses with no hose.
Wear a suit, or at least a sports jacket. Yes, the boss may be wearing sneakers, but the sales guys wear suits.
Once you’ve got the job, you can always dress to match, but always dress your best when you need to make an impression. Hell, it got me half a dozen radio and TV internships when I was doing my BA…
No denim. No sneakers. No t-shirts.
Slacks and either a button-down shirt or a nice polo shirt. Look dressed up, not like a kid going to Sunday school.
Whatever you wear, make sure you like the way it looks and you feel confident wearing it. If you feel confident that you look good, it will carry over into your interview and they will pick up on it. If you are uncomfortable you will be unsure of yourself and that will negatively impact their impression of you.
I would wear a suit. It’s almost never wrong. That said, I’ve never interviewed at a radio station or in a creative field.
Maybe you could call the assistant of whomever is interviewing you and ask what interviewees generally wear.
The office I work is “smart casual”, but a lot more casual than smart and as I already knew some of the people working here I knew that. For the interview I wore a linen suit. I thought it was perfect because it wasn’t a business suit, which would look a bit much since the managers sometimes wear T-shirts here, but it was still a suit so it looked I made an effort.
I am a woman, though. Full linen suits on a man might be a bit much unless you’re in Italy.
Good luck with the interview.