The key to dressing for an interview is common sense. You just need to stop and think about the environment into which you will be walking and the type of role in question, to get a fair gauge of how to dress. This is as important as any interview skills that you may have.

We all have idiosyncratic ways of gesturing, making points, and responding to others with our bodies. Often when answering job interview questions, we’re not aware of how we act; we are far more conscious of what we say.

In an interview, a situation that is all about individuals judging each other quickly, your body language often speaks much more powerfully than words. For this reason it’s critical to develop such interview skills to be aware of how certain, common actions may be interpreted. continue