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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you are creating an impossible situation for these candidates.  You are telling them that you don't care what they look like but obviously your colleagues don't agree or wonder about your views and when the candidate shows up he/she will be judged and may make a poor impression on an office tour or walkaround.  In addition, my notion of "casual dress" may be entirely different from yours or your offices.  Having a universally shared notion of an interview suit takes the pressure off a candidate -- you actually create more pressure by telling them to dress casually.  They don't know your office culture, OP and they don't know what a regular work day is.

Beyond interview wear, I'm also put off by your notion of presenting the "true self" which strikes me as you hiring people that are just like you and your colleagues or presenting a sort of personality test which as an employment lawyer I can tell you usually serves to lessen workplace diversity and means that you have a workplace in which you hire people like you exclusively -- your educational background, your socioeconomic background, your religious and cultural background.  I think you need to think about hiring as skills and merit.[/quote]

Well said, +1

I'll pile on. What is useful about the interview uniform is that it prevents clothes from being a stressor or a judgement criteria. It allows you and the interviewee to focus on the conversation. [/quote]

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