If an interview says wear smart/casual clothes?

[SnarkyBag]

What would you wear? Assuming you were a 16 year old boy who’s applied for a job in a leisure centre. The first round is a group interview so he’s keen not to be either over or under dressed!

Dark trousers with a shirt tucked in

Polo neck and chinos

I would probably wear a nice shirt tucked into smart chinos. No tie or jacket. Decent shoes, not scruffy or scuffed. Something like that should straddle both decently - too smart to read as casual/sloppy, but well short of a suit.

Chinos and a shirt tucked in.

Yes, some sort of collared shirt tucked in to either chinos or smart dark jeans.

Yes, yes, yeas, Shirt, no tie, open necked but smart and non descript pants. Maybe a jacket and clean shoes not trainers

Both my DS wore suits to interviews at 16. One was at a leisure centre funnily enough. They were offered the job every time because they stood out for taking it seriously.

I’d work around what he’s already got.

I think you could get away with smart jeans, clean/smart trainers and a polo shirt.

Or you could go for smart trousers with belt, smart shoes and tucked in shirt. But I wouldn’t buy smart clothes for the sake of it.

Chinos , shirt , shoes.

Smart jeans or chinos with a shirt, no tie, and a pair of nice, non-scuffed shoes.

Thanks will probably go with smart jeans, polo shirt and decent footwear. As the email specifies smart casual I think a suit will be overkill if it hadn’t have mentioned dress code at all I’d have said wear your suit.

Chinos and a shirt, no jeans or trainers.

I’m interviewing for staff at the moment and a good first impression counts.

Oh gawd don’t send him in a suit as was advised above!! We had someone show up at our office in a suit when it’s a very casual company - and we felt that they hadn’t bothered to read anything about the company or what the culture is like!