Thread: Do You Have to Shave for an Interview?

I hate shaving and I would do absolutely anything to avoid it.
But I am not going to an interview looking like a caveman, I have a beard that is well trimmed.

Will interviewers frown on a person that has 5 o'clock shadow for instance, or shaved the day before?

Shave it, you only get one chance at this so look your best.

protip: don't pick your nose or scratch your privates during the interview either. that would not be good.

Originally Posted by Kronos

protip: don't pick your nose or scratch your privates during the interview either. that would not be good.

I did the reverse and I got in.

I say don't shave, that way we'll avoid tools like the one in our class who doesn't usually shave for his hospital visits.

D'accord AngryBaby, d'accord.......

i remember a guy in one of my last semesters on the island who came to class or even the hospital gross looking and with stale beer smell at least once a week. it never failed and no one wanted to sit next to him .... ahhh our future physicians

i wonder whatever happened to that guy... hmmm

Ok, enough with the smartbutt comments. I did not say I would go there looking like a bum or smelling like beer. I know a lot of respectful and successful physicians that have a beard. All I was asking is that is it ok to have a well trimmed and well kept beard when you go to your interview.

sure if your beard is neat and clean there shouldn't be an issue, if you just started growing it 4 days before and its at that nasty wiry awkward stage I would say no. Still best to be overdressed than underdressed for such occasions Also just as an aside, your interview could be very informal, mine was at a starbucks at 7 am when my interviewer was post call it wasn't a big deal.