meeting with associate...do I outdress him?

you should focus more on asking intelligent questions than what you're going to wear.

ok...thanks, but if you were in my shoes, you would take every precaution to not screw up. Which includes what to wear Mr. Gellar.

You should wear a tux, Canadian that is.

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nice shirt and slacks, maybe blazer if you really want, tie definitely not necessary

why would you go to a canadian bank anyway? wear a suit. better safe than sorry. you'll wear a suit to interviews and the interviewers wont have them on. remember, every interaction is an interview so you do the math.

Thanks guy. As to why a Canadian bank? Well, because I live in Canada :P. Its a top 3 bank (here in Canada atleast) BTW.

If you are meeting at his office I would wear a suit. If you are just meeting for lunch, then maybe a dress shirt and some slacks would be okay, but better to be safe than sorry like x35 said.

And am I the only one that laughed at ordell's comment. Priceless, even without the picture.

Well, if you were meeting me, I wouldn't care to be honest. Though in Canada it might be of course different. Anyway it's much more important what you will say and ask.

First time I met with an associate for what you're doing, I was dressed like a total schlub - polo shirt tucked into unironed khakis, unshaved, loafer driving shoes. At the end of our (very helpful) meeting on his floor, he kindly recommended that I ALWAYS wear a suit and tie (i.e. interview outfit) for ANY kind of meeting, informational or otherwise.

For every subsequent informational interview, I was grossly overdressed, but when my contact asked me if I'd dressed up for him/her, I just said that I'd had another meeting earlier that day.

Moral: overdress and lie if you have to.

I wore a suit w/o a tie for all of my informal interviews.

I always feel it's better to be conservative and go with the suit/tie combo here. Is it possible that you're overdressed? Maybe, but is that such a bad thing? At worst they say, "Hey man, you didn't have to wear a tie," and they leave it at that. If you show up wearing less than he expected, well then you've got a potential problem.

Im also meeting with an associate from a BB in Canada sometime next week. Does anyone recommend any questions or topics I should talk about?? Stick to job/finance related questions or mix it up a bit with social conversation?