I have an interview monday, will be wearing a costume. Current ideas:
Go to the interview in a wheelchair and stand up when it's over to shake their hands.
Dress up as a worker at the bank. Get fake cards that look like theirs made up and hand them out. Also make a nametag with the banks name on it.
Go as a hobo, rub dirt and BO all over myself. Wear ripped pants and ask for spare change when it is over.
Other ideas welcome.
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On the list of bad ideas I've heard in my life, this is near the top.
Since we're going down this road, maybe dress up as a FINRA / SEC employee and ask to see their books.
I would go as Turbo Tax Timmy or maybe Hank "the shank" Paulson.
This is kinda funny. If it's at a trading firm and you've got 100 other interviewees competing for the same spot, I guess it can't hurt.
Don't risk a likely offer on this, but it is one way to get some laughs outta folks and maybe be remembered. I am thinking of coming into work on Halloween dressed as a pumpkin and handing out candy to folks on the trading floor.
You may be trolling, but I'm serious! This would be totally epic- stories will be told about the kid who came in dressed as a vampire for decades. It will like the rumors we hear from the '80s about candidates being asked to open the window and the guy who throws the chair out to open it gets the job.
On a serious note, make sure your resume is perfect. Alignment is right, no misspellings, and you've got your picture in the top right.
Why?
Did this at an interview with a boutique my sophomore yr after already having an offer with another firm. The morning after going out on a Wednesday night, I didn't have time to get back to my dorm and change so I showed up to the interview with a ridiculous dark club shirt / pants combo. At my school you're penalized for not cancelling 24-hours ahead of time, so I figured it was better to show up looking like a douchebag.
Guy fucking loved the story haha but needless to say, he told me straight up in the room that I wouldn't be moving on to the second round
Seriously I want to see someone interview dressed as a warlock or Robin Hood! This would be CLASSIC. Answer a couple technical questions right and you'd be a clear hire in my book, though I'm not sure how seriously everyone else would take you.
You guys are all too stuffy. Let me guess, you all wore a dark suit to your interviews rather than a sweater vest and light gray.
I have a feeling that somewhere like Bridgewater would be much more receptive to this than an investment bank haha
Or a Chicago prop shop where everyone wears t-shirts and jeans anyways.
The wheelchair idea is pure gold.
This.
Don't forget to wear black face, a Harvard hat and introduce yourself as "Twofer".
Then when you jump out of your wheelchair you can holler "Bonus Bitches".
Proceed to FT offer.
You are welcome.
I love the black face idea. Maybe I can choreograph a minstrel show too.
Haha, Now THIS is a post that should make dealbreaker. Halloween shinanigans, haa.
Dress up as a worker of the bank? Nametag? Where are you interviewing?
While I think the wheelchair idea is amazing, it's an unnecessary risk. If you get someone with a stick up their ass, which is likely, you're up a creek.
If I was on the other side of the table and someone executed your idea, I would die. Hilarious. Still no hire without believing you are capable. I like your style though.
No more tomfoolery!
Yeah, a conservative guy would do something a little more PC. The wheelchair is a little borderline- I'd probably die laughing too, but you never know who's interviewing you. Blackface probably crosses the line.
Seriously, if you have a Russian accent or have big eyeteeth, dressing as Dracula would be perfect.
Optimus Prime. Just dress up as Optimus Prime.
Robin Hood is too perfect right now. Bring a sack of chocolate coins to hand out to OWS on your way in
Front page now. $10 says this makes Dealbreaker and EPIC awesomeness if OP posts pictures. This will NOT turn into a Lucy Gao or Jeffrey Chang and give OP a great story to tell the kids about college shenanigans and the, uh, good clean fun he had in college.
Man, now the pressure is on to figure out something good.
Wear a tuxedo, and demand you take all your vacation and personal days immediately upon starting.
I'll do it!
Actually, go in wearing assless chap suit pants. Walk in without revealing your back, nail the interview, get a job offer on the spot, shake hands and walk out with your ass hanging out for all to see.
Show up for the first day and never mention it again
Given that my sense of humor is a lot more like Jeff Foxworthy's than Larry the Cable Guy, I think it's best to just keep it good clean fun. Dracula or Robin Hood would be pretty darned epic as it stands.
I like this one. When they ask what the hell where you thinking...just tell them that you weren't 100% sure what the dress code was but that you heard on the news that bankers are a bunch of bloodsuckers so you just took your best guess.
Regards
Hmmm, maybe I will dress up as Goldman Sachs or Bank of America. Yes, there are genuine Halloween-looking costumes for both, and yes, it may get me fired. But it'd be a heckuvaway to go!
BAC would be the bum asking for change (upcoming bailouts--Countrywide)
Occupy Wall Street protestor
I propose that you wheel yourself in, and when the interviewer shakes your hand you scream out "I'M CURED!!!" and proceed to jump around.
LMFAO. This is the one. If they don´t give you a job they have no sense of humor whatsoever.
Gordon Gekko or a sexy nurse. Take your pick.
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Chewbaca ... but only if you can talk like him
Uhhhheeerrrr
this, have the mask ready in your backpack / case and popp it out as soon as the interview starts.
One Word: Ghaddaffi
And you have to stay in character even when the interview starts...like if they ask for your strengths you shold be like "resisting the Western-Israeli Imperial alliance" or "planning 1980s aircraft bombings"...
Go as Clark Kent with the superman costume underneath...natural hedge in case you get an uptight interviewer.
...but seriously, if this is job you want - then take it seriously.
if you want to really scare them, dress up as an auditor
I didn't do it..... because it's actually my first choice job. But this thread was good for some lulz and someday I hope a kid does it to me.
If anyone was insane enough / had the balls to do this (and had a decent resume) I'd give them a second interview.
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