Originally Posted by IbnAbdulHakim

i normally wear jeans/shirt and jumper if its cold with my casual jacket




and i never ever get bad feedback and got a job by wearing that in a very prestigeous place Alhamdulillaah

You wear jeans to an interview?

I personally wouldnt wear jeans to an interview, Even before I started covering. maybe its differnt for guys

Originally Posted by mystical_moon

You wear jeans to an interview?

the letter said "nothing offensive" and everything else was permitted. I took it to heart.

Originally Posted by IbnAbdulHakim

the letter said "nothing offensive" and everything else was permitted. I took it to heart.

you need to be a rebel with mucho confidence to pull that off.. I salute you..

Originally Posted by Gossamer skye

you need to be a rebel with mucho confidence to pull that off.. I salute you..

Perhaps I did the same thing (rebelling, that is)! I decided I didn't want to conform to the typical and expected (in the Western world) suit - be it a trouser suit or a skirt suit. So I went in my national costume with a jacket and matching scarf. They could either take me as I was, or leave me, but thats how it was gonna be. I wasn't going to change for them.

It did me no harm, alhamdulillah.

In hindsight, I now think I should have worn a jilbaab...

my personal opinion is that you get one first impression, and afterward you can be as colorful as you want to be.. I'd have to have a mighty impressive resume i.e my name is enough to put on paper to have places kowtowing and begging me to work for them before I show up in a national costume or a polka dot bow tie. In my entire career I only came across one man who could do this and get away with it and that is Dr. k.P Wang. But I think even he shows up in regular garb even if he is colorful in other ways..

All the best sister for your interview.Stick with formals and black should do .. avoid bright colors. I just had my int few days back. Also if you need to use some thing other than black may be lightblue or white would be best .

You know I hate wearing all black to interviews, feels like i'm going to a funeral or something

get a suit like this in dark gray and wear a light pink cashmere sweater underneath..

Interviews always make me feel uncomfortable. For a women its hard to decide what to wear.
If its a informal interview i normally stick some jeans on with a shirt, i dont bother with a head scarf then since it doesnt go well with jeans.
If its formal, i wear a skirt with a the 2in 1 tops vneck and shirt, then wrap a fancy scarf around the neck with some dangly earrings. Heels go best with skirts.

Another thought, check out this UK hijab blog's workwear selection - http://hijabstyle.blogspot.com/search/label/workwear - lots of outfits from mainstream stores hijabified.

http://www.taakhi.co.uk/userimages/procart4.htm - has some mashaAllah awesome professional looking pinstriped abayas that you wear with different shirts underneath.

Thank you all for your kind words, my interview seemed to ok well (by my standards anyway)

Some very nice websites with some beautiful clothing on,

thanks all for sharing

Originally Posted by mystical_moon

Thank you all for your kind words, my interview seemed to ok well (by my standards anyway)

Some very nice websites with some beautiful clothing on,

thanks all for sharing

All the best sister. Do inform us of the good news

any news on the interview??

Originally Posted by ~SilverOrchid~

any news on the interview??

Sadly not yet I fear this was maybe not the job for me