https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:14:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-81967 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:21:14 +0000 Sihaya 81967@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LE - good to see you on the forum again. Congrats on the job. I know you'll be the best dress woman in the store </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-81945 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:01:58 +0000 yublocka 81945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulation LE! Hoep you enjoy the job? Does that mean you get staff discounts there and will be sporting some great jcrew stuff? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80490 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:48:10 +0000 Inge 80490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations LE! I've always imagined that being surrounded all day by the gorgeous colour of the J. Crew clothes would put me in a good mood. Keep us posted;-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80487 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:41:56 +0000 Kristen 80487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Woohooo, congrats! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80469 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:02:48 +0000 Laura 80469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good luck, Laura! The interview with Talbots sounds interesting ... and not surprising that the manager was matchy-matchy ... hard to teach an old dog new tricks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80448 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:33:02 +0000 Anonymous 80448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations! It sounds like a job that will be fun too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80446 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:43:36 +0000 Michelle 80446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations Laura!!! I bet you'll have a university job soon, since you obviously have interviewing down to an art (group interviews can be tough to pass)!<br /> Oh and enjoy the staff discounts, if you get them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80416 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:07:17 +0000 Lena 80416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent news, LE! Keep it up! I'm sure this part time job will give you another boost of confidence, and this never hurts, especially in this lousy job market. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80414 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:04:38 +0000 cciele 80414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats, LauraElizabeth, on the JCrew job! I hope you hear something good from the university jobs too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80411 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:00:53 +0000 Angie 80411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabulous ! Knew you would impress them :0) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80388 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:02:19 +0000 chewyspaghetti 80388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-80368 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:27:06 +0000 Anonymous 80368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I got a part-time job at J. Crew - I start next week! It will be great to have some income coming in while I wait to hear about university jobs! Thanks everyone! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-79142 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:23:50 +0000 Vani 79142@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll bet your outfits, confidence and talent dazzled them all Good luck and continue to keep us posted Laura! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-79119 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:46:43 +0000 Chris 79119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like the interviews went well - hope they call you soon!<br /> Your outifts sound well thought through but I'll bet it was your confidence and answers that impressed them </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-79108 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:40:27 +0000 medusa 79108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great job! I'm glad you gave an update. Knowing that you were well dressed when some of the other applicants looked sloppy must helped your confidence a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-79097 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:24:43 +0000 Anonymous 79097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Way to go LE. You have been busy doing interviews and moving. As long as you are active things will happen for you. Good for you for keeping at it until the doors open.<br /> Thankyou for checking in with us because you know we miss our members when they go away. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-79091 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:55:35 +0000 Maya 79091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It sounds like you have some promising leads LE. I hope something pulls through for you.</p> <p>Michelle, I would be very interested in hearing that list. I probably belong on that list after sending out a job application and forgetting to attach my resume No more sending out apps at 2:00 in the morning... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-79050 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:20:20 +0000 Angie 79050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh! Thanks for the wonderful update, LE. I know you’ll get a job, especially since the interviews went so well. Of course you impressed them :0)</p> <p>Good luck with the next lot and keep us posted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-79035 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:59:50 +0000 Michelle 79035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laura, sounds like you absolutely smoked the interviews and looked hot to boot! Good luck finding something asap!<br /> P.S. as an ex-recruiter, I was laughing out loud at the story of the other J. Crew candidates... sadly, it's not surprising. Some time or other I'll post a thread of real-life resume/interview bloopers I came across in my job just for laughs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interview-updates#post-79026 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:36:30 +0000 Anonymous 79026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi everyone!<br /> Thanks for all of your support and advice on what to wear for my interviews - I haven't gotten a job yet, but I have interviews with 3 different university housing departments, which is where I'd like to continue working, and I made it through my "back-up plan" interview processes with Talbots, J. Crew, and REI. </p> <p>I don't feel like Talbots will hire me because I don't have any retail experience, but I rocked the interview. The manager had me "sell" as much as I could to a petite associate. I put together an outfit (and thanks to many of you who are petite and post about your fit issues (especially shiny!)) I was able to talk her out of unflattering capris and into clamdiggers, jewelry and an appropriate-length of top for pants. It was fun to put things together, but it was clear the manager expected me to put outfits together that are more "matchy" than I prefer to wear myself. Does anyone else feel that being too matchy can age you, or is it just me?</p> <p>I wore a white skirt, yellow AK flats, and a green top with a brown wrap jacket to the Talbot's and REI interviews. REI's interview went great, and I was glad I dressed nicely because the managers I interviewed with were men in their 50's. Perhaps that just my assumption that a man that age might appreciate a well-dressed candidate, but I certainly felt like I was taken seriously. I guess I don't want to be perceived as a student.</p> <p>I wore an orange ruffled wrap dress for J. Crew. I interviewed with 6 other applicants at a big table in a Starbucks in the mall. I wasn't expecting that, but since interviewing in groups in what I did at my old job, so it went well. I was surprised that some of the applicants didn't dress the part - unironed dress shirts and wrinkly ties on two guys, see-through tops on two ladies, and one guy was looking away from the group the entire time. I guess it helped me out because I made it to "round two" and got an individual interview, which also went well. </p> <p>I'm supposed to hear back about almost all of the jobs I've interviewed with by the end of this week or early next week. Meanwhile my husband and I moved to an apartment in Portland because my last job's contract ended, and since that job provided housing, out we go! I don't have the internet at home, so I'll check in when I can!</p> <p>Thanks again! </p>