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So, Naturals: What DO you do on interview day?

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When my hair was shorter..I had a short bob wig..it was so cute..

Now my hair is longer I would rock a bun...which is my everyday style anyways..
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I haven't been on any interviews since my TWA has grown out but I would where my hair the way I normally would. Puff or twist-out.
 
I'm now between jobs and actively looking. No interviews yet, but I'm thinking they will be coming up soon. One of the reasons I kind of dragged my feet on the BC is that it removed the option of the good ol' slick-back bun. My hair is about chin-length (unstretched). I like the way my hair looks, but I'm just wondering if my usual WNG is a little too "unconservative?" I could see it working for say, the fashion industry, or maybe even entertainment and mayyyybe non-profit. When I saw the SH*t relaxed girls say to naturals vid, I couldn't help but see myself on the end of that convo about "You're going to your job interview with your hair LIKE THAT? So...you think you're gonna get it looking LIKE THAT? LOL

Just wondering what others do and what people think about natural hair in a formal setting.
 
Ask if you can get a white interviewer, they love our hair. :up:


just being silly, i have nothing to add lol
 
For my med school interviews, I went with a braid and curl
My hair was much shorter then as well, it was pretty cute :)
 
What industry do you work in?

I'm in IT so its not as formal as some environments. I have been on a few interviews and i have done various styles.

The 1st I had about 3" of hair so I wore a wig.
The 2nd I wore a twist out with a thick head band so the hair was mostly to the back.
For a few I have worn twists pinned up.
The last I think I had the twist in the back pulled up into an updo, and then wore the front twist in a twist out.
Tomorrow, I am meeting a recruiter, I plan on having in box braids with my own hair, pulled into some type of bun.

I just try to keep styles that look neat and aren't too big.
 
I think you wng is appropriate for an interview. I usually wear my hair in a bun but seriously rocked the twist out on my last interview. What field? I am in science/research. No one looked at my hair - only my credentials.
 
I wear almost everything except my biggest-afro-possible and frohawks. After I get the position, all bets are off.
 
Since my hair is short at the moment, I would wear a neat, short, wavy wig. If my hair was longer, I would do a bun for sure.
 
I'd probably do a bun. However, I'm in the legal field, where people can get super-antsy about looking "professional," whatever the heck that means :look:, and I wear twists that are pinned up into a roll with a flexi-8 very often. I've never had anyone make a negative comment on them, so that may be another option as well.
 
Ronnieaj said:
I'd probably do a bun. However, I'm in the legal field, where people can get super-antsy about looking "professional," whatever the heck that means :look:, and I wear twists that are pinned up into a roll with a flexi-8 very often. I've never had anyone make a negative comment on them, so that may be another option as well.
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I'm in HR, but I'm also an attorney. I feel a little funny about even being concerned, considering there are a lot of naturals in high-powered positions. But then one wonders: where they natural on the way to the top? Or did they get there and then do their thang? I guess my other concern is that I don't want my "unusual" hair to distract from my credentials. Ronnieaj what is a flexi-8?
 
Cherokee-n-Black said:
I'm in HR, but I'm also an attorney. I feel a little funny about even being concerned, considering there are a lot of naturals in high-powered positions. But then one wonders: where they natural on the way to the top? Or did they get there and then do their thang? I guess my other concern is that I don't want my "unusual" hair to distract from my credentials. Ronnieaj what is a flexi-8?
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I started transitioning 7 months after I got my first job. My boss, who was white, couldn't figure out why I'd ever straightened my hair in the first place. She told me she spent thousands on perms trying to get her hair to look like mine :lol:. Now, she may very well be the exception to the rule, so I do get the concern.

Flexi-8's can be found here: www.flexi8.com. I have 2 of them, one medium and one large, and need to get an extra large for my buns. Not going to lie, I love them :grin:.
 
My W'n'G.

I work in finance and have never had anyone say anything about my hair. I was told I look more confident a week after my BC, but the person never specified why they thought I looked more confident so yeah I don't know.

You are in HR so you probably have more experience with this, but I find I tend to forget anything unusual about an interviewee if they are impressing me during the interview.
 
It kind of depresses me we even need to have discussions such as this. I guess it is what it is.
 
robot. said:
Ask if you can get a white interviewer, they love our hair. :up:


just being silly, i have nothing to add lol
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:lol:
girl check out all yo hurr!! you tryna stunt ton somebody or something?

OP, i do buns.
and spend way more time thinking about my resume than my hair. :look:
 
I think that your safest bet is a bun.
Don't feel some type of way about having to consider such a thing, as someone already posted: "it is what it is".
 
a wash and go is fine as are buns braid/twistouts. pull it out of your face a tiny bit so the interviewer can see your face completely.
 
southerncitygirl said:
a wash and go is fine as are buns braid/twistouts. pull it out of your face a tiny bit so the interviewer can see your face completely.
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Yeah, I think that's the issue. The cut kind of has hair falling toward my face. Funny thing is, I NEVER wore my hair in my face before, so I'm not 100% comfortable with it, even though I think it looks good. Weird, I know. I'll try to play around with the parts. I don't quite have enough to pull into a bun, or any of the products I used to keep it controlled when I pull it back (on order). Maybe I can do a wash and go bun. I haven't experimented with braid/twistouts on my fully natural hair...I've got some practicing to do! Thanks!
 
I would rock my twist out and keep it pushing looking fierce from head to toe. Natural hair is beautiful. No need to hide it. Just keep it professional and neat.
 
Back when I was interviewing I was super young and transitioning so I wore a press in a low bun with the most professional summer outfit I could find, especially considering I was walking into a firm on Wall St at the ripe young age of 19. Looking back I was overcompensating to the max:lol: actually I simply wasn't aware of how to do air-dry styles yet at that point.

Once I got the position, I completed my transition, began to discover all the natural styles I had to choose from and wore pretty much any style I felt like to work: twists, braid outs, huge afro's, straw sets etc etc, they didn't care so long as I continued to perform for the firm and I got nothing but compliments. If I was back in the interviewing stage, I would wear braid outs, twist outs, curlformer sets, and banded hair into some kind of style that is sleek yet stylish. Wet-buns are pretty much an impossibility with my super coarse wontslickdownfanuthin hair type lol but I can definitely do buns on stretched hair.
 
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BlackMasterPiece said:
Back when I was interviewing I was super young and transitioning so I wore a press in a low bun with the most professional summer outfit I could find especially considering I was walking into a firm on Wall St at the ripe young age of 19. Looking back I was overcompensating to the max:lol: actually I simply wasn't aware of how to do air-dry styles yet at that point.

Once I got the position, I completed my transition, began to discover all the natural styles I had to choose from and wore pretty much any style I felt like to work: twists, braid outs, huge afro's, straw sets etc etc, they didn't care as I was in the top two earners for the firm and I got nothing but compliments. If I was back in the interviewing stage, I would wear braid outs, twist outs, curlformer sets, and banded hair into some kind of style that is sleek yet stylish. Buns are pretty much an impossibility with my super coarse wontslickdownfanuthin hair type lol
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You said the word! I haven't gotten to know my hair enough to know what's going to have it look "sleek" I'm so happy to be nappy I've just been letting it fly free. Stylish, but in a different way. Well, since I posted this, I just got an interview for a week from now...so...I have a week to experiment. Thanks for the tips!
 
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