Pre-Interview Dinner Dress Code

[MrRads]

Hey all,

I have my first pre-interview dinner next week and was wondering what people typically wear. I know it says casual, but what does that mean? Is an untucked button-down shirt with jeans okay or is it more of a khakis with a tucked-in shirt type of deal?

Thanks!

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[totallyskates]

Hey all,

I have my first pre-interview dinner next week and was wondering what people typically wear. I know it says casual, but what does that mean? Is an untucked button-down shirt with jeans okay or is it more of a khakis with a tucked-in shirt type of deal?

Thanks!

I'd stick with the khakis and the tucked in shirt to be safe.

 

[River Rat]

I've been wearing nice jeans with a button down and the sleeves rolled up. no issues there. just be yourself...unless that means wearing jean shorts.

 

[jorts42]

I've been wearing nice jeans with a button down and the sleeves rolled up. no issues there. just be yourself...unless that means wearing jean shorts.

wait I can't wear jorts? oops...

 

[River Rat]

wait I can't wear jorts? oops...

well....unless you're a nevernude?

 

[JonnyTalsma]

well....unless you're a nevernude?

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

 

[JetsSBXLIII]

One of the residents at an interview earlier this week was disappointed that none of us showed up in a Halloween costume....

 

[WellWornLad]

Here's an idea: wear whatever you'd normally be comfortable in for a casual night out. If you don't feel like you fit in after the dinner, maybe that program is not the best fit for you.

This is residency. Stop trying to fit in and start finding a program you'll be comfortable at.

 

[redoitall]

Here's an idea: wear whatever you'd normally be comfortable in for a casual night out. If you don't feel like you fit in after the dinner, maybe that program is not the best fit for you.

This is residency. Stop trying to fit in and start finding a program you'll be comfortable at.

So my strategy is the following: I wear a nice (casual) shirt. I put on comfortable pants and my favorite pair of snickers (5 years old, dirty as hell, but my favorite). The kicker is that I go 25 min before everyone. By the time they show up, I am already seated, so they see only the nice shirt. 5 min in the dinner, nobody really cares what my pants or sneakers look like. It has worked so far.