What to wear for the interview
Interviews for jobs in laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, medical device sales, pathology sales, or pharmaceutical sales require conservative dress, just like anything else. Generally, dressing for success requires a suit in some conservative/neutral color, a professional hairstyle (not too trendy), little to no jewelry and understated makeup, perfume, or cologne. But, you would do well to find out what the company culture is so that you can dress to fit in. (Exactly something a medical sales recruiter can help you with.)
However, one of the problems for women is that there’s no clear uniform like there is for men (suit and tie). Should women wear a skirted suit always, or is it appropriate to wear a pantsuit for an interview? I know, it seems like a ridiculous question, given that women wear pants to work all the time, but the bar is set higher for a first-impression situation like an interview. (The whole interview and hiring process is fraught with potential pitfalls of all kinds.) The article, Dressed for Success – Take Two, gives an example of an employer who would feel less inclined to hire a woman who showed up to an interview in pants.
As I said in my comment on that article, though, that’s the great thing about interviews–they work both ways. I wouldn’t want to work for an employer who was offended at my very nice, professional pantsuit.
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