Quote Originally Posted by KiltedCodeWarrior
That does not mean I am going to change wearing the kilt, but I might give the candidate some up-front warning during the phone interview so they are not completely surprised.

If I were your potential interviewee, and I heard you say, "Oh, by the way, I'll be wearing a kilt when I interview you," I wouldn't just find it weird. It would be downright creepy. It makes it sound like a bad thing.

"Oh, by the way, when I interview you, I'll be picking toe jam with my teeth, and cleaning my assault rifle on my desk. I hope you don't mind, and we'll like having you here at ABC Corp. Mwuhahahahaaaa! Do you like fava beans and chianti? ftptptptptp!"

You wouldn't bother to tell your interviewee that you'd be wearing khakis and a polo shirt, would you?

KCW, you seem very - overly, I think - concerned about what other people think of you. That's evident from many of your posts. Just remember this: if someone doesn't like you, it's THEIR problem, THEIR loss. Not yours. Tell yourself that, every day, for a while. You can't please everyone anyway, no matter what you do. But you can make yourself happy, and that's infectious.

Riverkilt and Bear have the proper attitude. The people who don't respect them for that aren't worth knowing anyhow.