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This is the most overrated piece of job interview advice, tech exec says [Video]

You can probably ditch that suit in your next job interview, according to Gillian Munson.

While it remains prudent to “dress for the role you want,” Munson, Vimeo’s chief financial officer, tells CNBC Make It, that doesn’t necessarily mean you need to wear your most formal attire. 

Despite conventional wisdom around interview garb, you might be best served in less buttoned-up clothing that’s more comfortable, especially in the age of regular virtual interviews, she advises.

When Munson interviews a candidate who’s calling in from home and “they’re not looking and dressed and feeling like themselves, you feel it,” she says. “People sometimes get too much advice to take the dress too seriously.”

She’s more concerned with assessing people when they feel comfortable and confident, which can give her a better read of what they’ll be like as employees. “I love to see people as they are,” she says.

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