In some places they do. Maybe you haven't interviewed at a bank or a government agency. Interviewing 101: Dress like your future colleagues, up one notch. If y

In some places they do. Maybe you haven't interviewed at a bank or a government agency. Interviewing 101: Dress like your future colleagues, up one notch. If you don't know how they dress at the place you want to work show up at lunch time in the parking lot to see what people are wearing. If your interview outfit is too far out of line you look like a bad fit, and not just for programmer jobs.