How come" we" pay more attention to appearances rather than what's inside the person's mind ?

Question

I had a job interview this afternoon. The lady was so mean to me with no apparent reason I could think of , and when I was about to leave "bastle men fo2 le ta7t" and asked me to "dress formally" for the next stage of interviews next Monday.
I was really embarressed considering the fact that there were many people at the office at that time.That outfit was the classiest and most expensive one I had "el 7eta ele 3ala el 7abl ya3ne".
Before me there was that airhead brown nose clean cut good looking kid whom she kept smiling to.
I am determined not to go back there again even if they call me , simply because I don't afford , and don't wanna, buy suits.
I spent a short time in America on a scholarship. I was taking classes and teaching classes in the university. I used to wear jeans and a T-shirt , and in the classes I was taking the professors used to wear shorts,
Why do "we" pay such attention to appearances ?

Answer 1

look i totally agree with u that this is so shallow, but u'll find this everywhere in egypt, maybe outside too, so we cant neglect this fact and insist on wearing what we want in interviews.
sometimes you have to do what it takes to reach what u want, and if this job is very important to u , u have to accept their rules, however, u shouldnt go to the next interview, not because of their rules, but because of the attitude, u're not a kid at school, she cant treat u less than anybody even if ur wearing slippers, if she is professional she is supposed to treat everybody alike then decide later who to accept.
it seems like she got on ur nerves and (saddet nefsak mel akher) bas bardo u should be prepared to face stuff like that in other places.
this was only about ur appearance, wait till u see what will happen after ur hired, almost 90% of companies here will require u to kiss as** which is so degrading than just commenting on ur clothes.
and once u do something against ur principles, u'll always be like that.
i worked in many places and what i found is that nobody is qualified enough to be a good manager, and in my opinion this is why they concentrate on appearance and shallow stuff, da tab3an gheir el e7das, when a person becomes a manager specially by kosa they like to show off commenting on anything other than ur actual work (cause they dont understand work as should be)
dont let this affect u or offend u in anyway, its obvious that u have enough experience to find a better place, a place where they concentrate on hiring professionals not airheaded hunks.
and take it from this side, God did that for a purpose, maybe something bad would've happened to u if u were accepted and welcomed now.
i wish u the best of luck no-body, homma el khasraneen;)

Answer 2

You may have it all wrong. Some interviews are held to come up with a stable of contenders, basically, people who couldn't get the job if they had a Brooks Brothers suit on. In other words, the company has already selected someone for the job and they are just going through interviews as a formality. Happens all the time.

Answer 3

this is sooooooooo true

for example, people here in egypt differentiate between a girl wearing the viel and another who is not wearing it, they think that since a girl is wearing a viel, then she is definitely better and more religious than the the girl not wearing it

i am not against the viel ofcourse, the point is that, it is totally taken by the appearnce and thats it, anyone growing a beard is consedired to be religioug and good and helpful and so, but the fact that i have seen is that, people tend to use these appearences to fool other peolpe to get to what they want...

but regarding your specific incident of the interview, i think they thought that u r not caring for the job and don't respect the inrerview itself... they will be thinking (He did not even wear a suit, he does not want the job, he didn't respect it..bla bla bla)

Wearing a suit is what they expected, so by not dressing that away, they will get offended... i will suggest that u take care of this point the next interviews since this is how it goes here

Answer 4

yes, this is frustrating. I agree with you 100%.
We pay more attention to appearances is true too, and i expect you have it all figured out why.
But don't get down too much because of this, there are still many places who really seek what is in your mind, including your interview job, but your luck brought you to meet this mean lady and this discouraging situation.
If you really need this job, and find it a job that you like to do and can do it efficiently, then i suggest you go next interview either wearing a suit (i guess that, eventually, you can manage to appear in one) or wearing your normal outfit and say to them whatever you want to say about this issue and clear your conscience.

Answer 5

Ma3lesh. Fi nas keda bet7eb tetmanzar wete3mel fiha enaha fahma kol 7aga. Momken tekoon elenterview di keda soora bas weykoono 3arfeen meen haya7'od elsho3'lana di (ebn elmodeer masalan wey2olo eno nege7 felenterview wenohom makanoosh ye3rafo eno ebno). If u want my opinion dont buy anything special for them. Just go whith what do u think it is proper to wear and good luck.
3al3omoum mesh da elly ana 3ayez a2olhoolak bas 3ayez arod 3alek belnesba lelso2al beta3 mona elshazly ana kan asdy enaha (bettahtah) keteer bas besara7a betetkalem femawadee3 garee2a wemohema. Ama belnesba lelenta oltoholy fana bas 3ayez awada7lak en ana ba7eb masr gedan bas elmoshkela en ana shayef en fi mashakel keteeeeeer gedan fiha ba7awel a7elaha bas lelasaf mesh 3aref.

Answer 6

i wager because a number of those females experience that the purely way that they could get ahead is by their looks. that is authentic from an evolutionary aspect of view in view that maximum adult adult males are extra in touch in the actual over the psychological. looks are extra major for females people, even as funds/intelligence is extra major for adult adult males in view that women people might want to many times fairly have a guy who's extra financially take care of than not. besides, the position did you get your information? i recognize a good number of ladies those who artwork on both issues. that is turning out to be more and more difficulty-loose for females people to get an practise because of the girls people's Revolution. So, i imagine that you're going to commence seeing more and more women people attempting to strengthen their minds, all the even as staying beautiful.

Answer 7

yes a lot of people care about how they going to drees and how they're going to look... but that's not me at all Imostly care about my education and what's ..