Most candidates spend weeks preparing answers and almost no time thinking about what they’ll wear. Research on interviewer behavior suggests that appearance-based judgments form rapidly — often within the first two to four minutes of meeting someone — and can shape how every subsequent answer gets interpreted. This isn’t about looking expensive. It’s about signaling that you understood where you were going before you arrived. The rules have shifted considerably since 2026. Hybrid work, remote-first cultures, and broad workplace casualization have made “what to wear to an interview” a genuinely complicated question. The correct outfit now depends on industry, role…