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You look good. Have interviewed tons of people in my time. What you put together should be fine.

And if that's not good enough for some places you probably don't want to work at them anyway.

It's not about the cost of the clothing, it's about the intent to appear professional at an interview. Trying is good.

I've seen people rock up to interviews wearing hoodies and tracksuit pants. So yeah dressing appropriately shows you're interested.

You look good! Good luck

I’m 8 years into the IT space and got my start at a help desk as well. Now I’m running a team for a large international company.

I’m not sure if Lemmy supports DM’s as I haven’t explored it much but please feel free to reach out to me with any questions etc and I’d be happy to give you some tips! You got this boss. 💪

Another older fart here. As others have said, you look good! Wearing it a few times to get used to it is a great tip.

Especially since they are inexpensive clothes, if you need to clean them, wash and dry them carefully. Dunno your setup, but make sure the washer is set to cold or the low side of warm. Dry medium and don’t over dry. If the washer and dryer have a “permanent press” setting, that should work ok. Immediately hang them; don’t let them sit in the dryer.

Looks sharp, I learned a little too late to do the "Military Tuck" when the sides got a bit bunched up. It can really help clean up the look with non tailored shirts.

If you have time to take your clothes to a tailor they can make it fit much better. It’ll usually only cost around $8-15 and it made a huge difference in how I feel in my clothes

I wouldn’t worry that it looks cheap, it looks like you’re putting in effort to look professional which matters more.

And also it doesn’t look cheap to me.