“I regularly wear a Kippah. Someone told me not to wear it on an interview. What should I do?”

April 4, 2008 5 Comments »

Dave’s KippaIt is important that you do what you are most comfortable with. If you plan to wear the kippah every day to work and want a company to respect your beliefs, you should wear it to an interview.

Why would you want to work somewhere where the people will not be respectful of you?

Please share your experiences.

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  • http://www.weinbergconsulting.com Dave Weinberg

    This question has come up for me before and it has always made me feel uncomfortable. When I recently was in the job market, I had an interview at a major tv/fil production studio in DC and was asked by a friend who works there, prior to my interview, if I was planning on wearing my kippa to work. “Of course” I said. He doesn’t, nor does another orthodox practicing Jew who works there. I definitely understand the need to fit in, especially in business, sales, or public office.

    I have worked at major retail stores and at movie companies (during press events) and at my current job (GeniusRocket) all while wearing the beanie on my head. I wear it proudly.

  • http://mosi.blog-city.com Isaac

    In this day and age, in the United States, I suspect that wearing a Kippah will not hurt a candidate in most industries. I’m an engineer, and I don’t believe that it has ever hindered me.

    In fact, I think that my kippah it has worked to my advantage by causing people to remember me. In a previous job as a worker bee engineer, I had one or two brief encounters with the CEO of the 2500-person company, whose office was on a different campus than mine. After that, whenever he visited our building, and I ran into him in the hallway, he greeted me by name. I’m pretty sure that he wouldn’t have remembered me if he didn’t have “the one guy with a Kippah who works for me” mapped to me in his brain.

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  • Adam

    I just wanted to share that this is an issue also for Jews living in Israel. Many young guys think about this when joining the army and when starting a new job. I was told not to wear a kippah for a certain unit I wanted to join. I didn’t follow the advise and sure enough during the ten days trial I was asked to give a response to all my non-religious comrades about if I believe buses should be allowed to drive on Shabbat in Jerusalem or not. I gave a good answer and was respected.

    Wear the kipah, and fear no one, but know why you do it and have the patience to explain.

    Also instead of taking the kippah off your head when you pass a certain group of people that make you nervous, spend a couple more hours at the gym.

    Removing the kippah out of fear is a sign that you are not strong enough to defend yourself or your family. This is very bad news for any man.

  • http://www.bestkippah.com/store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=3 Kippah

    I dont see any problem wearing kippah everyday and im comfortable with it..I never have a bad experience by using it..I dont care what they say.