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The Big Iced Coffee Debate: Should You Bring Your Drink to a Job Interview?

Sep 22
3 min read
Iced Coffee and Job Interviews.

I reached out to shake her hand, and it was cold and wet.

She had been holding her iced coffee right up until the moment she walked in, so the condensation came with her. I smiled, she smiled, and we both pretended not to notice. Not a big deal. We sat down and got started.


Then, about halfway through the interview, right in the middle of answering one of my questions, she picked up the cup and gave it a shake. The ice rattled. She kept talking. I kept listening, or at least I tried to, because now all I could hear was that cup.

She was qualified. She was friendly. And the thing I remembered most when I walked out of that room was the ice.


This weekend, the iced coffee debate went viral all over again, and my comments filled up with people asking if it really matters that much. So let me break it down on the most basic level, because once you see it from the other side of the desk, it is pretty hard to unsee.



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