On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Dividing the Internet: Bringing Iced Coffee Into an Interview

Montag, 5. Oktober 2026 · 2 min

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There’s a HUGE debate online right now about whether you should bring an iced coffee to a job interview. It started when a recruiter said showing up with an iced coffee is a big no-no…because it makes you look like the interview is just another stop on your list of errands. Listen back to join the convo:
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Listen to this. I need some opinion here. Something dividing the internet. And that is this. It sounds mundane, but it might not be. Is bringing iced coffee into a job interview a bad idea? Some say it is too casual. Some say it makes you look not serious and not focused. Others say... If someone doesn't hire you because you got an iced coffee, you don't want to work there anyway.

But what do you think about that? Like you roll in with an iced.

Coffee in a straw.

Just like slurping away.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I don't know how I feel about that. I think no. I think, you know.

It shows you didn't give enough time to finish your coffee before you arrived for the interview, which makes it seem like you wouldn't give enough time for the job. Like you'd be rushing always into work.

No, because I think a hot coffee, bringing in a hot coffee is acceptable. Bringing in an iced coffee is not.

I would suggest to put your best foot forward. You don't bring a beverage into your first interview. You are there. You're using your hands to speak. You're shaking a hand. You're pointing at things. You don't need to bring in a beverage.

For a first job.

What about a water bottle?

No. They should offer you one. You're on air with Orion Seacrest.

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