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What's Trending: Is it okay to bring an iced coffee to a job interview?

Published on 28 Sep 2026
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What actually counts as unprofessional at work these days? Is bringing an iced coffee into a job interview really a red flag? And would you draw the line at bringing your parents along too?

On What’s Trending, Hongbin Jeong, Nadiah Koh and Alexandra Parada unpack the changing rules of workplace etiquette, from the viral debate over iced coffee at interviews to new research showing one in five Gen Z candidates have brought a parent to a job interview.

And as expectations around professionalism change, where should we draw the line between being yourself at work and simply being inappropriate?

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