We have no written policy on body piercings. However, we never used to have a problem with it. It was all very tastefully done--ears only.
Then our controller brought his two teenaged sons in on a part-time basis. They both wore rings in their ears and their noses, and sometimes in their tongues. They had all of us as internal customers, since they helped with the computers. People hated this, but luckily, the worst offender went off to college full-time, and the one who remained discontinued the practice.
We're back to normal for the moment. I'm so grateful. I wish they'd add it to the casual wear section of our manual, along with--get this--thongs. Yes, a gal at work wore these a few weeks back. It was so awful. Things you'd think wouldn't have to be mentioned have to be written down somewhere now. "Don't wear hip-hugger pants with thongs."
As to the direct question, I would bring it up again at the end of the interview, explaining that her prospective boss is conservative and would balk at hiring her on that basis alone, even though she was the perfect candidate otherwise. And it wouldn't matter to me what type of firm I was hiring for. I would just tell her to consider herself warned of this ahead of the final interview.
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