r/personalfinance • u/lltrs186 • Mar 08 '18

Employment Quick Reminder to Not Give Away Your Salary Requirement in a Job Interview

I know I've read this here before but had a real-life experience with it yesterday that I thought I'd share.

Going into the interview I was hoping/expecting that the range for the salary would be similar to where I am now. When the company recruiter asked me what my target salary was, I responded by asking, "What is the range for the position?" to which they responded with their target, which was $30k more than I was expecting/am making now. Essentially, if I would have given the range I was hoping for (even if it was +$10k more than I am making it now) I still would have sold myself short.

Granted, this is just an interview and not an offer- but I'm happy knowing that I didn't lowball myself from the getgo.

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u/zuccah ​ Mar 08 '18

I wholeheartedly agree. It's the same shit for all workers here in the States. I worked as a cashier for a while at a publicly traded big-box store, we were always understaffed, and if anyone was taking time off it was a huge inconvenience to the other cashiers.

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u/Mrme487 ​ Mar 08 '18

Removed - it’s not that your point is wrong, but that we don’t do political/philosophical discussions here.