Comments on: What Salary Do You Expect is Another Bad Question

By: Answering the Money Question | The Agile Radar

Answering the Money Question | The Agile Radar — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:48:51 +0000

[...] This is the start of the salary negotiation. Are you ready for the start of the salary negotiation? Have you built rapport with the hiring manager? You can always say, “I’m open to negotiation. What level is the job, and what is the midpoint of the level?” See What Salary Do You Expect is Another Bad Question. [...]

By: mohamed

mohamed — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:30:07 +0000

base your guess on market price and save time crazy Hrs, if that makes difference in their budget related stress

By: Michael James

Michael James — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:55:50 +0000

No one’s mentioned my pet peeve yet: asking for my resume in “word” format. Microsoft invented the word?

By: mattmc

mattmc — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:42:59 +0000

Well, why would I want to give out my salary range to my competitors? Running a consulting company, direct rates are part of my proprietary info. Of course, as you mention, talking about the salary number on its own ignores many features of our compensation package.

By: Ask a Manager

Ask a Manager — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:48:20 +0000

Great post! I totally agree that employers should speak up first about the salary range, and I hate it when they play coy about what they plan to pay. They have an idea of what they’re going to pay; it’s ridiculous that they expect candidates to throw out a number first, and some HR people are totally insistent on it.

When I’m hiring, I announce my range up front. It saves me a ton of time.

By: Dwayne Phillips

Dwayne Phillips — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:16:27 +0000

“What kind of math is that?” Wonderful, simply wonderful.

At least they didn’t ask you the question someone asked me as a first question, “Can you type?”

By: Adam D.

Adam D. — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:53:09 +0000

Another no-no is a recruiter asking you how much you made at previous engagements. A good recruiter friend of mine told me to answer back “how much do you make?”. That should clearly communicate the tone they are setting by asking such things.

By: Tweets that mention Hiring Technical People

Tweets that mention Hiring Technical People — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:46:07 +0000

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By: Mike Woodhouse

Mike Woodhouse — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:37:38 +0000

Why give an upper limit at all? If I was feeling brave, I might respond “more than zero – probably – it depends”.

On reflection, though, an HR department that has this kind of requirement on this kind of form is probably already an indication of a problem-in-the-making.