Thanks. Note to self: If talking to external recruiter, 1) check if they are willing to keep my salary confidential and 2) get market salary info. Also, looks

Thanks. Note to self: If talking to external recruiter, 1) check if they are willing to keep my salary confidential and 2) get market salary info. Also, looks like it is good to have a big salary to anchor the target salary higher. You are out of luck if you were working on your own startup for past 5 years with a low salary In your experience, how common is that candidates lie about/inflate their salary to keep the anchor higher? Was any one caught doing this?