> How to avoid the “What is your desired salary?” question Already off to a bad start. Just like we assume that advertisements without a salary range will be s

> How to avoid the “What is your desired salary?” question Already off to a bad start. Just like we assume that advertisements without a salary range will be shitty salaries, employers assume applicants who dodge this question have a shitty BATNA. A good answer to this question is "x% more than I'm making now, and high enough to outbid competing offers from companies A, B and C." But if you want to avoid answering the question, a good response is "you advertised at 80k-100k, and that is admissable, but you will need to beat offers from companies A, B and C."