Can't you just lie about it? How are they going to check? And if they do ask for evidence can't you simply walk away from the opportunity? That said, a better

Can't you just lie about it? How are they going to check? And if they do ask for evidence can't you simply walk away from the opportunity? That said, a better way to defuse the question without lying is to say something like "My former employers consider salary data confidential as I'm sure you do too, but my expected salary for this role is [true_target * math.randrange(1.1, 1.4)]."