Okay, at the risk of sounding a bit sleezy, here some tips I found useful myself: 1. Never, ever, give out information about previous compensation. Always atte

Okay, at the risk of sounding a bit sleezy, here some tips I found useful myself: 1. Never, ever, give out information about previous compensation. Always attempt to deflect that with "I don't feel comfortable talking about that yet" (and get the conversation back to what you can do for them.) If they insist (and you are not prepared to walk) give them a really high estimate ("I was thinking roughly <highest you could think of> to <that + 25%>") 2. Always let them make an offer first 3. Remember that their budget isn't a problem, if they decided they really want you, on the scale of Google your salary is merely a rounding error on the budget. 4. PRACTICE! I mean, get a friend you trust to do a role-play of the various tactics the recruiters use to low-ball you and practice the conversation _at least_ 5 times.