Don’t give them a number. Instead reflect the question back at them by asking for the range for the role. Giving up any information at this point loses you leve

Don’t give them a number. Instead reflect the question back at them by asking for the range for the role. Giving up any information at this point loses you leverage and gives them something to anchor on even if it is much higher than your expectations. PS. I’m one of the founders of http://levels.fyi http://levels.fyi and we help folks out with this quite a bit