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Hiring managers aren't necessarily trying to talk you down when asking for salary information up front. It's waste of time to go through the interview process w
by hodgesrm 6y ago
Hiring managers aren't necessarily trying to talk you down when asking for salary information up front. It's waste of time to go through the interview process when parties have grossly mismatched expectations about compensation. To save time I usually ask something like "what number would get you interested in this job?"
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- biztos 6y agoI think that’s still a play to put them at a negotiating disadvantage. If I say “500” and you can only offer 400 but I might actually take 300 because it’s an interesting job, how does this continue?
- hodgesrm 6y agoThat happens reasonably often. If it's close enough and the candidate seems to be a good fit in other ways, I go ahead on the assumption that we can work something out when the time comes. If they are outside the budget I usually just move on. It's not worth trying to beat candidates down on price. I want excellent people on the team who think they made a great move by joining us. If the goal is just cheap labor, it's way more effective to hire in less expensive markets. Just my $0.02.
- cushychicken 6y ago>It's waste of time to go through the interview process when parties have grossly mismatched expectations about compensation. To save time I usually ask something like "what number would get you interested in this job?" If the goal is to save time, why not give the candidate your salary budget up front, instead of putting the onus on them to share information?