This is easier said than done, specially in more junior positions when you don't carry that much weight. As an anecdotal example I remember some years back I w

This is easier said than done, specially in more junior positions when you don't carry that much weight. As an anecdotal example I remember some years back I was interviewing with Philips Respironics for what would have been my 2nd job out of university. On my 1st round interview (HR call) I was asked about my current salary, I chose the polite non-answer of "I don't feel it would be respectful for my current colleagues to disclose my salary or package conditions". The interviewer immediately went into passive agressive mode and told me that she would not be able to progress the application forward without an answer to that question. I ended up moving to a better role but that was a valuable lesson. I agree with the points made but this only really works once you sort of build a name for yourself and you carry some weight in the value that you bring.