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i understand the psychology behind it but it's also a bit dangerous: where i work (europe) we don't even engage when the candidates claim a much higher rate tha

i understand the psychology behind it but it's also a bit dangerous: where i work (europe) we don't even engage when the candidates claim a much higher rate than what we would agree on

misiti3780 5y ago
Presumably you're probably filtering out extremely talented engineers that know what they are worth then?
- sgtnoodle 5y ago
  Perhaps? They could also be filtering out candidates that lack adequate self awareness. Hiring in many ways relies on heuristics, and isn't perfect.
- croisillon 5y ago
  Aren't we all underpaid? I for one :)
akvadrako 5y ago
Right, it should be higher than you expect but it shouldn't be too high. If you expect €100 and ask for 20% more it should be safe if the company is willing to pay €80. If they aren't it's probably too much of a mismatch in expectations to make everybody happy. But a candidate can only do this well if they know the market to within 20%, which might take a fair bit of research and asking around.