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Mine almost always goes like this: Recruiter: How much are looking for? Me: Could you please provide a range for the role? Recruiter: no, please let us know
by s0rce 3y ago
Mine almost always goes like this:
Recruiter: How much are looking for?
Me: Could you please provide a range for the role?
Recruiter: no, please let us know what you want
Me: relatively high but not crazy number
Recruiter: No, that's too high
Me (in my head): why did you ask me then
Me: Ok, please let me know what is reasonable
Recruiter: some number that may or may not be acceptable
Me: asks for a bit more if number was close to acceptable
- waisbrot 3y agoIME you could have gotten the higher number if you'd avoided saying it. Because you surrendered a number almost immediately, they have decided that you're inexperienced and so deserve less money. I think a better strategy is to not answer: "OK, I think it's fine if you don't want to talk about salary right now. I'm sure you pay competitively. Let's focus on whether I'm a good fit with the team first." After the engineering team has told the recruiter that they want to move forward with hiring you, you have more leverage to negotiate. If you're finding that your opening bid is always rejected, it's probably because you don't know what's a good number to name. (Lots of people sneer at this but I don't think this is some failing on your part--companies pay tons of money for this kind of salary data which is how they know it.) In this case, you should just do anything you can to avoid naming a number first.
- s0rce 3y agoSorry, I guess my brief summary wasn't clear, I basically do what you say and avoid the discussion as long as possible. You are 100% correct you are in a much better position when the technical folks want you vs some random recruiter.
- JohnFen 3y agoPersonally, I just wouldn't work with a recruiter who did that. That sort of behavior is a red flag to me.
- quickthrower2 3y agoThat negotiation sounds like the estimation process at some companies I have worked for.
- saagarjha 3y agoWhat would you do instead? Ask for another recruiter?
- JohnFen 3y agoI would tell them them I'm not interested in the position and just continue with my job hunt as I would have if I never spoke with them.