I previously applied for a position knowing they were looking to hire someone around $65k-ish (it wasn't listed on the job page but there were other indications

I previously applied for a position knowing they were looking to hire someone around $65k-ish (it wasn't listed on the job page but there were other indications that's the range they were looking to pay for the position. After several rounds of interviews, they actually came back with an offer for much higher (they did ask me how much I am expecting to get paid before making the offer). I countered back and definitely got a salary offer that was certainly way more than 50% of the original intended offer and about 30% more than the actual offer they actually ended up making in their initial pitch.