Asking a recruiter for a range sounds like a good idea, but in my experience they often won't provide it (perhaps they don't have the authority). I gave up on o

Asking a recruiter for a range sounds like a good idea, but in my experience they often won't provide it (perhaps they don't have the authority). I gave up on one tech firm as the recruiter would not provide any salary range, other than the word "competitive" (which, in my experience, means nothing). The only way to find out an actual range involved traveling to their headquarters for a day long interview. I declined, unless they could provide a range. They declined to provide it. That was the end of that. I suspect the hiring managers were never told the real reason I never interviewed there.