I had a job interview, and at the end they asked me how much salary I expected. I didn’t give a clear answer at first, but they asked again two more times. When I finally said the highest amount I was...

I've experienced it more than a few times, and your instincts are correct (in my experience).

I had a job interview, and at the end they asked me how much salary I expected. I didn’t give a clear answer at first, but they asked again two more times. When I finally said the highest amount I was...

I agree

I had a job interview, and at the end they asked me how much salary I expected. I didn’t give a clear answer at first, but they asked again two more times. When I finally said the highest amount I was...

Deb, I understand you're well-intentioned, but, in my experience, interviews these days are more about disqualifying an applicant than it is getting... to know them. (You're not going to hear from them again if they choose someone else for the role.) In any case, giving a standard answer that avoids answering the questions doesn't really tell them anything about you. (Although, that is the correct answer; I am worth this much because .... more

I had a job interview, and at the end they asked me how much salary I expected. I didn’t give a clear answer at first, but they asked again two more times. When I finally said the highest amount I was...

I have never had a good experience when I accepted a salary lower than I should have asked for (especially when it knew it at the time).

I had a job interview, and at the end they asked me how much salary I expected. I didn’t give a clear answer at first, but they asked again two more times. When I finally said the highest amount I was...

Hey, if you did extensive research and came up with a number (especially if getting a number was difficult), you did your due diligence. Their... expectations were probably unrealistic and the person that came in first is likely being underpaid. more

I had a job interview, and at the end they asked me how much salary I expected. I didn’t give a clear answer at first, but they asked again two more times. When I finally said the highest amount I was...

But what if you're not?

I had a job interview, and at the end they asked me how much salary I expected. I didn’t give a clear answer at first, but they asked again two more times. When I finally said the highest amount I was...

It depends on where you are in the interview process. Salary expectations could be part of a screening interview, especially if the employers have... published their expectations, but it should not be part of your first proper interview. (It suggests the employer is looking for someone cheap.) In any case, you should have a reasonable expectation of how you would like to be remunerated before the interview (sometimes even before the application). If your expectations are reasonable and the employer is unwilling to meet it, then you probably avoided some misfortune. more

In the high-stakes world of job interviews, most candidates worry about saying the wrong thing. But according to Angela Beatty, Accenture's Chief Leadership and Human Resources Officer, it's what you...

It's interesting how much the HR/Employer side of the table complains about candidates lacking interview preparation without realizing that, perhaps,... the issue is likely their own lack of preparation. Are the responses to those questions you got from AI ten minutes before the interview really going to tell you anything about the candidate's suitability for the role? Are YOU dressed appropriately for a job interview? Have you and the rest of your (unnecessary) panel coordinated your questions so that you're not asking different versions of the same questions? Not all candidates are the same. Where a blanket list of generic questions asked in a Q&A format might be suitable for entry-level positions that require little or no experience, hiring for a higher-level role that requires a certain amount of experience or specific skills means you're looking for a different type of candidate, and your interview ought to focus on how the candidate will approach the challenges of the role.  more

It's hard to find a job in our small village, so I agreed to help my neighbor on his farm. I worked for a month, but he didn’t pay me. I found out he has tricked other guys from nearby villages the...

No good deed goes unpunished. You volunteered to help him work on his farm. That means you are a good person. That he regularly does this to people... simply means you're a better person than he. Take comfort in that knowledge, learn from the experience, and move on. more