What You Need to Know About the Salary Expectation Interview Question
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This document provides tips for answering the common interview question "What is your salary expectation?". It advises the reader to avoid mentioning numbers, research average salaries for their role and experience level, focus on fit for the company and role rather than salary, keep an upbeat tone, and never lie about past salaries. The overall message is that this initial question is not the time for negotiation, but rather an opportunity to showcase interest in the work.
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What You Need to Know About the Salary Expectation Interview Question
- 1. “What’s Your Salary Expecta5on?” What You Need To Know About This Tricky Interview Ques5on
- 2. “What is your salary expectation?” It’s one of the most dreaded interview ques5ons because it blends awkward conversa5on of money with the fear of asking too much, too liJle, or rejec5on.
- 3. Here’s what you should know to prepare:
- 4. 1. You’re Not Negotiatin Hardball (Yet) Avoid any mention of numbers.
- 5. If you’ve done your research, you should know exactly the range of what someone like you should be making.
- 6. 2. Be Prepared It’s a general rule when interviewing!
- 7. Use Glassdoor’s salary tool or Payscale.com to gauge your market value
- 8. 3. Avoid Talking Numbers At this stage, you want to be as vague and disinterested in numbers as possible.
- 9. You can talk numbers further into the process, but right now it’s all about learning about the opportunity.
- 10. 4. Don’t Get Defensive Avoid feeling sabotaged
- 11. Your interviewer doesn’t want to make you a low ball offer, they just want to make sure it makes sense to keep talking.
- 12. 5. Keep The Tone Casual & Friendly
- 13. Likeable people receive job offers and win salary negotiations so don’t get ruffled by this topic.
- 14. Smile and casually express more interest in learning about the role and potential fit.
- 15. 6. Talk Fit, Not Finances
- 16. No one wants to hire someone who’s only interested in money. The company needs to know you’re invested in their mission.
- 17. 7. Don’t get Overly Confident Conversations around salary are pretty standard for the initial phone screen or interview.
- 18. Just because we’re touching on money, doesn’t mean we’re talkin’ money just yet.
- 19. 8. Don’t Ever Lie About Salary History
- 20. Why?? Lying is just outright bad (but you knew that).
- 21. Why?? Employers can get their hands on this info. nothing will take you out of the running faster than A Lie.
- 22. For more interview advice visit: www.NGCareerStrategy.com