Man mocked for urging job candidates to ask about pay in interview
When it comes to job interviews there are lots of things hopefuls need to consider and prepare for the big day. Besides research on the company, the job role, and what they might bring to it, one area people often forget about is coming up with questions specifically for the interviewer themselves.
Another important point to consider is salary. More often than not the potential employer would ask what your salary expectations are, allowing you to give a figure but one man believes this is all wrong.
Taking to Reddit to share his thoughts, he wrote: “During an interview, when they ask desired pay, this is my way of flipping that question back around to avoid low-ballers. If the hiring person asks what your anticipated pay for the post is, turn it around on them and answer with this: ‘If selected for this position, I trust that an offer will be made in good faith, taking my skills and experience into consideration. I will know based on an offer whether it will be a good fit for me'."
The man then proceeded to offer several scenarios of what to say if the interviewer came back pushing for an answer. If they asked: “But we need to list a concrete figure here, so like if you had to put a number to that answer, what would it be? You should say: “Since I don't know the way your organization determines the pay scale, I wouldn't have a concrete number to give you.
“I'm sure the range is available internally and I would say an amount within that range that reflects my skills and experience. Did you have any additional questions about my skills or experience that would help clarify that?”
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He went on to say that he was fully aware that this attitude could put some companies and offers off but admitted that was “somewhat the point”. He finished: “You should go into the interview knowing the vague range, but if you want to gauge the culture of the company, my suggestion stands. If a company doesn't expect money to be important to you, why should you assume and do the work of telling them where in their pay scale they should pay you?”
The thought-provoking post attracted a lot of attention with many unsure if the guy’s suggestion should be considered. One person wrote: “I've been hiring for 15 years now... the recruiter just wants to know if you're in the budget. They don't want to waste your time or the team's time... this answer is wasting their time.”
Another user replied: “I know you think this is clever, but having just served on a hiring board, I'd look back at you and just remember a difficult, manipulative double-talker who can't look someone in the eye and give a straight answer. I acknowledge that your career field is probably wildly different from mine, and I will happily accept my downvotes, but people are people, and this is not how you impress a future employer. Kids, if you really want the job, you won't do this.”
And someone else added: “The only people worried about this ‘lowballers’ garbage are the ones that haven't done their homework. Plenty of ways to pick up a good idea of the positional salary band within a company. If they are undermarket, why are you wasting your time with them?”
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