Typical 101 questions recruiters ask when they contact you on phone.....

Hello Grapeviners, What is with Indian recruiters wanting to know your CTC as the very first step of hiring? And when asked to share the ctc range in which the role falls, they refuse to share. So basically they just want to lowball candidates based on their current CTC and parity is a joke? Now If a recruiter denies sharing the range for the role and insists on knowing my CTC, I run! What are your thoughts?

Current CTC Expectation Notice Period How do you deal with them?

Recruiters always ask for your current compensation which is technically 'confidential' It's unfair for you to disclose your compensation without getting something in return. Let's CHANGE the tone of these conversations. I always ask for their budget before I disclose mine. Enough people do this and it'll become the norm and gives you a fighting chance to safeguard against lowballing. Objection handling: 1. "Our budget is flexible depending on the role and experience" - counter - what role are you considering me for? What's the range for that role? - if they still deny that's bullshit, all companies even startups have a ceiling they've at least thought of 2. "Our hikes are fixed at 20-30%" - run. Or if you care about the co. try talking about market standards and fair pay 3. If they're being unreasonable and not giving any info, you say your compensation is confidential / not comfortable sharing it at this stage Expected CTC - 1.2x Glassdoor/ambition box for business roles. Tech has levels.fyi. If they try to haggle at this stage itself, say you'd like to focus on the job fit and the opportunity and talk about compensation later which you believe would be open to discussion for the right candidate.

My current CTC is 8.1 Ipa and during interview rounds, I have asked for 15 LPA as that was the budget of the role. It's an MNC BANK. Not revealing the company. Now they are saying that only a 30% hike is possible because no one in the industry will give more than 30% of the current salary it seems. I asked what kind of logic is this as my skill sets are good and I have cleared all technical rounds. They say that's how it is. This is in hr discussion. What to do in such a situation? How to ask?

So i got a call from "vyapaar-apps" HR, she asked me the salary I started my career with and the salary at which I left my last company. I understand them asking for the current salary but this is quite weird and it's the first time any HR has asked me this question According to her, they just need to know my growth. Were you ever asked such a question? And please share any other weird questions you were asked during the initial HR call.

Recently i got laid off. Now that i start appearing for interviews should i make it explicit i was laid off and i am ready to join immediately. Or should I state something else as the reason of a break that might be there post 1st April ?