When relative become a HR

Hi All, I am writing this post just for sake of knowledge. Currently I am working in Oracle with 3.8 YOE as QA. During interview calls, the most difficult question i feel to answer is “What is your expected salary?” Sometimes i ask for 100% and in some cases a self doubt arises that whether this much asking is correct or not. So guys please feel free to suggest how you do research like is there any specific website where we can know the market value of the position and answer this question to your interviewer.😊

Ask me anything except my company name, or things that can reveal my identity. I may respectfully choose not to respond to your question based on my own judgement. Here’s a brief intro about me: I’ve worked as both software engineering manager & software technical architect over the last 18+ years on various tech stacks managing backend, frontend and a little bit of cloud. I have seen ups and downs in the software industry. Currently I’m working as a senior architect in one of the product based companies in India.

Having almost 6yrs experience with single digit salary 😭 every friend and colleague are making a killing every recruiter I speak to just offer x% over last CTC but not the amount I ask stating budget issue. This is taking a toll on my mental health unable to focus on up skilling / working in current org plz help not sure what to do.

I will go first - "Are you looking for a job change?" ( Hell no, I was just testing the naukri.com functionality) "What is your notice period?" And whatever your answer is, they will say, "We are looking for somebody who can join in 2 to 4 weeks" "How many jobs have you changed till date?" Whatever your answer is, they are not happy. If you haven't changed any, they think you don't have skills and just hanging on to the current job. "What is your expected CTC?" And whatever your answer is, they will ask, "Is it negotiable?" ..... (Reminds me of fish market) "

These days HRs are asking the employees before sitting for an interview about their current ctc. I don’t want to reveal that to them and want to get paid according to the industry standards/ based on the market conditions. How to smoothly avoid that question and avoid getting underpaid?

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.

How many folks here 100% refuse to share last salary and are adant that HR state their budget. How do you guys do it and also has it ever happened that you needed up losing a great opportunity coz of this???

How do you go about interviews where neither party has discussed the band . Do you seek blood or bleed?

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?