Clear your interviews then circle back. The market right now is so weird that they may just end up giving something nominal

Thank you for the input, I am in final stages. Hoping things work out and I don’t get lowballed!

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Hey all, I’m currently interviewing and most places I’ve mentioned an expected salary range.  My concern now is, will they assume this as the base/fixed  pay or the overrall ctc ? Should I have bee...

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Hey all, I’m currently interviewing and most places I’ve mentioned an expected salary range.

My concern now is, will they assume this as the base/fixed  pay or the overrall ctc ? Should I have been more specific? I hope I haven’t messed this up!

Expected salary

Expected salary- Grapevine

What you guys tell to the HR when they ask about your expected CTC?
You go straightforward or use to say something else?

Expected Salary

Software Engineer

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Had the first (exploration) call with my would-be boss and HR lead to figure out which role I would fit in. Company is an MNC startup, best culture ive heard of, lots of friends working there in different verticals etc. I usually dont reveal salary this early on but it was a very quick call and they asked about it and I felt like I had to this time to not come off as a snob or stuck up.

Chances are low and I am okay pushing back but Im paranoid about getting lowballed now. Any advice on how to better my chances in the upcoming rounds? Greatly appreciate any help

Revealing salary in the first round. Yay or nay?

It depends on where you are in terms of the compensation spectrum. It can definitely lead to bias if your current salary is not on the higher side. 
  
 For too long, I have played this back and forth game of revealing salary and asking them for budget and frankly, it’s too tiring in Indian recruitment circles. 
  
 So, I have started just being honest from the beginning about my current pay & expectation and have seen recruiters be transparent about their budgets too. 
 Eventually if a company has to lowball they anyway would, but I am glad that I don’t have to exercise so much cognitive effort playing this game of riddles

Product Manager

Marketing Associate

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I have been applying for jobs, and every time I get a recruiter call, they ask me for my current СТС.
Is it ok to tell them the current CTC at the very first call?
Asking this because, in my current company, the budget was more but they gave me hike based on my previous CTC, because I had disclosed my current CTC before.
Also, how do I tackle the question how much is my expected salary? Is it a good idea to tell them right away? 
Asking this because what if they have bigger budget but still end up paying how much I asked for. 

PS: I am new to all of this, please help me how to tackle these questions. 

Thank you.

Salary Discussion Tips

Guys, need a quick descriptive help here. I applied to the position of senior profile for which in 1st round only they gave asked youe CTC expectation and at what CTC you will not go beyond. I shared my CTC and after 3 days I got an mail stating that my candidature got rejected because they will not be able to pay that CTC which is market standard that i asked. Now, i want to work in that company because profile is good and will help to draft my career and i am ready to decrease my CTC expectation also. 

My problem is how do I portray over mail and what pointers i should be adding to convey them to consider my profile for next round of interview as i am ready to work at lesser CTC (asked 3x of my curent CTC when lastly was discussed). 

Note: HR didn't asked my my current CTC . She directly asked expectations and at what CTC you will not go beyond.

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!

Salary negotiation after company rejected expectations ctc

Program Manager

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I got to know that budget for the role i interviewed is in range of 20-25 LPA. My last drawn salary itself is lower than the market standards. The company wouldn't give hike more than 30% considering my experience in the role domain. But I have performed well in all my interview rounds. 
Any tips from the community to negotiate for atleast the lower band of their budget?

Salary negotiation

Marketing Manager

Recruiters contact you and ask you for your current/expected salary, what is the appropriate strategy to use here?
For current:
- Be honest 
- Inflate
For expected
- Be honest 
- Inflate

Recruiters and Current salary

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

Tell me your story of salary negotiation. Did you straight up ask the band? Did the HR ignore or take offense at your audacity to ask how much this role could pay?

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.

Current and expected CTC

Product Marketing Manager

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.😊

How to answer “What is your Expected Salary”?

Software Test - QA

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So this happened with me, HR called me if i am interested in Job, I said yes and provided my expected CTC and current CTC. based on that they took my Technical Round which i cleared comfortably. Now in Manager round, the manager said they cannot provide me with my expected CTC and will proceed with HR round only if i am open to negotiation. Whats the use of asking Expected CTC at start if you are not ready to support that salary. Why is manager concerned with salary discussion ? Are HR dead in IBM ?

Whats wrong with IBM

Senior Consultant

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?

How to avoid “what’s your current ctc?”

Tech stack : Salesforce developer 
YOE : 3.5 yrs
Company: Service based 
Current CTC : 9 LPA

What is the market standard for this domain and YOE ?

I have an upcoming HR round, how much should I ask for as expected salary?

I have 7 years of experience in manual testing and have been leading a team for 3 years now. 
How much salary should I expect if I switch?
I'm currently at 14 lpa.

Expected salary for Manual Tester with 7 yoe

Hi all, 

I have got my HR round discussion at Accenture for the position of Application Lead coming up next week. Hence I thought of picking your brains to resolve a conundrum regarding a reasonable salary that I can ask for.

Location: Bengaluru
Current CTC: 15 LPA
Expected CTC: 23 -  26 LPA
TechStack: Mainframe Developer
YOE: 9 years.

Can you let me know whether my expected CTC is a reasonable amount considering my YOE, tech stack and location. Or should I ask for more/less ? 

Thanks for all the advice/suggestions !

Salary expectation for Application Lead(Bengaluru)

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How much of a hike should one expect while switching roles (for a PM role)

I have started giving interviews and the expected CTC i had mentioned was with a 40% hike. Nope, i have received my appraisal in the range of 15%, due to good performance. Should I revise my expected CTC? How does this usually work?

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