I make $50k USD in my current job and I am interviewing for a role in a US based startup. Their salary range for the role is mentioned to be $80-120k.
My ideal target is $100k with them. Shall I inflate my current salary to let's say $75k in the hope of an easier negotiation to $100k?
Can they do a background salary check in India? They are a tiny team of <10 folks.
The above thought is obviously under the assumption that they can't verify my salary in India and/or would not be bothered about it.
Is my assumption correct? And if yes then is my approach correct?