Lie through your teeth and do it comfortably.
You're not misrepresenting ANYTHING on your CV (salary isn't even part of your CV), so you're doing anything wrong at all.
Just give them a number that matches your salary expectation, minus 5%. Then tell them you'd need to make at least 5% or 10% more in order to move from your current position, risks and uncertainty and inflation and all that.
I increased my salary by about 60% at one point, just by switching employers (prev employer was in public sector)
It definitely helps to know that you should be making given your experience, so use Glassdoor, etc if you're not sure. If you aren't doing the research and you just start out saying "I wanna make 10% more than I am now", then you're still succumbing to the anchoring effect and undercutting yourself, potentially by a lot.
This also helps the question die by making it far less useful. They'll eventually find that this tactic isn't paying dividends anymore because they've ended up just paying people what they're worth anyway.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Understood, but I prefer not lying in general and I've found that lying is in most cases not necessary. I'm not saying that as an absolute though. Like if you are in a tough situation and have no other choices, definitely lie.
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I used the following tactic: Lie.
Lie through your teeth and do it comfortably.
You're not misrepresenting ANYTHING on your CV (salary isn't even part of your CV), so you're doing anything wrong at all.
Just give them a number that matches your salary expectation, minus 5%. Then tell them you'd need to make at least 5% or 10% more in order to move from your current position, risks and uncertainty and inflation and all that.
I increased my salary by about 60% at one point, just by switching employers (prev employer was in public sector)
It definitely helps to know that you should be making given your experience, so use Glassdoor, etc if you're not sure. If you aren't doing the research and you just start out saying "I wanna make 10% more than I am now", then you're still succumbing to the anchoring effect and undercutting yourself, potentially by a lot.
This also helps the question die by making it far less useful. They'll eventually find that this tactic isn't paying dividends anymore because they've ended up just paying people what they're worth anyway.
Understood, but I prefer not lying in general and I've found that lying is in most cases not necessary. I'm not saying that as an absolute though. Like if you are in a tough situation and have no other choices, definitely lie.