Best way to answer salary range question from third party recruiter when you don't have a ton of info? Was going to go with "since I am being promoted to senior consultant effective Oct 1st, I would expect something competitive with my new role and the experience I'd be bringing"

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Be honest and tell them that without knowing more about the role you couldn’t possibly be expected to know what reasonable comp is. What if they expect you to work 60+ hours a week?

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I’ve always just anchored the conversation at the high end of whatever # would get me to leave. Never understood why people try to hide their salary expectations so much

Of course, this would depend on a bunch of factors - but it would probably take $XXk to get me to leave my current job.

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