I began interviewing with a company last month. I went through phone screening, hiring manager, cognitive test, VP, and peer interviews. I moved forward and got to the offer stage yesterday. The salary was lower than I expected. I called the recruiter today to try to negotiate an extra $10k. HR approved. Later, HR called me to say I need to retake the cognitive test. My score was “good” but they wanted me to try to do better. Getting the job depends on it. Is this because I asked for $10k more?

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Unusual situation for sure. Sounds to me like they are trying to either justify the $10k internally, or justify dropping back down to the lower offer. Not much to be done except try hard on the test and see where the chips fall.

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Should have had an idea of salary at the very beginning

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Yeah, they gave me a range. I expected to be on the higher end of that range. The $10k was well within it, which is why I thought it would be ok to at least try to ask for more.

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Agree, I don’t end a recruiter call without knowing salary or at least a range. Some ppl are hired because they are the cheaper hire. It’s too many forums regarding ppl being jerked around the interview stage to be surprised by a salary later on. Now if you score the same or lower. Will they not want to extend the extra 10k? Too many unknowns at offer stage.

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