Is answering "What's your expected salary?" is a required question?

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You can instead just whistle absently a bit and look around like you've forgotten where you are.

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Well ya - seems reasonable to let the employer know what you’re expecting. I always state the high-value of what I’m willing to accept and also state negotiable based on culture, role specifics, and other benefits.

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I normally give me number and add “but I would want to understand the full compensation benefits and factor in healthcare, retirement, PTO, etc”. I feel that’s a good way of giving a number but also showing some flexibility depending on benefits. If the healthcare is great then it may be worth it to go down on salary since you would be paying it anyways.

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This is really important because a lot of companies will try to lock you into an answer and then short you on the benefits. Or try to include the benefits in the compensation offer.

You should naturally have an answer ready for that. It's a job and it comes with a salary, it's not like it's something people won't talk about. Do some research and have an idea of what the company pays. Then factor in your experience and skills and place yourself where you think you should be within that range.

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The problem with this is my current salary is 40% more than some competitors and 40% less than others - Glassdoor is way off on their estimate with my current employer by ~40k, so hard to assume they’re in the right area for competition.

Required by who? They can't force you to answer, but I can't understand why you wouldn't. Don't you want to know if you're on the same page?

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I think so - mainly because it helps to make sure you're on the same page with the recruiter to make sure you don't waste time applying for something that wouldn't be a good fit

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yes. If you know, you know.

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