Started my Monday with a recruiter asking me what salary I wanted before explaining benefits, bonus structure, or equity.
How can anyone answer that accurately?
Am I the only one who finds this frustrating???

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“I expect a salary and compensation package that is competitive for what the role requires and my ability to accomplish the role successfully. Benefits definitely play into that, so any information you have about our-of-pocket costs for benefits might help offset other forms of compensation. Since I don’t fully know what the role will require or how well I will be able to fulfill that, I expect to get some feedback through the interview process that helps me evaluate the compensation I expect.

However, if there is a specific budget or salary structure which is already approved for this role, if you give me that information, I can tell you if it is acceptable based on what I already know about the role.”

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Start by asking what the approved budget range for the role is if they didn't post it with the job description. There is always an approved salary range.

Hopefully it isn't something stupidly wide (relative %) where the range is $100k - $160k. That usually means they haven't done their homework or have contradictions in their thought process, like posting a remote salary range when the role is clearly hybrid/on-site.

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