Yeah... I am going to probably decide not to offer a job to someone who does this. It is unnecessarily evasive and kinda bordering being a jerk. Might be cultural... but that wouldn't really fly for me. You shouldn't start a relationship by lying about NDAs... which almost everyone knows are bull anyway.
You are best off doing your own research and deciding what the market rate for your skills likely is and using that as a guide.
This whole approach is pretty much insane. Especially because I know what I can afford for a given position and I really don't want to waste anyone's time. If I know my top dollar available is Z and coming out of the gate I know you want at least Y which is Z + X; I'll save everyone some time knowing that I cannot match the salary.
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Yeah... I am going to probably decide not to offer a job to someone who does this. It is unnecessarily evasive and kinda bordering being a jerk. Might be cultural... but that wouldn't really fly for me. You shouldn't start a relationship by lying about NDAs... which almost everyone knows are bull anyway.
You are best off doing your own research and deciding what the market rate for your skills likely is and using that as a guide.
This whole approach is pretty much insane. Especially because I know what I can afford for a given position and I really don't want to waste anyone's time. If I know my top dollar available is Z and coming out of the gate I know you want at least Y which is Z + X; I'll save everyone some time knowing that I cannot match the salary.