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Let's say you apply for a job. Then you get an email saying they want to phone interview you, but would also like you to send you your salary requirements/range. You do so. You have the phone interview, it goes great, salary isn't discussed in this phone interview though. You then get scheduled for the second round interview.
So does this mean that since you gave your salary range and that you have moved into the next round that the salary range you gave them fit for what they are looking to offer?
I am assuming if you were asking too much you might have not made it to the next round, right? I am just curious to hear...
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I would say that it means nothing. If it's anywhere close to their range they might interview you, and if you are the best option, offer less than you gave as the bottom, because it's worth a try, and if you decline, they can always go with their 2nd choice.
Everyone is assuming that the people on the other end of the phone or email and at the phone interview are all competent and talking to each other. You may give them a range but the person who received the range may have no idea what the range is - he/she is just scheduling the interview and was given a list of questions. Your salary range info could sit in some file for two weeks until it is time for the hiring team to even look at it.
There are probably a dozen threads on this forum describing people who are PO'd that they jumped through all these hoops and missed work for interviews just to find out later that they were excluded due to a simply technicality or showstopper.
If there is one thing I learned going through the recruitment process it is to never assume or analyze anything. The scenarios for your situation are infinite. You will only know what the salary for this position will be when it is presented to you.
For my current position, I gave a range that was slightly higher than the range they were seeking, though close. I got the interview, and at the end, I got offered the highest of their range. The boss explained that he was lucky he was getting to hire anyone as the corporation is officially in a hiring freeze, but he'd do what he could, when he could. A couple days ago, he came to my office (I'm placed in a client site, for the client's convenience) and stated that my PNLs are exceeding their expectations so HIS boss sent him to the site to make sure I wasn't doing anything shady. As I'm not, and the client is happy (as am I... LOVE my new job!) they're offering me a bonus, based on the PNLs.
Sometimes, you get a GOOD boss, that recognizes good work and good employees and understands that the right person MAKES them money and they do what they can to keep that person happy - even in tough times, to ensure the employee stays with them when things start getting better. Not everyone's a cheapskate looking to screw people.
You can't make assumptions. I was offered a salary that exceeded the range I gave when I was first asked. Anything can happen!
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