> Number 7: Companies Really Want to Know Your Salary; Don’t tell Them
This can easily result in wasting your time interviewing for companies that will never be willing to meet your salary expectations. Unfortunately, a lot of companies aren't up-front about how much they're willing to offer, so I'm not sure what the solution is.
They don't know how much they are willing to offer. You wouldn't get much out of a salary answer like this:
"Each interviewer grades you as 1 to 5. We sum that up, then multiply by $10,000."
Even knowing the number of interviewers wouldn't help you very much. You'd need to know how well the interviewers would score you, which won't be determined until after the interview.
This can easily result in wasting your time interviewing for companies that will never be willing to meet your salary expectations. Unfortunately, a lot of companies aren't up-front about how much they're willing to offer, so I'm not sure what the solution is.