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I've sat on both sides of the fence and when I've been doing the interviewing I would normally ask the question, what sort of package are you looking for. I don't really care what you've been paid in the past! I want to know what you want you want and then I can decide if I think you are worth it. When I've been interviewed, I've always answered with the sort of package I've been looking for, not what I'm on. If I think I'm worth 100% pay-rise and they agree fine!..They should of course already have some idea what I'm after, I wouldn't apply for a job for which I knew the salary scale was totally unacceptable. And I'll always negotiate on the first offer, simply on the grounds that people never offer their limit on the first offer, I never would!!
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I've sat on both sides of the fence and when I've been doing the interviewing I would normally ask the question, what sort of package are you looking for. I don't really care what you've been paid in the past! I want to know what you want you want and then I can decide if I think you are worth it. When I've been interviewed, I've always answered with the sort of package I've been looking for, not what I'm on. If I think I'm worth 100% pay-rise and they agree fine!..They should of course already have some idea what I'm after, I wouldn't apply for a job for which I knew the salary scale was totally unacceptable. And I'll always negotiate on the first offer, simply on the grounds that people never offer their limit on the first offer, I never would!!