A career expert has revealed exactly what to say when a job candidate asks about your salary expectations – and the answer may surprise you.
Philadelphia's Anna Papalia — who creates social media content about interview tips — said that if you're asked about it, be careful about revealing your answer too quickly.
“Don't give them a number,” she recently noted TikTokwhich has generated 17 million views.
'For example, if you're currently making 50 and you're hoping for 60,000, whatever you do, don't say “well, I'm currently making 50 and I'm hoping for 60,000”.'
She explained that this is because the roll can pay between '60 and 90' and you don't want to 'shoot yourself in the foot' by saying you are willing to take the lowest end of the range.
Philadelphia's Anna Papalia — who creates social media content about interview tips — said you shouldn't reveal your answer too quickly
“Instead you say 'what is the range of the position or what does the position pay?'” Anna revealed.
“They'll most likely give you a reach, or maybe even push back and say, 'Well, we really need to know what you need to do to get you through to the next round.'
'And if that's the case, say something like “well, I need to know the range before we go any further” – or “I'm sure your range is something I would be open to”'.
Viewers were torn on the advice, as some were nervous about “starting an argument” during the interview, while others agreed that you shouldn't “low-ball” yourself.
'What? No, I'm an HR person and we REALLY need the number,” one person pointed out.
'I was in charge of hiring for my company for four years. This is bad advice. It's locked down,” said another. 'Transparency is authentic and shows leadership.'
Some also admitted that when applying for jobs, they prefer to be honest about what they expect because they “don't want to waste their time interviewing for a company that can't afford what they need.”
However, many also emphasized the importance of companies to “normalize salary transparency.”
A career expert has revealed exactly what to say when a job candidate asks about your salary expectations – and the answer may surprise you
Viewers were torn on the advice, as some were nervous about 'starting an argument' during the interview, while others agreed that you shouldn't 'low-ball' yourself
“Takes all this guessing game out of the conversation,” one person wrote.
“Great advice, thank you,” a second added.
Known as the 'interview expert', Anna does one-on-one coaching and has released a book of her tips called Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing, due out later this month.
She has over 455,300 followers on TikTok and around 98,700 followers on Instagram.
Meanwhile, a life coach TikTok recently recommended using ChatGPT to prepare for an interview.
You need to ask the chatbot to use the job description to come up with possible interview questions and answers before you start the real work.
“That was dramatic, but it changes lives,” says career coach Darci Smith told her followers on the platform.
'ChatGPT is free and works wonders for preparing for your job interview!'
“If you're applying for a job and you're not doing this, pay attention,” Darci continued, walking by @loopbaancoachdarci on TikTok, “because it's the easiest and most important thing to do when preparing for an interview.”
“Whatever the job description is, copy and paste it,” she said. 'Copy and paste the entire job description (and) post it in ChatGPT.'
Then, as the career coach explained, you ask the AI chatbot to think of possible questions you might be asked.
Her recommended prompt was, “If I were the interviewer for this position, what questions should I ask a candidate?”
'Then you as a candidate will be asked all the questions that will probably be asked based on that job description.
'What are you doing?' she continued. 'You turn it around. You ask those questions and then you say, “How would I as a candidate answer these questions?”