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Welcome to the Job Interview: Quirky Questions and Awesome Answers

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Re: Welcome to the Job Interview: Quirky Questions and Awesome Answers

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Post by Azuolas »

Smart recruiters always hire for attitude over skill.

Most candidates who make it to the interview stage are qualified for the job, but the winning candidate must be more than that.

Only one candidate will come out of the job interview a winner, and it's not necessarily the most experienced one.

Re: Welcome to the Job Interview: Quirky Questions and Awesome Answers

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Post by haney »

> TRICK: If you want to earn more, use this salesman tactic: never mention a price until the recruiter says how much she can pay.

I'd disagree a little on this one. I think that as a candidate you could make good use of the anchoring technique. If you establish a number that's friendly to you and then negotiate from there you're likely to end up in that ball park. If they throw out a number that's way below where you wanted to be it's hard to negotiate up much more (although perhaps, that's a good signal that this position is not up to your salary requirements).

Re: Welcome to the Job Interview: Quirky Questions and Awesome Answers

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Post by Azuolas »

haney wrote: post #3

> TRICK: If you want to earn more, use this salesman tactic: never mention a price until the recruiter says how much she can pay. I'd disagree a little on this one. I think that as a candidate you could make good use of the anchoring technique. If you establish a number that's friendly to you and then negotiate from there you're likely to end up in that ball park. If they throw out a number that's way below where you…

I agree. Person should have a wide salary range, such as 60-80K, not a single number like 80K. If the recruiter throw number below the lowest expectation it is a red flag for sure.

Re: Welcome to the Job Interview: Quirky Questions and Awesome Answers

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Post by haney »

Azuolas wrote: post #5
haney wrote: post #3

> TRICK: If you want to earn more, use this salesman tactic: never mention a price until the recruiter says how much she can pay. I'd disagree a little on this one. I think that as a candidate you could make good use of the anchoring technique. If you establish a number that's friendly to you and then negotiate from there you're likely to end up in that ball park. If they throw out a number that's way below where you…

I agree. Person should have a wide salary range, such as 60-80K, not a single number like 80K. If the recruiter throw number below the lowest expectation it is a red flag for sure.

As a previous hiring manager I usually take the average of the range and then negotiate from there, so there's still some implicit anchoring going on.
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