How to know a ball park figure for a salary before going for the interview? [duplicate]

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I have started to look for a new job, couple of weeks ago An internal recuriter of a company called me for a interview , the vacancy was posted at linkedin and i applied for it.

The vacancy did not had any salary indication, Long story short I went for the interview every thing went well and during the Hr discussion they offered the salary which was same what i am getting right now and I said no.

I applied for another position two days back via linkedin , the vacancy looked promising and have no salary indication. Today the Hr Personal of the company called and invited me for the interview. It is a full day process, I would like to know is there any ball park figures for this position . I do not want to sound greedy at the same time I would like to make it worth. since it disappointing to see when you go through the process and in the end the salarys do not match.

I currently work in netherland.

manpreet 2 years ago

You're right, you don't want to spend time on a day long interview (especially if you have to use holiday to go to it) without knowing if the salary is appropriate.

Normally you would have an idea from the recruiter/advert what the salary could potentially be, but in this case you do not. I would recommend contacting the internal recruiter you spoke to and asking what the potential salary range is before the interview. I'm slightly surprised there hasn't been a conversation about it already (its not just wasting your time, but theirs too, if their salary offer would have been too low for you to move).

I would be surprised if this caused any negativity, but you can be honest and say that you had an interview recently and then found out the pay was too low for you to make the move, and the last thing you want to do is waste either of your time. This is a reasonable enough request that if you did get any hostility it would be a red flag against the potential new employer anyway.