What To Say If Pushed For A Salary Range
Be clear about your absolute minimum and put that number at the bottom of your range. Your target number should be on the lower end of your range, too. Identify a high enough ceiling to give yourself room to negotiate upward later on.
How wide should your range be? That’ll depend on how much you want the job, how much the pay matters to you and how much leverage you have at that point in the hiring process.
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