How To Answer Salary Expectation Question in Job Interview.

How are you going to answer if you are posed with the question of what is your salary expectation? Actually is a tough interview question which is also tricky to answer it. It may cost you the job if you don’t carefully approach to answer this kind of interview questions.

Interviewer may ask you such kind of question when they have interest in you to employ. It is very tough and tricky to answer this type of interview question. To answer this common interview questions you need to be prepared. You must have done research on the company or organization pay scale for the position you have applied for.

The interviewer will want to hear what is your expectation even if you say “I don’t know”. They will ask you approximately how much you are expecting to get from this position.

Most of the employers try to see your personality by answering these questions. They want see who is the real person in you. If you mention a higher salary payment, it will signals to the employer that you are after money and you can do everything to get that desired level of money. Which will eventually led to corruption and theft of the organization property.

If you mention a lower salary expectation, the employer will still think that you are incompetent and desperate person who is ready to work for any pay. They will start doubting your skills and abilities after passing all those tough interview questions.

 The best answer to this question can be stating a salary that is paid to that position in the industry. This impresses the hiring person that you are well prepared and done your interview preparation research well.

If you don’t know how much is salary paid for the vacancy, you can do two things.

1.      Mention an average salary or a range such as $ 2000 and explain why you choose to be given that amount.

 Example “I expect to be paid the amount of salary paid to the same line officers in the organization but I need an average of $2000 because, I have to pay $ 1000 for my rentals and my school fees. $ 500 for my personal expenses, $ 250 for my parents’ bill and $ 250 to save in case for emergency need arises.

2.       Negotiate with them.

Sample answer “we can agree on the salary if you are sure am the right person for the position. “

If you were previously working and taking another job, you should view in seconds the range of salary you received in your previous employment and give an average of that.

But it is always advisable to mention the amount of a salary paid at that company or a salary that is close to that.