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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Generally they will ask during the initial screening so that they don't waste time.[/quote]

I wish - I had multiple interviews and WRITTEN TESTS!!!! with a huge multinational company's lobby shop downtown - when they offered me the position at the end of my 4th interview (seriously, I had to go there that many times AND take tests), they asked what I was looking to make - I told them what I currently made and would like to earn x% above that.  They went, "oh....we are in the 50-55k window. Maybe we should have asked this first".  NO SHIT!!![/quote]

You are also interviewing the company during the hiring process. Why didn't you ask what the salary range was when they first expressed an interest in you? [b]As a hiring manager I get this out of the way immediately because my time is important and so is the candidate's. I do not want to waste someone's time if their salary request is going to be more than I can pay. [/b]I take the same approach when I'm cold called by companies.[/quote]

I'm also a hiring manager, and I completely agree.  [/quote]

I told them what my GS level was.  And every time I was interviewed, it was with a different person - so I had one round with one person, a test, a round with the other lobbyists (who wouldn't be in charge of pay anyway), then the VP I'd be under...and then the original woman who told me the pay range and knew my GS level.  I'm personally not comfortable saying "I want to make X - can you do this? If not, no interview".  Also, I was looking for more than a raise - money is one thing, but a huge private sector company's lobbying shop opens other doors for me.  but once I told them "I make X, but even so, I'd love to see the total compensation", they withdrew their offer. [/quote]

Do they hire a lot from the government?  If not, then you telling them your GS level is meaningless.  I've only worked in the private sector, and until my DH started interviewing for government jobs two years ago, I would have had no clue what you meant when you said "I'm GS [x]".  For your comp, you don't have to state a number (i am not comfortable doing that, either, because it usually is the total comp and not just a salary that’s important), but either a general range of what you currently make or what you want to make should be disclosed.  Because if you don’t, then you can find yourself in your exact situation of having wasted your (and their) time.  Also, if it's true that you were looking for more than a raise, you should have really emphasized that during the interview.  I recently interviewed someone who was making close to 300K, for a position that would be in the 100-120K range, and he went out of this way to try to point out how this made sense for him.  GL![/quote]

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