Thought I would share this with you all

DatabaseHead

Recently applied and received an interview. This involved a 1 hour phone screening and then a 2 hour in-person interview. They said they really liked me and wanted me to come in for an interview to meet the team and CIO.

The HR gal fired an email ~1 day later asking me what worked for me, I said Tuesday or Wednesday would be perfect, keep in mind this was already Thursday afternoon, so the time frame is more than acceptable.

One catch this was going to be a half day interview, meet the team etc so I would of been forced to use leave, I am okay with that. Well......... Nothing was mentioned about base pay, so I said in the email I would like to make sure the salary range was in the same park.

That was the kiss of death lol. I like my job a lot so I just laughed it off but I thought that was odd.

Maybe I broke some rule I missed in school ha.

Anyway curious to see your thoughts or rationale behind this. If I did break some egregious rule then please do tell.

But for the life of me, I swear I don't know if I could stomach burning 4 hours of vaca to interview for a job that could potentially pay jack crap........

Oh one last thing, the application asked me what I was making but didn't ask a range so I really didn't know....... I did a search on Indeed using the salary filter but that isn't always perfect, I believe it estimates if there is no salary associated with that company and job title.

Thanks.....

GSXR750K2

Kind of odd behavior on their part. Sure, getting the right guy/gal in the position is very important, but if the budgeted salary and candidate's required salary are apples-to-oranges, there's no point wasting the CIO's time.

I've used that reasoning before to put an end to the excuses, so you could always say that if they keep pushing back on talking numbers. You should be prepared to walk though if you throw it out and they keep putting it off. Gotta keep yo' mouse hand strong.