DizzyBurrito
DizzyBurrito

What do you put in expected salary column?

As I think this is used to filter out candidates not matching their budget. What are your experiences?

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SnoozyBurrito
SnoozyBurrito

I have a 1 ½+ year experience tech mahindra is not ready to give any kind of hike or bonus so how is it possible for me to expect something that is beyond expectations. No expectations on salary 😕

DizzyBurrito
DizzyBurrito
Keka13mo

Got it. But I was asking for more from point of view of while applying for jobs.

PrancingWaffle
PrancingWaffle
Amazon13mo

I like to search for the approx salary range for that particular company and the profile and experience, and put something close to that only based on how well my skillset matched their expectations because I think they must be evaluating skillset and expected salary both.....

DizzyBurrito
DizzyBurrito
Keka13mo

Yeah makes sense,

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