To those big bulls: How to answer this interview question:

got a phone interview from the HR with a top IT company.

When it came to the question about salary expection, the HR person directly asked: what is your current compensation? Keeping in mind what I learned from this forum, I tried to shun the question and said: I am open with compensation. What is the pay range for this position?. Then the HR person spoke out the range. I said that meets my expectation. But the HR still persisted in asking again :what is your current compensation? It seems one can't avoid telling them the number.

Normally,

1. what is the proper reply to this? (If they persist in knowing the number?)

2.Why HR people need the current pay information? I thought the question should be raised only after on-site interview?

3.Is it a factor for the hiring manager to decide whether to have one-site interview? how will they inteprete the "current pay" information?

4. Big companies normally don't count every penny when they pay people,why they care about getting the current-pay information. To my understanding, for some companies , they want to know about this so they have the bargaining power over the candidate.

Thanks for any advice.

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• no reply, cold here--due to the chilly weather? -wonder1- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 21:04:02

• 回复：To those big bulls: How to answer this interview question: -bluespirit- ♀ (631 bytes) () 12/18/2006 postreply 22:12:26

• 纸上谈兵! 不就是要你说出现在的工资吗？又不就是要你献出 -还1没1有1注1册1笔1名- ♂ (80 bytes) () 12/19/2006 postreply 20:33:08

• 回复：To those big bulls: How to answer this interview question: -yls- ♀ (755 bytes) () 12/19/2006 postreply 13:30:53

• Thank to bluespirit and yls,great answers! -wonder1- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/19/2006 postreply 19:23:11

• you current salary is one of the attributes that define who you -还1没1有1注1册1笔1名- ♂ (2493 bytes) () 12/19/2006 postreply 19:45:11