Here are the possibilities:

1. The most obvious one: you are not qualified for the senior analyst position. No offense. If the position you are interviewed for requires a lot more experience than what you have or a critical skill you don't have, the employer might not want to gamble on you to take the post and resume the responsibility right away.

2. There is another candidate who is better than you and will take the senior position. However the company still loves you very much and doesn't want to loose you, who might be a rising star in a year or two. Therefore, a new analyst position was created for you.

3. The position requires sophisticated negotiation skills and this title-changing stunt is part of your interview process. If you demonstrate persuasive negotiation skills you will still be hired as the senior analyst. This is highly unlikely IMO.

The bottom-line is that you have spent a lot time on this job application. There is no point leaving the table abruptly at this point. Sit down and write up a negotiation plan whose backbone is some convincing evidence to show that you are qualified for the senior position. When the HM raises any question about your qualification, be prepared to have counter-arguments ready and find ways to leverage your strengths as bargaining chips.

Food 4 thought

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• What that HR person told me fits in your No2 estimation. -acme- ♀ (465 bytes) () 09/17/2007 postreply 12:33:58

• If I were as confident as you are, I would -tillerman- ♂ (461 bytes) () 09/17/2007 postreply 12:42:44

• Thank you! That is a good approach!I will try it with the HM -acme- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2007 postreply 12:45:29

• 回复：What that HR person told me fits in your No2 estimation. -jackeasy- ♂ (486 bytes) () 09/18/2007 postreply 19:58:28