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然后安静地等待对方的回答。 得到答案后，如果低于现有工资，“what is the best offer that you can give?" 如果回答仍旧低于预期，但是你有意愿接受，然后说，"let me think about this. Considering other factors such as state and city taxes.... I do not think it is that bad."   总之你要让自己主动。大多时薪水是可以协商的，很正常，不协商反而不正常。同时，雇用方在给第一个offer 时都留有协商余地。