Is it appropriate to bring up first salary and benefits on an interview?

Question

What about after? Like by email for example. What's your take on this?

Answer 1

You should not bring up salary and benefits until they are ready to make you an offer. This is certainly not going to happen in most first interviews.

However, if you are asked point blank what your salary expectations are, you can tell them what you earned at previous jobs, and give them a range, adding that it would depend on the specific duties of the position. Also say that your are flexible.
If you have taken classes or obtained other skills that justify a higher pay scale than those previous jobs, mention that and factor that into your "scale" reply.

You also should wait until the offer interview to bring up any vacation or time off that you already have planned. In this way it becomes part of your hiring conditions and cannot be taken away later without your agreement or compensation.

Answer 2

You should save your questions about benefits for your interview with Human Resources or the Recruiter. If you're speaking with a hiring manager, you should only talk about the job and your experience.

The reason why we work is for money so asking what the salary range is for a particular position is not tacky. If you're unsure if it's in the range that you need, I would definitely ask on the first interview because you don't want to waste your time interviewing for a job whose range you are outside of.

I recommend not telling them your salary requirements until after you've found out the range of the position. You don't want to end up low-balling yourself because the company will try and get you for as cheap as possible.

Good luck in your interview!

Answer 3

In my expierences, the answer is no. You should bring salary up in the course of the interview. However, there is much more to talk about before you get to that point. Most interviewers I would feel would be turned off by such a direct question. Just isn't proper etiquette.

Answer 4

You should never bring up the salary issue yourself, especially not in preliminary interviews. Rather wait for them to talk about it, and you should still avoid the topic until the final interview because then they don't have too many options and have narrowed down their search to you, so you'll have more bargaining power....

Answer 5

It is reasonable to use those issues as a weeding-out tool, but they will do the same--weed you out of the selection mix. Make absolutely sure that you first have told them what they want--you are qualified, experienced, and capable of doing what they need for the job. It might be smart to let them tell you what the wages and benefits are instead of specifying what you want, need, or require. There is always the chance that you might highball it (ask for more than you will settle for) and be disqualified or lowball it (ask for so little that they then think little of you). Good luck.

Answer 6

Wait till they offer you the job and then they will tell you how much and then you can ask for benefits. Sometimes they'll ask you what range are you looking for. It is tacky to ask about salary during an interview.

Answer 7

if the employer is ready to hire immediatley, they will bring up first. If not, wait until a second interview, but always give the employer the opportunity to bring it up first.

Answer 8

do not do it, do on the second interview

Answer 9

If not then, when? Yes, ask away.

Answer 10

you should know what you getting into