6. What’s your expected salary?
To pass the salary question to the applicant is annoying, because it is very awkward. Quite frankly, there seems to be no safe answer to this question. It even sounds like a trick question, which only makes it even more annoying. Like brain teasers, trick questions should have been totally axed from anyone’s list of interview question because according to Inc, “And as a Google spokesperson told ABCNews around the same time: ‘We have shifted away from these types of questions because candidates hate them, answers leak easily and, most importantly, research on the connection between being able to correctly ‘solve’ a brainteaser and future job performance and/or IQ is questionable and inconsistent.’ It’s best to give a range and try not to sell yourself short or go overboard. Also, research the job salary in advance.
