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Job Interview Tips – How To Negotiate Your Job Salary

Part of every job application is the salary agreement. This can be a delicate area as jumping in too soon could make you look too money hungry and as if you don't care enough about the actual job or company itself. However, just accepting the job salary offered is also not a good idea, for many reasons.

Whatever happens, you can use these job interview tips to negotiate a job salary that you're happy with…and in such a way that doesn't damage the good impressions you've just made at the start of the interview.

1. Don't mention it too quickly!

You don't need to talk about your salary until the very end of the interview. Sometimes, it's better to find out if there's a second interview and save the salary questions for then.

If the employer mentions salary at the end, then of course you can openly talk about it, but not before you consider the next two points…

2. Research typical salaries for similar jobs

Use the internet to look for average salaries for similar types of work. Make sure you look for jobs by location, as depending on which country you're looking at, the wages would be dramatically different. Also, the location within a certain country can factor significant salary jumps or drops.

You simply need to know a starting figure so that you know whatever you are offered is fair. Think of it like an auction with you as the item. The employer wants to get you for as cheap as possible, naturally…that's business. Once you know what you can reasonably ask, and take into consideration what you can offer the company in terms of your owns skills, then make a pitch of what you think you're worth.

3. Don't be cheap just to win the job

Just like the previous point, the salary you're offered depends entirely on the quality of your resume and how well you sold yourself in the interview.

So, if a car salesman didn't do his job in pointing out all the benefits of a new Aston Martin in his forecourt, does that mean Mr.Bargain can offer $10,000 and expect to walk away with a brand new luxury sports car?

Of course not. This is the same for salary offers, you should know in advance what your worth is. Then if you don't get the offer you were looking for, you can negotiate.

The worst thing that will happen is the employer will either say "I'm sorry, we can't stretch to that" which is another way of them saying "Sorry, you didn't sell yourself well enough for us to think you're worth that".

Or, the employer will realize that you are worth what you say you're worth, and will try and reach a compromise between their offer and yours.