Job Interview Answers

Job Interview Salary Questions

Don

How are you ? The last conversation you and I spoke on I was going to
tell you how the interview went after I read your information. However
the process went rather smoothly and I actually had the opportunity to
interview with 3 places since then.

The first one had a booklet with all the interview questions in it and
you had to write the answers and they went over them afterwards, that
went well but the salary was not pleasing.

The second one I interviewed with 2 different people and again all the
questions asked were in your information guide, I think I did pretty
well.

The last but not least was a better one but however he did not ask me
any interview questions , basically talked about the position , how much
experience he saw that I had and a lot of information about his work
history. I did feel the need to ask a few questions myself and he made
the remark that they were good questions. After the interview he stated
that he had a dinner that night to meet with the owner of the company
to discuss the different candidates and he also made it clear that he
did have one more person to interview but that I would hear from him in
a day or two.

Today is the second day and of course I haven’t heard anything so far
but I did send him an email thanking him for the opportunity to
interview with him. Do you think that was appropriate? Also, could you
give me any feedback to what I may be doing wrong being that I am
getting calls for interviews but no job offers ? I think it is the
salary, I am willing to negotiate, but I still have a family to take
care of also. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

LaTashua Priester

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LaTashua,

Yes, everything you have done so far has been very appropriate. Though
you appear a little over anxious. Be careful not to allow this emotion
to show during the interview process. Try to show them you are calm and
relaxed, even if you’re not.

When a potential employer says they will get back with you in two days,
don’t hold them to that. There could be several other reasons that they
were not able to get back with you and they are not necessarily blowing
you off. If they say two days and you have not heard from them, then
give them at least a week before you follow-up and at this point, you
should call them on the phone and politely re-introduce yourself. For
example: “Hello, this is LaTashua Priester….pause…we spoke last
week about the blank position. I just wanted to follow-up with you and
see if you have made any progress on selecting a someone for this
position.” Stop and let him do the talking.

At this point, focus on getting the job and forget about salary for now.
If you get offered the job, then you can negotiate, but it’s ultimately
up to you whether you accept or not. If your focus is on salary, then
you will probably not get offered the job. Employers can see right
through this. Use your skills and work experience to justify your
salary requirements, not your family, it just doesn’t work. Companies
are not going to pay you for what you need to support your family, but
what you are worth to them.

Are your salary requirements higher than what the job pays?

Best regards,

Don