Comments on: The art of silence in an interview: 3 things to not say http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2005/08/06/the-art-of-silence-in-an-interview-3-things-to-not-say/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Daniel http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2005/08/06/the-art-of-silence-in-an-interview-3-things-to-not-say/comment-page-1/#comment-252112 Daniel Fri, 27 May 2011 23:47:19 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2005/08/06/the-art-of-silence-in-an-interview-3-things-to-not-say/#comment-252112 Penelope, I've been reading your blog for a few years and find most of your posts interesting. Recently I've read the comments on a few of your older articles and you really, really need some sort of spam handling. As an example the three previous comments on this post are spam. Maybe provide a "this is spam" button that would send the comment to manual handling. Anyway, something is sorely needed. Cheers Penelope,

I've been reading your blog for a few years and find most of your posts interesting. Recently I've read the comments on a few of your older articles and you really, really need some sort of spam handling.

As an example the three previous comments on this post are spam.

Maybe provide a "this is spam" button that would send the comment to manual handling. Anyway, something is sorely needed.

Cheers

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]]> By: Alex Wu http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2005/08/06/the-art-of-silence-in-an-interview-3-things-to-not-say/comment-page-1/#comment-188285 Alex Wu Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:50:42 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2005/08/06/the-art-of-silence-in-an-interview-3-things-to-not-say/#comment-188285 Interesting tips. Not talking about the hunt, that's common sense, but people still make that mistake. As for 2nd point, in not mentioning about salary, I thought we should at least give a ballpark figure to use as the first anchor point for negotiation. As for reasonable hours, that depends on that individual definition of "reasonable hours". In Silicon Valley, working past 11 pm is fairly normal, even on weekends, so that is pretty much implied, when a person takes such a job. Interesting tips. Not talking about the hunt, that's common sense, but people still make that mistake. As for 2nd point, in not mentioning about salary, I thought we should at least give a ballpark figure to use as the first anchor point for negotiation. As for reasonable hours, that depends on that individual definition of "reasonable hours". In Silicon Valley, working past 11 pm is fairly normal, even on weekends, so that is pretty much implied, when a person takes such a job.

]]> By: Lisa http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2005/08/06/the-art-of-silence-in-an-interview-3-things-to-not-say/comment-page-1/#comment-135906 Lisa Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:42:34 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2005/08/06/the-art-of-silence-in-an-interview-3-things-to-not-say/#comment-135906 The best advice I ever got on how to avoid giving that magic number was this: Answer the first inquiry, as Penelope said, with a question back such as "What salary range are you thinking for this job." If they decline to tell you, you can simply ask point blank "is there a reason the salary range for this is confidential?" They have a range. They know that you know that they have a range. Assuming there is no reason for them not to tell you the range will, more often than not, get you the information you are looking for. The best advice I ever got on how to avoid giving that magic number was this: Answer the first inquiry, as Penelope said, with a question back such as "What salary range are you thinking for this job." If they decline to tell you, you can simply ask point blank "is there a reason the salary range for this is confidential?" They have a range. They know that you know that they have a range. Assuming there is no reason for them not to tell you the range will, more often than not, get you the information you are looking for.

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