[Night Hides Not]

It's a red flag for me when they ask me (during the first interview) about the compensation I'm looking for, without giving a dollar range themselves.

The few times that has happened, I simply say, "I'm a team player, but I don't work 60 hours a week for 40 hours of pay." I get up, thank them for their time, and leave, knowing I'm not a good fit for this company.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Some employers want to get the compensation question out of the way because they don’t want to waste your time or theirs if expectations are way outside what they are willing to pay.

Many use those personality psych tests in an effort to avoid hiring thieves.

In my opinion the only thieves are the psychologists who sold them the test.

[tenger]

I've never ever been good at punting the "salary expectations" question back on my interviewer.

Even worse is when filling out an online application, I think it's entirely rude that a required field is "salary expectations" with a number before you can continue on. It's quite unfair actually, but they've got the jobs and you're looking. If you want it bad enough, you'll fill it out with something.