How to Discuss Money, Income During a Job Interview

 qualifications for it and other issues have been discussed. It is immaterial whether you are seeking new employment, changing your job or career, or just discussing a promotion and up gradation of the present job. Raising it too early could harm your chances of getting the job or promotion, and may even hurt the final figure negotiations after the job interview is concluded.

Bringing up the compensation issue too early would give an impression that you consider this to be the most important aspect of the job, though it may not be your intent to convey such an impression. First, concentrate on putting to the entire job interview board that you are the most qualified candidate for the job in terms of qualifications, experience and background. And that the firm would be doing itself a favor by having you on their team, and should hire you immediately.

Most companies have a multi tiered system of job interviews. In the first job interview you can only go on their short list of candidates, for the second job interview and money would never even enter the mind of the interviewers. This list would contain all the candidates that are considered fit for being looked at more closely.

So at this stage just forget about the salary or income package and concentrate on convincing the interview board that you are exactly what they are looking for to fill the job vacancy and a potential candidate who would bring to the job more than what it requires.