they got out of the tranceMy experience exactly . <| sep |> Dildo with money and a gun hidden inside <| sep |> I ' m going to link you to a comment chain I was a part of where I describe exactly how to handle question # 2 . In a nutshell Don ' t disclose your current salary . Don ' t try to lie about it either . Just sidestep it . Say you ' ll consider any reasonable offer . Keep pushing back with a variation of that sentence . I used that method and scored a an offer that was $ 23 k more than what I was currently making when I hopped jobs . And remember never give a number first . When they do give you a number , do not react at all . Tell them you ' ll need to discuss this with your family to see if it can work . Then you can come back with an even higher number . I scored an additional $ 6 k on top of the aforementioned $ 23 k just by injecting that delay something negotiation mentions you should do . Final notes Be reasonable with your salary negotation . You will get blown out if you try to demand something unreasonable 200 k with 1 yr of experience for example . You will eventually develop a feel for how to execute on the above as you use it .