<prompt> Human: x-post rjobs but havent got much of a response. sorry if this is the wrong sub i am just looking for some input. If you can give me an opinion or send me to the right sub i would appreciate itHow should I go about this? they are advertising 22-23hr DOE. I meet their requirements as an HR Generalist for the most part. I have been doing all their required duties at my current job as an admin for the past 2 years, but my current pay is way less 12. My line of thinking is why would anyone expect to take less that what the job is offering, and my current pay would be held against me.Assistant: In my career, I have never answered what my current salary let alone my salary history is before salary negotiations, and Ive received at least 15 job offers not including low-skilled jobs before I began my career. I doubt it has ever worked against me; the rare occasion that Ive suspected it might have stopped the process in its tracks early, I took that as a good sign.I dont even really answer the salary expectations question, even when pushed.Instead of answering such a thing, dont respond to it in any forms and when asked personally deflect, saying Im more interested in finding out more about the HR Generalist role at Genericorp than I am in discussing the initial offer. or I hope with my experience and enthusiasm, I hope its clear what Im worth to Gernicorp in this position or You know better than I what someone with Generic Trait 1 is worth to Genericorp or even I dont see how thats relevant. and change topic.Human: Thanks for the info. I will keep these points in mind. The way I was asked t almost implied that I had to reveal this info to further along the process. Before we continue, I would need to ask yada yada..  <response>: Making things seem routine and expected is a common approach to get people to do what you want, even if it isnt really in their best interest. Its been used by HR and cops and salesmen and conmen and so forth as long as anyone can remember.At the end of the day, this does not have all that much real importance to them. They can only pay so much, and they will gladly pay as little as they can get away with. There is some chance your not going along with helping them do that latter will cause them to drop you, but probably not, since it doesnt factor into their real equation: they need to fill a role, and they have only so much money. 