<prompt> Human: A friend of mine recently completed a round of interviews with a company she greatly desires to work for. They called her references and ran a background check, so it looks like shes going to get an offer.Today, she received a salary questionnaire with questions like: What is your current base salary? What is your next expected increase and when do you expect to get it? What bonuses do you typically receive, and when? Do you receive stock grants? If so, what kind, and what is your vesting schedule, grant price, etc?From my perspective as a tech guy, this seems like a way for the company to strip away the negotiating part of compensation. Im used to getting a simple What is your current salary? question, at which point I deflect and insist that they provide a number first. With this questionnaire, it doesnt look like my friend has that option available to her.How should I advise my friend to fill this out, if at all?Thanks in advance.  <response>: Personally, I would contact the compnay before doing anything and see if this is something optional or whether they actually expect it to be filled in - they may just be interested. Youre right in saying it strips away any negotiation power your friend has, it will mean the company targets the lowest salary level they can by just about beating the current salary. An option if they expect this to be completed may be to fill in average totals for current salary etc or to put a salary that is inclusive of as many bonuses as possible in order to bolster the figure.Good luck with this! 