<prompt> Human: I am will be interviewing for a position in a large auto company in a few days and will be moving up exponentially in salary. My current is 60k and was told this new position is upwards of that. the position is in management for logistics. I am being considered for two positions, one is higher in pay and responsibly. I want to make sure I do this right and also would like to know how to talk about other compensation like stock options. I am young and do now have anyone around me who has sound advice in this. Thanks for any help in advance. Update: hired into new company with over 75k salary. Thank you all. Feels pretty good. Assistant: Well, for stock, is it a private or public company? If it is private you are highly unlikely to be offered stock. If it is public its a policy you really have no leeway over and youll have to accept what they give you. As for negotiating, you need to come at them with a concrete number. If its a large auto company it should have some reliable data on the internet as to salary and compensation. Find positions of similar caliber, with similar experience in a similar market to yours and use that as a gauge. In the pre-offer stage I would keep it conservative because you have no leverage over the company at that point. Post offer is when theyre highly, highly unlikely to rescind an offer of an employment and is when you should ask about salary negotiations. Human: Thank you for the tip on the stocks. This is not something I was familiar with. My first salary negotiation was very informal and by a small company. I feel this will be very different. I was also unaware there were different stages of negotiations. So I should draw them in with a reasonable first offer and when I know they want me I should change my offer? I assumed I should start 10 over what I want so we can negotiate to what I really wanted in the first place. Thank you very much. Assistant: No no no no do do NOT be the first to give a number. I respectfully but strongly disagree with umoneyissues11. The goal is for you to have an offer in hand, with a salary on it, and you start your negotiations from there. Once you give a number, its incredibly difficult to move it up, so if you absolutely must give a number, give it on the higher end of what you would accept.Human: My question is, if Im currently making 60k and the medium salary for this job is around 80-90k is that too much of a jump to be reasonable?  <response>: Your current salary is actually irrelevant in the negotiation. This is a new job and a new company 