Answering salary requirements question during an interview?

Yes, I was talking about salary info during negotiations/interview, not on application. I’ve never seen that. Though, I suppose same thinking applies. If your salary history is low you won’t get thrown out of the pile and can negotiate a higher salary based on whatever you can bring to the table (understanding maybe they have a range for the position). If your history is high, you might get tossed out of the pile, but then chances are you wouldn’t likely be interested in a job paying less. Of course there are exceptions like when you want to get into a new industry and could accept less, or your history was artificially low for some other reason.

As mentioned, you can always qualify your history and leave enough wiggle room by including “plus benefits” or some other such wording.

R