I am in the middle of a job application process. I have passed the technical assignment and now I have a technical interview with the CTO of the company. I am positive that I will get this position.<p>The problem is during my first interview with the talent acquisition specialist, I told her my salary expectation was $30/Hours. But today I looked at the job posting on stackoverflow and the salary range on the posting was $100k - 150k which makes it roughly $52/h - $78/h given you put 160 productive hours monthly.<p>I feel like I pitched too low, I want to have my compensation between 52-78 bracket but not sure how to deal with this now. I don't want to sound unprofessional but want to renegotiate my original pitch. Can someone guide me on how to tackle this professionally?<p>P.S The company is US-based with a development team spread all across the globe. I am front South Asia and even $30/h is a very big deal.
If you're still early on, then chances are the talent acquisition specialist hasn't really shared you're salary expectations with the rest of the company. Perhaps they said "this person's salary expectations are rather low" and it may have influenced their decision-making process so far. But in my experience, most companies are looking for the best person for the job, and salary is much less of an issue. In fact, someone coming in at too low a salary may make them suspicious about your skill level. It's too good a deal.<p>So maybe you can talk to the talent acquisition specialist directly, and let her know the situation. I'd say "Hey, I know I said I could come on board for $30/hour, but I just now looked at the economics of my situation and I really misquoted that, I'm going to have to increase that to closer to market rate, maybe $<number you really really want>."<p>Of course companies do take into account geolocation, so your market rate should probably be what others in your area of expertise are making (when working for a US company).<p>Lastly, I don't want to tell you to play hardball if $30/hour is the best offer you are getting. You really need to compare this with other opportunities. If you can get a $25/hour offer easily, then sure, go for that $52-$78. But if you're only able to get $15, then maybe $30 is a good waypoint to your eventual goals.<p>Cheers and good luck!
If they are a fair company, they would make you an offer in the range for the position whether you asked for a salary in that range or not (although it might be on the lower side of the range) because they made that information public.<p>Also, if they did provide a range in the job posting, I would assume that it is irrespective of geolocation, so they would offer the same salary to anyone anywhere. You should ask for clarification.<p>As long as your expectations are not too incongruent with what the company is willing to pay for the position, asking for a higher salary when the time comes to negotiate should be safe. The worst outcome would be "sorry we can't meet your expectations, this is the best we can offer". It would be unexpected for them to abruptly pass on you because your salary expectations have changed since the beginning of the hiring process.<p>What I said comes with the caveat that they are a reasonable, professional company. Your results may vary in practice so please decide for yourself before you do anything
For future reference, the Workplace SE site [0] might be a better place to get more eyeballs on questions like this. That being said, personally I would not rush this. If I understood you correctly, you've listed your expectations and are waiting for an offer or something similar from the company. The best option right now is to wait and see what the offer is — whether the company tries to undercut you, offers you what they've listed elsewhere or something else entirely, it will be a good indication of how they are likely to treat you in the long run.<p>[0] <a href="https://workplace.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow">https://workplace.stackexchange.com/</a>
You have learned a very valuable lesson about not giving a number first. Let the other side give a number first, and if you absolutely have to give a number, give a wide range (e.g. $30-$100).<p>That said, you cannot change the past. What you can do now is say that as you have explored other available opportunities and after getting deeper into the responsibilities of the role (e.g. there is a management component not previously discussed) you believe that $50-$80 is a more appropriate range.<p>Of course it is possible that the ad you saw was targeted at US based candidates and there is a different salary range for candidates in your region.