Terrible advice if you value your time or sanity, especially if you are experienced or not desperate for a job.

Find out the range up front by reading the job posting, making the recruiter tell you, asking a friend who works there, or asking after applying if you have no other connections.

No company is going to refuse to share the information because they are secretly planning to blow a qualified applicant away with a top of market offer.

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nobleach 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I've used this as a chance to turn things back around on the recruiters. "That's a great question and I noticed you didn't mention a salary range on the posting". Allow for an uncomfortable silence as now they're either forced to give a range, or try to say something like, "it's flexible for the right candidate". The latter is my opportunity to agree, "Of course, let's concentrate on that question then, I'd sure like if we could get to the bottom of this 'right candidate' question".

	▲	bpt3 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, don't let them get off the hook with "it's flexible for the right candidate", especially if you are talking to a recruiter (either internal or external). That "flexibility" will suddenly disappear if your expectations are higher than they are looking to pay for the role, even if your expectations are completely warranted.