anonIf you don't feel like challenging anyone to a duel, can I suggest you look at thread no. 38534?I particularly like Mars' advice to tell interviewers that you already have 2 offers on the table for £x,000, so what you earn now is between you and your current co.In essence, no prospective company has the right to know what you earn. As you point out, the question then becomes how can you deal with the question without "cracking" under the pressure.For what it's worth, I would try the following:1. "It's not appropriate for me to tell you this, as you will then base any job offer on that amount + 10% and I would then have to turn it down, as I am looking to be paid for the job I am going to be doing for you, not the one I'm doing now"2. As per Mars' - "There's no real point me telling you this as I have already received offers in the range I'm looking for from other organisations. I am interested in the whole package and, even more importantly, the subtler aspects of working for this company"3. Generically - "Rather than going down that line of questioning, please tell me what range YOU currently pay for the job you're offering?"4. If pressed to say, politely decline, saying something like "I realise this is to allow you to set a negotiating position and I'm willing to have this discussion if you first tell me how much you currently pay each individual carrying out similar roles. This will put us all on a level field."I have tried all of these and they work. My motivation was that I really wouldn't have moved for 10%, so knowing that's what they would have offered, I realised that telling them the truth would have meant that my trip to see them would be totally useless.Good luck!P
