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For my current job, I spent so much time preparing answers to questions relating to my skills and what I would bring to the job that I forgot to think about the basic...like how much money I wanted. It didn't help that due to the nature of this job, it would only last for about 5 months, so I wasn't thinking about long-term issues. I wanted the job for the experience moreso than the money.
When the interviewer asked me if I had any salary requirements, I succinctly responded, "no." The other interviewer (my main interviewer's boss) jokingly responded "Great! He'll work for free!" and we all had a laugh. I covered for myself by just being honest and continuing, "Within reason obviously. Being a short-term job, the money details are secondary."
I got the job, and maybe I could be earning a few hundred more per month than I am now, but it's true that the experience in this job is more important to me than the money, and I'm still making more than I was before. So, it turned out well.
When I told this story to a friend of mine, he told me about his biggest interview mistake. When the interviewer asked him where he saw himself in 5 years, he responded, "No longer living in my parents' basement."
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Le temps détruit tout
"Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling
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