Salary and package interview questions
Salary questions cover your expectations, negotiating a move and, for senior executives, the whole package: notice period, benefits, bonus and equity.
Research the range for the role where you live, give a reasoned range rather than a single number, and talk about the whole package.
Sample questions
Salary and package You're offered a graduate role at a salary a little below what you hoped for. What do you do?
Graduate
What the interviewer is looking for: Respectful negotiation that considers the whole package.
Salary and package The interviewer asks what other offers you have. You have one lower offer. What do you say?
Graduate
What the interviewer is looking for: Honesty and showing genuine interest.
Salary and package You receive an offer below your expectations. What do you do?
Professional
Salary and package "What is your current salary?"
Professional
Package negotiation The board offers a package lower than you expected. What do you do?
Executive
Package negotiation "What are your expectations for the package?"
Executive
The four answers to each question, and why one is stronger than another, are in the free practice.
Questions
What are salary and package interview questions?
Salary questions cover your expectations, negotiating a move and, for senior executives, the whole package: notice period, benefits, bonus and equity.
How should I answer them?
Research the range for the role where you live, give a reasoned range rather than a single number, and talk about the whole package.
Are these questions with answers?
Each page shows real questions from the Interview Practice Suite and, for some, what the interviewer is looking for. The four answers to each question — and why one beats another — are in the free practice: 10 questions at your level with feedback on every answer.
Answer keys are written by EunoiaData from recognised interview practice and checked by a review panel. A practice tool: it scores the answers you choose, not how you speak in a real interview. Not designed for hiring, selection or promotion decisions.