First of all, I have to point out that the culture of providing job interviews in our
country and somewhere else is slightly different. Nevertheless, we have a lot of
similarities in the judgments of candidates. I totally agree that asking about a salary we need to do at the end of the hiring procedure. It’s more beneficial for a potential employee to find out more information about the position or role and just then discuss a salary level. Undoubtedly, a candidate shouldn’t ask about salary/compensation that is based just on his expenses. The labor market, local or global, has salary mergers for all levels of specialists and any kind of profession. The level of salary and level of experience have to be correlated. During the hiring process, practically every candidate has one or another amount of different kinds of interviews. If the candidate doesn’t know or doesn’t have any information about a company or its product/service this candidate will be judged as a person without curiosity and with a lack of motivation to work there. It’s a bad signal/marker for HR/employee and finally, the candidate could lose this position. Another kind of inappropriate behavior or characteristics with slightly negative meaning is to say something like I’m good at everything or I’m the best candidate. It looks like the candidate brags and he is overconfident. Far better to describe experience and team working that candidate has. Also, good idea to lift his colleagues up. It would be perfect way to show candidate as a team player and describe his recent accomplishments. Without additional information on the interview candidates could seem as low performer. The last but not least job interview tip is to tell bad or rude about previous employers is unacceptable. For me personally these words have what I call the boomerang effect and can severely affected by the result of hiring.