Today's Bottom Line is from Amanda. She has a great addition to the salary post from a couple of days ago. Thanks Amanda!

About the salary question thing, not only should you answer in a way like Ron suggested, but also make sure you know what the current competetive salaries are. When I interviewed with Kimberly Clark, they of course asked me "what kind of salary do you expect?" I gave them the competetive salary answer, and then the lady asked me "and what is the current competetive salary?" I told her the highest one I had recently researched. She later told me that she knows that's sort of a tricky question everyone has to answer, and they are mostly testing how you handle the question, and to see how well prepared you are. She was impressed that I knew the current salary ranges for my degree and major. So it worked out for me, but I was sort of forced to give a number and wasn't sure what to do. I don't know the best way to prepare for that or if I did the right thing, but just throwing that out there that sometimes they "demand" a range of numbers anyways.

TBL: In addition to wanting to put the ball back in their court, you should be knowledgeable about the range and ready if they hit a volley back your direction.