are completely various, good quality and cheap price,it’s worth buying!

I absolutely agree there are job seekers who will only respond with “market rate”, “negotiable”, and other vague terms that really help no one out.

I imagine an ideal world where if the employer wants a significant amount of time invested in an application, then they provide a salary range, and a job seeker, when contacted, provides a specific range of acceptable compensation, based on job characteristics unique to that particular employer (since a designer at one shop may have varying duties and responsibilities from another design job).

I failed to mention one more piece of information particularly helpful during phone screens: disclosing the location of the job. Though not quite as necessary in Viget's case (since you do in-house recruiting), it's frustrating when head-hunting shops try to keep you on the phone for 15 minutes giving a complete company background and boiler-plate job description, only to find out the position is 90 miles away.

I absolutely agree there are job seekers who will only respond with “market rate”, “negotiable”, and other vague terms that really help no one out.

I imagine an ideal world where if the employer wants a significant amount of time invested in an application, then they provide a salary range, and a job seeker, when contacted, provides a specific range of acceptable compensation, based on job characteristics unique to that particular employer (since a designer at one shop may have varying duties and responsibilities from another design job).

I failed to mention one more piece of information particularly helpful during phone screens: disclosing the location of the job. Though not quite as necessary in Viget's case (since you do in-house recruiting), it's frustrating when head-hunting shops try to keep you on the phone for 15 minutes giving a complete company background and boiler-plate job description, only to find out the position is 90 miles away.

I wholeheartedly agree with your list! Respect is absolutely a two-way street and bad first impressions can be made by both parties — the candidate and the interviewer(s).

To address your salary point, I will say as an interviewer that nothing is more frustrating than a candidate who is coy about salary requirements and refuses to provide an answer. I know it's a tough question. But, I need to know whether we are in the same ballpark or leagues apart when it comes to salary expectations. The sooner we both know the answer, the sooner we can continue our discussion or recognize that we're probably not a fit for one another.

Thanks for your post from “the other side” of the table.