Quiz 4: Overcoming Salary Negotiation Obstacles

Description: This quiz addresses common challenges and obstacles that can arise during salary negotiations and how to overcome them.
Aim: To prepare you for potential roadblocks in the negotiation process and provide you with tactics for dealing with them.
Purpose: By learning how to overcome these obstacles, you’ll be able to navigate salary negotiations with greater ease and success.

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7. What should you do if you feel the employer is not listening to your salary expectations?

Raise your voice and be more assertive

End the negotiation and look for another opportunity

Calmly restate your case and provide additional evidence to support your request

Accept the employer's offer and hope for a raise in the future

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6. How can you negotiate salary if you're a recent graduate with little work experience?

Focus on your education and internship experience

Discuss your leadership roles and achievements in school

Emphasize your enthusiasm and willingness to learn

All of the above

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5. What should you do if you're asked to disclose your current salary during a negotiation?

Provide your current salary without hesitation

Refuse to answer the question

Pivot the conversation to focus on the value you bring to the new role

Lie about your current salary to get a better offer

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4. True or False: Negotiating salary can harm your relationship with your new employer.

True

False

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3. What should you do if you discover you're being paid less than your colleagues in the same role?

Confront your boss and demand a raise immediately

Quietly start looking for a new job

Research market rates and schedule a meeting with your supervisor to discuss a raise

Discuss the issue with your colleagues and ask them to support your request for a raise

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2. How can you respond if an employer says, "This is the best we can offer"?

Accept the offer graciously

Ask if there's room for negotiation in other areas like benefits or perks

Walk away from the opportunity

Argue that you deserve a higher salary

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1. What should you do if an employer asks about your salary expectations early in the interview process?

Provide a specific salary figure

Deflect the question and focus on the value you bring to the role

Tell the employer you'll discuss salary only after receiving an offer

End the interview process if they insist on an answer

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