> She got a significant raise from fairly light negotiating
Either she had a competing offer, or the company she is interviewing for has weak processes. A company yielding "a significant raise from fairly light negotiating" is very worrying IMO.
Think about it: what does that tell you about the next newcomer that will come after you?
Fwiw, I would discourage lying or fraud (which you will inevitably turn to when they ask you for the redacted offer letter including the offer numbers) during an interview process
You can strengthen your case extremely well by simply telling the best version of the truth
I think it's good to always act like people are interested. You can't accurately judge yourself. People get hired or not mostly on self confidence. I know smartest people who never think they are hireable and always almost surprised when they get paid. They don't value themselves
Sure maybe offer is a bit too far, idk. Definitely no way for them to check though. And in all other ways the game is rigged because employer usually has more information than you.
If someone wants to work at a startup, Google isn't really going to compete for your offer
But if you're going to big tech cos you can get them to compete with each other.
Know your audience: say, I'm really excited about the potential of working with you, however I have a few other interviews with comparable public tech companies
I'm not ready to make a decision because I want to see that process through, although there exists a number you could tell me that would get me to stop looking immediately.
This will probably give you a worse number than you'll get if you actually get the additional offers, but if you don't have them it's a truthful way to indicate they're not quite hitting the mark
Since any large tech co knows what Facebook offers look like, if you have an unusually good offer they might not believe you without proof and they certainly won't be able to expand the pay band without approval from someone. The easiest way to make that case is showing the actual offer.
This is one of those things where: if you never get them to tell you "no that's too much" you probably aren't asking for enough
Just ask yourself. from their side are you going to require proof for what they say? Will they comply and show you profiles of people they consider before you? Probably no. The game is rigged. Act accordingly.
Either she had a competing offer, or the company she is interviewing for has weak processes. A company yielding "a significant raise from fairly light negotiating" is very worrying IMO.
Think about it: what does that tell you about the next newcomer that will come after you?