what is your desired salary?

Re: what is your desired salary?

When you are filling out an employment application, and it has a question on what is your desired salary... my suggestion is to just say "market salary". Don't write a number there.

You don't want to come across as either someone who is too full of herself (if you write a high number), or someone who can be underpaid (if you write a figure that is less than what the Company had planned to offer). You can state your researched fresh grad salary in the actual interview or during salary discussion.