# The Recruiter Told Him to Ask for $15,000 More — and the Offer Came In Higher

**[WIN]** — by Candidate · via r/interviews

When the recruiter asked for a salary target, he gave a number. He had been through this before and expected the usual outcome: the number becomes the ceiling, and the negotiation becomes a defence of it.

Instead the recruiter told him they could aim higher — about $15,000 above what he had asked. The conversation moved from there.

The offer came in $16,000 above his original number.

He wrote that he was still shook. He had been prepared for the pressure, the lowball, the request for a number that would only ever be read downwards. He had not been prepared for a recruiter who thought his number was too low and said so.

*Source: [r/interviews · viral post](https://www.reddit.com/r/interviews/comments/1x946uf/a_recruiter_that_advocated_for_me/)*
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