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📌 This is why you never stop at one interview. The moment you have options, companies like this lose their power over you.
True, this would frustrate anyone. Those are normal questions to ask before accepting a job. If a company avoids talking about salary, responsibilities, or culture, that already says a lot about what working there might feel like.
How early in the interview did he ask the salary question?
If a company avoids salary, scope, and culture before the offer, they are asking you to accept risk blindly.
Rejecting someone for asking about the job. That's a new one.
Its hard to believe this is real actually...
Those are completely normal questions to ask before accepting a role. Most candidates are trying to understand whether the opportunity actually fits, not just whether they can get the job.
The part about leverage is what most people miss when they get rejected.
80 plus coaches using this seems like a lot. Are there case studies or is that just signups?
📌 Rejected for asking about salary. In 2026. That's not a red flag, that's the whole flag store.