hi all,
I had an interview with a group head at a bulge bracket for a lateral opportunity during which the interviewer asked me my current comp. What to make of this, if anything at all? I thought the questions was a bit odd in that comp question typically comes from the HR.
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you can tell him its illegal to ask that in new york
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