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Asking for increased salary at a job interview

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Ladybird20201 · 10/05/2020 22:19

Hi all,

Just gathering thoughts and opinions regarding a job interview tomorrow.

I have an interview tomorrow, the pay they are offering on the advertisement is about 5k too low annually to cover my mortgage and bills, so I'm hoping they would be open to negotiating a higher salary if they take me on.
I've never asked for offered salary to be negotiated so I am unsure how to do this and if it's acceptable so looking for experience and opinions.
Would it be unreasonable to ask for 5k more than what they are offering? It will just cover my mortgage and bills. As it's already 5k higher I feel asking for even more would be even more unreasonable, and I'm nervous about even asking for this. Has anyone done this at an interview and is it a completely unreasonable amount to ask for from what was advertised?
Has anyone done this before?
Thank you x

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Festipal · 12/05/2020 23:20

@Hingeandbracket oh so true to my cost!

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