by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Are you currently interviewing with companies -- or plan to in the near future? Do you feel confident that you
can negotiate the best job offer -- the best compensation package -- from prospective employers?
Take our Salary Negotiation, Compensation,
and Job Offer Quiz and test your salary negotiation readiness.
And don't forget to review the answers to the quiz in our detailed
Salary Negotiation, Compensation,
and Job Offer Quiz -- Answers section.
Scoring: Give yourself three points for every correct response.
If you scored…
- 57-63 points, you are prepared to be a master salary negotiator
- 51-58 points, you are in good shape, but need more polish to be a master negotiator
- 45-50 points, you are in need of learning much more about salary negotiations
- Under 45 points, you are likely to lose job opportunities if you don't learn more about salary negotiations
Questions about some of the terminology used in this quiz? Get more information (definitions and links) on key college, career, and job-search
terms by going to our Job-Seeker's Glossary of Job-Hunting Terms.
Katharine Hansen, Ph.D., creative director and associate
publisher of Quintessential Careers, is an educator, author,
and blogger who provides content for Quintessential Careers,
edits QuintZine,
an electronic newsletter for jobseekers, and blogs about storytelling
in the job search at A Storied
Career. Katharine, who earned her PhD in organizational behavior
from Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, OH, is author of Dynamic
Cover Letters for New Graduates and A Foot in the Door: Networking
Your Way into the Hidden Job Market (both published by Ten Speed Press),
as well as Top Notch Executive Resumes (Career Press); and with
Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., Dynamic Cover Letters, Write Your
Way to a Higher GPA (Ten Speed), and The Complete Idiot's Guide
to Study Skills (Alpha). Visit her
personal Website
or reach her by e-mail at
kathy(at)quintcareers.com.
Dr. Randall S. Hansen is founder of Quintessential Careers,
one of the oldest and most comprehensive career development sites on the Web, as well CEO of
EmpoweringSites.com. He is also founder of
MyCollegeSuccessStory.com and
EnhanceMyVocabulary.com. He is publisher of
Quintessential Careers Press,
including the Quintessential Careers electronic newsletter,
QuintZine. Dr. Hansen is also a
published author, with several books, chapters in books, and hundreds of articles. He's often
quoted in the media and conducts empowering workshops around the country. Finally, Dr. Hansen is
also an educator, having taught at the college level for more than 15 years. Visit his
personal Website or
reach him by email at randall(at)quintcareers.com.
