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Question 18 of 35
If you were to be offered this MSL position, do you have any specific salary expectations?
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Heather Douglass has over 20 years of experience as a Career Coach, Recruiter, and HR Specialist. Much of her experience is as a Technical Recruiter in the healthcare industry.
Medical Science Liaison position salaries can vary greatly from company to company. First, your interviewer wants to ensure that what they are offering for the position meets your needs. With this question, they're also hoping to hear that compensation isn't your primary goal for pursuing a position with their organization.
Heather Douglass has over 20 years of experience as a Career Coach, Recruiter, and HR Specialist. Much of her experience is as a Technical Recruiter in the healthcare industry.
"In my current MSL position, my annual salary is 160,000. While I do not want to make a move that would take me backward in this area, compensation is not my motivator for seeking this role with your company. I am more motivated by finding a position that allows me to work in cancer treatments where my true passion lies."
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
To prepare for this interview question, do your homework and find out as close of a range as possible for what the organization you are interviewing offers to their MSLs. Remember this is just the first interview and you haven't been offered the job yet. The first interview is not the time to enter negotiations. Go ahead and give a broad salary range without selling yourself short while also ensuring that you are fair to yourself and your expectations.
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