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You ignored the "So given that you don't really know what you are doing" part.

With that included the question sounds rude and makes it sound like the candidate should be grateful for whatever they are going to pay.

It's like a candidate going to an interview at a company in bad technical shape and saying "So given your product is an outdated buggy piece of crap, how much are you paying me to put up with it?".

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Ha! I actually like the audacity of a (theoretical imaginary) candidate saying that. If everyone in the room is feeling that same pain (it's a buggy piece of crap) they might even appreciate it and laugh. But on the other hand it's still rude and would still raise a warning about the candidate, just like you're basically saying.

What if they concluded this based on evaluation of her skills?

It's still rude and unprofessional to phrase it that way.

Yeah, that's a common negotiating tactic, which is why I'm confused as to why she withdrew her applications

It's common to call candidates clueless in order to wrangle maybe an extra $20k max out of them?

Probably at toxic companies.

That's not a negotiating tactic. That's called being an ass.

There are more professional and polite ways of saying "we are able to offer you a junior-level salary".

Its kind of an asshole question to ask, and if was sincere, I would question the judgement of people who want to hire someone so unqualified in the first place, even at a discount.

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