Manager of Sales recruiting reached out earlier in 2022, wasn't interested at the time. Half a year later when I was looking for a new role, reached back out and scheduled the first round. First round screening was standard questions, and though I get that these recruiters do so many of them, I would appreciate a little more connection from a candidate perspective to feel like I could potentially be a culture fit instead of just asking questions to check off boxes. They asked if I had experience with large accounts and looking for a senior player with experience in specific expansion roles, which I did. Not sure if just sales but they do not encourage remote roles if allow them at all, you have to be in the office/located in the city of one of their offices. This is where my experience was negative. At the end of the call I forgot to ask for salary expectations/ranges, which I believe is a no brainer for me for all first round recruiter calls. I messaged via LI back, and the recruiter said that each hire is evaluated by their comp team upon making a potential offer. They would level out each individual and would only talk from a compensation standpoint if things progress. I am a firm believer that this should not be the practice, as what if I make it to the offer stage and your salary expectations is way below mine or vice-versa? Wouldn't that just be a huge waste of 4/5 weeks and multiple rounds of interviews? Not a fan. I didn't end up making the second round anyway since they were looking for someone older (I am pretty young for the EAE role, but would say I am qualified), so it clearly wasn't a fit end of the day. My only suggestion is for the recruiting process to clear as day with salary on the very first call.