It started with a screening call with a SfN employee. The job announcement requested my salary requirement, which I provided in the first paragraph of my cover letter. Despite this, the employee asked my requirement, which I verbally restated. She then told me the salary would be 25-30 percent less than I specified. SfN saw my numbers right there in the letter, at the top. *Why* did they waste my time and theirs with a screening interview???