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Reapplying to a Job after 2 months?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 3 down vote favorite I had an interview at Apple around the first week of February and it is now April 2015. The position was really attractive, not even so much because it is Apple, but because it is something I am really passionate about. The position was for a firmware QA engineer position with the HID team where I would be testing new system implementations and doing unique QA tasks. The position was for relatively new people, I’d say entry level. I was contacted on linkedIn via a recruiter. Went through an initial phone talk with one recruiter, an “about the job” conversation with a second recruiter, a phone screen with one of the team leaders where on the last question, he said my answer was very good. After that, they sent me an email...

Answering request for salary requirement after interview, but before offer: did I handle this poorly?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 5 down vote favorite I recently had an interview that I thought went very well. The manager that I interviewed with asked me to email him the following day with my salary requirements. We had not discussed salary or benefits at all, other than a passing mention of health coverage (he told me it was excellent). I was not offered the job at this time. I carefully researched the position in question (one which I have previously held), considered my experience and skills, and presented an offer that I felt was a good starting point for negotiations. I expected that it was higher than they would be prepared to pay me, but I assumed they would be prepared to counter-offer if they were interested in hiring me. I also made sure to mention that we hadn't fully discussed benefits, to suggest that I was amenable to reducing the salary based on the be...