Salary negotiation new grad iOS?
I will be getting an offer in Seattle as new grad iOS dev. Interned there last summer. They mentioned having salary negotiations when the paperwork process starts. Having never done salary negotiations I am wondering what I should ask for. From initial research it seems that new grad iOS in that area is around 90-100k and 15k signing. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
It usually doesn't help unless you have competing full-time offers, but it's always worth trying. The worst they can say is no, and give you the original offer.
Assuming you’re generally happy with the offer, I’d stick to 15%. The whole point is that they would prefer to lock you in with a near guarantee than risk you going elsewhere.
Where are you working OP ? Can help with referral please ?
You have very little leverage as a new grad with no experience. That said, regardless of the offer, just come back with, “I’m excited for the opportunity to contribute to the team, but I need to consider all outstanding opportunities. If we can go $15k higher on the salary (or another comp), I think I’d be able to give you a decision today.” Congrats, you just won your first salary negotiation. I promise you will end up with a minimum of $5k more.
Thank you for the tip! I actually have about two years of internship experience (have done one summer every year of university and then took a year off to intern as well to help pay for school. ) does that change the strategy in any way or is it better to be safe and ask for offer+~15k
Not really unless you get other competing offers. You really don't do much during an internship in all honesty.