[gohrt]

That advice doesn't apply at all when you are going through a recruiter who is or plays dumb: "I just need you to fill in this form so we can proceed. [I don't care if if makes you mistrust me and management, and you come in on Day 1 suspicious and with low morale]" Big companies, at least, have a relatively streamlined process to tilt the negotiations in their favor as much as they can systemically.

[pmoriarty]

I fill out those forms but leave that field empty. If they have a problem with that, I'll find another recruiter. There's no shortage of them around.

As for big companies, I've never had any of them even notice that I didn't fill in that field. So that's never been an issue.