[alistairSH]

Most of the time, I'd just answer "I'm ok with your published range, we can proceed." or similar.

But, I've also seen ranges that span hundreds of thousands of dollars. Like "Software engineer: $150k-$250" which is a ridiculous range that makes it almost meaningless. I mean, what are they thinking - any candidate worth their time is going to aim for the $250 end...

[sebzim4500]

Even that range is much better than nothing. A person making 300k knows not to bother with the process and a person making 100k knows that it is definitely worth applying.

[onionisafruit]

GitHub’s current Senior Software Engineer listings have a range of $124k - $329k

[alistairSH]

That feels like malicious compliance to me. I'd expect vastly different capabilities and output across the spread. At least in my region, the low end of that is somebody a few years out of college. And the high end is... well, pretty much nobody with that title is making that much.