It’s time to shift our public consciousness

“What’s your salary expectation?” is one of my favourite job interviews questions of all time. Every time I ask it, I know I am probing the very conscience of an applicant and the country at the same time. On January 24 and 25, the Kenya Private Sector Alliance are co-hosting a National Anti-Corruption Conference. The interview question is not as far from the conference topic as one would think. 

I like the salary expectation question because the answer is always predictable. Everyone will have a minimum figure, but no-one will have a maximum figure. Occasionally for fun, I have offered double figure proposed and watched an applicant calmly agree. If people were more honest, I suspect what they would say is “I just want more.”