[McLovin]

A friend of mine had a job interview at a fairly large company. It's some kind of executive position, VP of something or another. I'm not sure what it is he really does at these companies.

Anyways, he was asked during the interview what his salary expectations were, which seemed to take him by surprise.

He ended up not putting a number on the table.

He asked me what I thought he should do. I really have no idea. What is standard procedure for most companies these days?

(My guess is he did the right thing, and that he should wait them out until they put the first offer on the table. That's standard procedure for almost any negotiation, don't put out the first number. But do potential employers go for that these days and relent and give a first offer, or will they eventually pass him up if he doesn't cough up a number? I think he told them he'd have to research it, and they wanted him to call back over the next few days with a number).