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Your switch Get the calls · Step 4 of 13

The recruiter call

Write your answers to the nine questions before the phone rings, then read them off one card.

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Your nine answers

1. Walk me through your background

Current scope, one result with a number, why this role.

2. What is your current CTC?

Write each line as your letter and payslip state it. All in ₹ lakh a year.

lakh
lakh
lakh
lakh
lakh
lakh
lakh
%

3. What are you expecting?

Ask the level and band first. Then name a fixed-pay range inside it. Never a percentage over your payslip.

lakh
lakh

4. What is your notice period? Can you join in 30 days?

days
days

5. Open to relocating? Office days?

6. Interviewing elsewhere? Any offers?

7. Why are you looking to change?

8. Which level is this?

9. What is the process and timeline?

Employment gap or layoff? Three lines (optional)

Learn it first

Cheat sheet C1: Recruiter call (lesson 4) Template T4: Recruiter-call card (lesson 4)

Practise it out loud

Say it with a clock running and see where you went quiet or ran long.

Practise: The recruiter call (20 min)

What to know

  1. The recruiter is a screener, not the decider.
  2. Write a number once and read it off the card; never improvise a CTC.
  3. If a form field cannot hold the truth, write it in the free text instead of rounding.
  4. Have your appointment letter and last three payslips within reach.