conversation: User (only_zing): "My worry is that if they know I only make $30,000 at the moment that they will not offer me the full potential of the salary. So can I inflate the numbers a bit?  Or will they ask for a W-2?  This is not a sales job.\n\nThey told me they will also ask for commission and bonuses of which I have not received because I don't work for commission and have only been at my current workplace for 6 months.\n\nI will have to relocate and commute, which is why I want the higher pay and my friend works the same position and makes $55,000.  However I know that there are a lot of candidates and I fear that they may be okay with taking less pay, where I am not.  \n\nThey also asked for my past compensation details since 2011, although my jobs have only been summer employment because I was going to college."
  Self: "Alls I know is that my friend's older brother wrote that he made double what he actually made in an interview, and the new job gave him more than that. Go for it, they're not gonna find out the truth and you might make a boatload more money ;) "
  