SOME SCHOOL asked my colleague about the salary expectation. (FINANCE) he said the bottom line is $80K. He didn't prepare for this question so came up with a random number which is far below the market price.The recruiters was shocked as they had some number greater than 100K in mind and they thought my colleague asked for $180K which is too high for that school. Unfortunately my colleague didn't get the chance to explain the misunderstanding at that moment.