A Unicorn Mask for a Dog

What bothers me is being asked salary history... First, they are NOT going to check your answer, so feel free to lie to your hearts content. Second, companies will immediately offer you maybe 10% more than your currently make, and assume you will jump at the chance even if it's a far worse job in a higher rent area. Worse is if they can't match it they give up, even though the situation might be reversed and its a nicer job with lower expenses, or perhaps you HATE your current job. I've occasionally explained this to recruiters, and they usually just ask for salary history once again... The job listings (or application forms) that say salary history is REQUIRED get to take no more of my time.

Nowhere near as bad as many in the list, but a pervasive misconception in the HR world, almost as bad as keyword matching resumes to job descriptions..