Originally Posted by Unregistered

Most of the time is the interviewer fault. Interviewer want more manpower in his own dept. But ultimately it is HR/planning that will determine the position and salary range for any new incoming. Sometimes though, these dept heads think they are up there and don't want to take orders from HR. Usually HR will already give black-and-white, what is the salary range for each position and how many the dept can hire. But the dept head will suka suka try and chut pattern to get what they want. Its a problem with big organisations. All the depts work as if they are the most important.