India, Sept. 2 -- A Bengaluru techie has called out a recruiter who refused to disclose the salary for a role and instead took refuge in big-talk. Yashraj Shukla shared screenshots of his conversation with the recruiter - whose name he redacted to protect his identity.

Shukla's screenshots show that he asked the recruiter, who could possibly be the CEO or founder of a startup, about the budget for a given role.

"Hey [name redacted], what's the budget you have in mind for the role?" asked Shukla, who works as a software engineer for Observe.AI.

The recruiter refused to disclose the salary during the conversation that took place on LinkedIn. Instead, he told Shukla that if he was worried about the salary before showing what he could buil...