I also beg to disagree. As a fresh grad I have been asked "What is your expected salary" by at least 65% of the companies that have interviewed me.

My answer was always "I'll let the company decide on my value as I am a fresh grad, therefore I do not have any power to demand nor bargain salary" but they still insist on providing a number or range.

@kobe8bryant
well, there are ambitious ppl who look for both. Why shouldnt this job pay me well and allow me to learn at the same time? In my personal opinion, "nobody is going to pay you well if the job is easy as everyone can do it" and "you get paid well doing jobs that can only be done by certain ppl".

Of course as a fresh grad you will not be doing extremely difficult task but in essence, you join the company to earn more and they will throw you those difficult task sooner or later otherwise it isnt worth paying you so much.