Why is pay transparency trending? It's pretty much a guarantee that if you log in to LinkedIn, you're going to see a viral post in your feed - one complaining about the lack of pay transparency in the interview process. The poster generally laments the wasted time. Wasted effort. Wasted excitement. For candidates, it's clear that pay transparency sooner rather than later is ideal - and for many recruiters, it's the same. Why waste dozens of hours vetting a candidate only to find out, after several interviews, that they're not a good fit due to something that could've weeded them out from the start? Read on.