What salary does the company pay the first year?

W: Please sit down. Let’s see, you’re Mr. Walsh, is that right?
M: Right.
W: And you’re looking for a job?
M: Yes, I am. I’ll graduate from college next June. I’m majoring in architecture.
W. I see. Have you ever done any work in this field?
M: No, nothing. We did some practice work in class though.
W: Then what kind of salary are you hoping to get?
M: From what I’ve read it seems that a starting salary would be around ＄12,000 a year.
W: Here you would start at ＄10,500 for the first year -- a kind of training period. Then you would go to ＄15,000. After that your raises would depend on how well you worked.
M: That sounds fair enough. Is it all right if I send in my recommendation letters and the rest of the things for my application?
W: That would be fine. After Mr. Sheehan looks all the applications over, he’ll make the final decision.
M: What do you think the chances are? I’ll get a job?
W: Well, I’m talking to three people today and four tomorrow. We’ll be hiring two people.
M: I sure hope that I can work here. But I guess I’ll just have to go home and wait.
W: You’ll hear sometime next month. Good luck and thanks for coming in today.