Urgent: Offered a position different than what I applied for

Thanks Vpainter, I'm just wondering what could be the reason behind offering a position with less seniority, the interview went very well, and I got the offer right away.

I'm suspecting that when they tried to match my pay slips (actually offered more) they realized they can't do that and still remain above the minimum of the salary bracket of the more senior position, so they ended up downgrading the position. I know there can be a million other reasons, but have anyone heard about a case when this was the reason?

I will ask to change the offer to the original position, and negotiate the salary, I read in past posts that some people were successful in negaitioning few hundred dollars more in salary, I wouldn't call that successful negotiation. Anyone out there was successful in negotiating a decent % more than their current pay? Of course each person evaluates his offer and benifits and is free to decide based on what workes for him, but still I'm intersted in knowing what's the maximum one can negotiate for. Would highly appreciate a response today.