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Salary Negotiation preparation worksheet
Negotiate a job offer or ask for a raise against a hiring manager or boss who has a budget and a script of their own. Prepare your first attempt using the same skills your practice scorecard evaluates: Anchoring, Evidence, Outcome, Poise.
How to use this tool
- Choose one real situation. Write accurate facts and your intended outcome; leave uncertain details marked for review.
- Draft short responses in your own voice. You are preparing to communicate, so write what you would actually say rather than a perfect script to memorize.
- Rehearse one skill at a time: Make an evidence-based request; Trade compensation and other terms; Summarize the actual offer.
- Download your notes. Then use a live roleplay to test the response under follow-up questions and review the feedback on the words you used.
My preparation
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What to look for when you rehearse
- Make an evidence-based request. Compare your first wording with your next attempt. Identify the actual phrase, question, or example that improved this skill, and explain why it helped.
- Trade compensation and other terms. Compare your first wording with your next attempt. Identify the actual phrase, question, or example that improved this skill, and explain why it helped.
- Summarize the actual offer. Compare your first wording with your next attempt. Identify the actual phrase, question, or example that improved this skill, and explain why it helped.
After each attempt, review one useful moment and one missed opportunity. Use your scorecard’s quoted words to choose a specific change. A score is feedback on the practice sample, not a prediction of success outside the simulation.
A starting line from a ready-made scenario
Great news! We'd love to offer you the role at $48,000. What do you think?
Answer using the scenario’s supplied facts, or set up your own situation when you need personal practice.
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