AI Salary Negotiation Simulator — practice asking for the number you actually want
The Raise lets you rehearse the negotiation you keep re-writing in your head. Rajan Malhotra, a CFO with a real budget and a very good poker face, sits across from you. You bring a number, an offer, or a competing offer. He counters — and waits.
What the sim recreates
A compensation conversation with a decision-maker: raise conversation, counter-offer, or competing-offer negotiation. The persona listens for anchors, tests your justification, and uses silence as pressure. He will not fill it for you.
How difficulty changes this particular round
The variable in this room is how much of the silence you have to carry. Warm-up fills it for you and treats your number as reasonable. Realistic leaves a beat after your ask and sees whether you negotiate against yourself before he has said anything. Nightmare anchors below your floor, lets the pause run long enough to be uncomfortable, and comes back to your first justification specifically to find the weakest part of it.
What your Sim Report grades
Negotiation is scored on four behaviours you can actually change: where you anchored, whether your justification was evidence or feeling, how long you held the silence, and whether you gave ground back after getting a yes. The transcript timestamps show exactly where you conceded, which is usually earlier than people remember.
Frequently asked
›Does it know real salary data?
It reasons about ranges but does not quote live market data. Bring your own research — the persona will test how you use it.
›Can I practice a competing-offer scenario?
Yes. Add the offer details in the pre-sim context box and the persona will negotiate against it.
›Will it ever accept my first number?
On Warm-up, sometimes. On Realistic and Nightmare, almost never — that is the point.
›What if I get emotional or freeze?
Use Pause & breathe. The persona resets calmly and continues without penalty.
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