This free assessment maps your negotiation instincts, blind spots, and pressure patterns so your coaching starts with what actually needs to change.
More than half of workers accept their first offer without pushing back, even though nearly three-quarters of employers expect and welcome the conversation. Of those who do negotiate, 78 percent walk away with a better number. Hiring managers almost never pull an offer over a reasonable ask. The real damage is compounding: every raise, bonus, and retirement contribution is calculated on a lower starting base, costing roughly $600,000 in lifetime earnings. For professionals facing a job offer or performance review, the most expensive thing you can do is stay quiet.
Knowing you should negotiate is not the same as knowing how you negotiate. The specific pattern that costs you (freezing, apologizing, over-justifying, settling) determines which scripts, pressure drills, and mindset shifts will actually move your number. This assessment maps your pattern so your coaching starts at the point of failure, not at generic tips.
This free assessment identifies your negotiation archetype in three minutes, then places you in targeted coaching sessions where you practice the exact counteroffers and scripts your pattern demands.
Answer 21 questions about how you react when an offer number lands, when pushback arrives, and when the conversation gets uncomfortable. The assessment maps your instincts, blind spots, and pressure responses.
FreeYour results reveal one of nine negotiation archetypes (Freezer, Accommodator, Settler, and more). Each archetype names the specific pattern that costs you money and explains why your current approach is not working.
FreeWork through personalized sessions built around your archetype. Practice counteroffers out loud, rehearse pushback responses, and build the muscle memory to hold your number when the real conversation happens.
PremiumKnowing you should negotiate is not the same as knowing how you negotiate. The specific pattern that costs you (freezing, apologizing, over-justifying, settling) determines which scripts, pressure drills, and mindset shifts will actually move your number. This assessment maps your pattern so your coaching starts at the point of failure, not at generic tips.
More than half of workers accept the first number without pushing back. The assessment identifies whether you freeze, accommodate, or talk yourself out of asking so you can break the pattern before it costs you again.
Resume Genius Salary Negotiation and Expectations Report, survey of 1,000 U.S. full-time workers, published 2024Nearly eight in ten workers who negotiated received a better number. The assessment reveals the specific mental blocks (guilt, fear, over-preparation) that stop you from having that conversation, then maps you to coaching that targets your actual barrier.
Resume Genius Salary Negotiation and Expectations Report, survey of 1,000 U.S. full-time workers, published 2024A single unchallenged offer compounds into roughly $600K in lost lifetime earnings. The assessment measures how your pattern repeats across offers and raises, not just in one moment, so coaching addresses the behavior that keeps costing you.
Linda Babcock, Carnegie Mellon University, as cited in Extern salary negotiation guide, 2026. Original research from Babcock and Laschever, Ask for It.Each profile names how the problem shows up for you, then connects your answers to the path that fits best.
Goes silent the moment a number lands, then replays the missed opportunity for weeks.
Prioritizes the employer's comfort so consistently that their own compensation becomes an afterthought.
Knows the market rate but feels morally wrong asking for what the data supports.
Spends weeks gathering salary data and market benchmarks but never actually names a number.
Frames every compensation request as an inconvenience, undermining the ask before it lands.
Keeps postponing the salary conversation, each time convinced the next moment will be better.
Fights hard for other people's raises but goes quiet when the conversation turns to their own.
Stacks an exhaustive list of reasons before every ask, treating their value as something that needs to be proven rather than stated.
Accepts the first number that clears the minimum bar without testing how high the offer actually goes.
21 questions reveal your Salary Negotiation Coach profile. Free, takes about 3 minutes, no signup required.
"I froze every time the number came up and did not realize it was a pattern until the assessment named it. Practicing the counteroffer in a session made the real conversation feel like something I had already done."
"I thought I was being strategic by doing more research before asking. The assessment showed me I was using preparation to avoid the actual moment of asking. That changed everything."
"I advocate for my team's raises without blinking. The assessment showed me I lose that ability entirely when the conversation is about my own number. Practicing that switch was the first time it felt real."
Human negotiation coaches charge $200 to $500 per session. Salary Negotiation Coach gives you unlimited AI coaching sessions matched to your archetype at a fraction of the cost, with practice available anytime.
Practice every counteroffer and script for a week. Cancel anytime.
Full access to all archetype-matched coaching sessions and practice drills for a month.
The complete arc. Assessment, all nine archetype paths, and unlimited practice through the offer and review cycles that matter most.
The free assessment covers 21 questions across 9 negotiation archetypes. You will leave with your archetype, your blind spots, and a coaching path built around the specific pattern that is costing you money.