How to Negotiate Your Tech Salary Simulation ft. Levels.fyi

Chapters -
0:00 - Introduction
1:58 - Scenario 1: Compensation Expectations
8:23 - Scenario 2: Exploding Offers
19:30 - Scenario 3: Negotiating the Offer
29:30 - Tips & Tricks

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[abhishekthaker]

Tip 1: Put the camera below chest level to assert a towering dominance.

[GiacomoVaccari]

The most realistic part: the recruiter not letting go of wanting a figure 😂

[Chicken-zztt]

The amount of engineers who I hear have drastically different salaries but both have the same role at the same company is crazy.

[gamerjaebea]

I feel the biggest help with negotiations is the ability to walk away. If you have mentally accepted the consequences of walking away from the offer, then this all becomes a lot easier

[snp]

Very informative. The best part about this channel is practical simulations as opposed to theory.

[anre]

Each time Zaheer says “Uhumm”, that’s him calling bullshit on the crafty attempt by the ‘Recruiter’ to fleece him.

Subtle but spot on.

[hmswrth]

Man this is godly. I managed +70% revision. You're God sent.

[stanluo]

I love how the interviewer's smile freezes when he realised this guy is tough as

[cx]

An actual conversation I had with an external recruiter who approached me on LinkedIn and convince me to have a conversation about new career opportunity:

(10 minutes in after giving a vague company introduction without going into specifics and not giving an actual name and a brief position description which was matching my current position)

- Can you provide me with your salary expectation?
- I really don't know. I haven't thought about it since I'm not actively looking for a new job right now.
- Alright, so can you tell me what is your current compensation?
- I'm afraid I can't. I have a clause in my contract that explicitly forbids me to do so.
- But maybe...
- How about you give me the salary range for your position so I could tell you if that would be suitable for me.
- I'm afraid I can't disclose such information.
- Really?
- If you could tell me your current compensation...
- Neither can I...
- Alright, I understand. Thanks for your time. Bye.
- Bye.

[Fivousix]

This was actually very accurate to some very pushy recruiters conversations I had in the past. Most of the information presented here I came across in bits throughout my career, so for however is watching this (and reading this comment), this is pure gold!!

[MrKrizzer]

This is hands down the best negotiating simulation I have seen on youtube! Keep up the good content.

[EDEdDNEdDYFaN]

Absolutely the best video I’ve seen thus far on negotiation of offers. Reading books like Never Split the Difference or blog posts like patio11’s writeup on salary negotiations are helpful but actually having a real dialogue and post dialogue analysis is so incredibly helpful. Thank you for posting this for free!!

[katara]

This is a great video!! Love that you did a mock play-by-play of the negotiation rather than just give advice. And it was SO uncomfortable to watch so you can only imagine how uncomfortable it is to be in that spot doing it.

[map-creator]

Best Mock interview on salary negotiation so far. Good tips and tricks. How Zaheer remains calm on pushy Stephen is the key.

[allthehui]

This might be my fav video from this channel yet! I'll be pointing anyone who asks me about negotiations to this video. Awesome job.

[harshbharvada]

The most important tip which guys gave at the start is that - having as much leverage as you can have is important to acing the negotiations and keep your cards close to your chest
Awesome content 🔥

[garrettgeorge]

I've experienced every aspect of these mock interviews in real life. The recruiter impersonation is spot-on in my experience down to each phrase he used.

In previous interviews, I knew I wasn't comfortable with being asked about my "salary expectations" up front, but I didn't know how to say no effectively. Watching Zaheer handle this was illuminating, and this was just the beginning. Much wisdom is share here.

I learned so much from this video. Thank you!

[moons_mind]

This is the single most realistic video I've seen on negotiating. Just had a negotiation go exactly like this. Best advice as well about not surrendering info and negotiating over email

[blackopsking]

Very helpful. I wish I had negotiated my salary when I started my current job. For the same role at a different I got a 6.4% bump, so I was happy with it. However, Zaheer is right that there’s always negotiation room.. so I should’ve still asked for more.

[geekspeak]

Ok the HR screening. Deflection is definitely a approach but I think being direct is much more productive and I always end up with more then my research indicated. I usually shoot for 10-15% of the range based on that research. My lowest number is always the base salary that I’m comfortable for. I agree using the phrase “total compensation” is the measuring stick. However, while bonuses and stock are great, that base money can be a multiplier for 401k contributions. Use the anchor principle in ur favor.