Mentors who help you negotiate an offer

Talk through a live offer with someone who has negotiated their own and made offers to others — what is genuinely movable, what is not, and how to ask without damaging the relationship.

Before you book a salary negotiation mentor

How do I choose the right salary negotiation mentor?

Almost everything people believe about negotiation is drawn from a handful of viral posts written about a specific market at a specific moment. What is actually movable varies enormously by company, level and how much they want you. Talking to someone with recent, relevant experience beats any general script.

What should I bring to a salary negotiation mentor session?

Bring the actual numbers and the actual timeline. Base, equity, the vesting shape, sign-on, and when they need an answer. Negotiation advice given without those details is entertainment.

The most common expensive mistake is not asking at all, and the second is asking in a way that reads as adversarial. A mentor can help you find wording that is direct without being a threat — and can tell you when the honest answer is that this offer is already at the top of its band.

What people bring to these sessions

What is genuinely negotiable at this company and level
Reading an offer: base, equity, vesting and sign-on
Asking directly without damaging the relationship
Handling competing offers and deadlines
Knowing when an offer is already at the top of its band

52 mentors

Dmytro Kovalenko — Lead/Staff Software Engineer at netflix. Artificial intelligence, Backend, High load systems
Abhinav Chittora — Senior Product Manager at microsoft. Machine Learning Algorithms, Product Roadmap, Product Lifecycle Management
Masha Melnikova — Sr Software Engineering Manager at unitedhealth group. Career coaching, Core energy, Life Coaching
Sakshi Varshney — Member of Technical Staff at salesforce. Teaching, WordPress, .NET Framework
Nidhi Chauhan — Executive Coach • Professional Resume Writer • LinkedIn & Interview Strategist • Outplacement Expert at uplifting you. Resume Writing, Interview Coaching, Career Development Coaching
David García — Senior Program Manager at amazon. Project Management, Business Growth Strategies, Business Development
Roberta Basili — Ex-Recruiter @Booking.com, Atlassian & TomTom | International Career Coach at roberta basili coaching. International Job Search, Career Transition, Career Coaching
Ben Sheppard — Fractional Operator and Start up Coach at inside startups. Career guidance, Career transitions, Switching roles or domains
Neal Fultz — Principal Consultant at njnm consulting. Credit Risk Management, Insurance, Data Engineering
Vikas Malhotra — Tech Executive at amazon. Artificial Intelligence, GenAI, Java
Dilyana Radulova — Solutions Engineer at microsoft. Technical Demonstrations, Technical Presales, Presales
Bita Kazemi — Staff Software Engineer at atlassian. Career guidance, Handling layoffs and job loss, Recovering from career setbacks
Esha Srivastava — Sr. Technical Program Manager at ebay. Regulatory Portfolio Management, PMO Operating Model Design, AI-Powered Program Execution
Pulkit Sharma — Senior Software Engineer at microsoft. Product Development, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Continuous Integration (CI)
Deepak Tiwari — Senior Software Engineer at microsoft. C#, Java, AI
Juan Cruz Viotti — Founder | Fractional CTO | O'Reilly author | JSON Schema TSC | Award-winning University of Oxford alumnus at sourcemeta. API Governance, Technical Writing, Engineering Management
Arun Kumar Singh — Site Reliability Engineer at google. AI Agents, Stakeholder Management, Site Reliability Engineering
Manami Rej — Global Career Coach | Leadership Advisor | Personal Branding Strategist at hellomonday. LinkedIn Coach, LinkedIn Trainer, Career Development Coaching
Diana Stoica — Career & Leadership Coach | Strategic HR Partner and at thinking partner. Restructuring, Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management
Ilja Rijnen — VP HR APAC & Global Head of Talent Development at gea group. Enterprise People Strategy, APAC HR Leadership, Organization & Operating Models
Kahkashan Afrin — AI Product Manager at ceribell │ ai-powered point-of-care eeg. Career guidance, Career transitions, Switching roles or domains
Seda Elibol — Career Coach | Product Manager at sedaelibol.com. Product Management, Product Strategy, User Research
Yoan Rock — Unreal Gameplay & UI Engineer at freelance. Career guidance, Handling layoffs and job loss, Growing into senior roles
Mike Szewczyk — Regional Sales Manager, AI Business Solutions, Europe at microsoft. Planning next career moves, Career guidance, Sales strategy fundamentals
Philip Meyers — Founder at reflowai. AI/LLM integration, iOS and Android app store deployment, SaaS architecture
Pranay Khatri — Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering at zillow. Building scalable systems, Career guidance, Handling layoffs and job loss
Mayank Bhasin — Principal Product Manager at microsoft. Ai, Cloud, Product Management
Darrin Johnson — Product Management Leader at guidacent, inc.. Career guidance, Handling layoffs and job loss, Moving into leadership roles
Pradeep Panigrahi — Principal Software Engineer at microsoft. C#, Microsoft Copilot, Large Language Models (LLM)
Rahul Bagai — AI and SaaS expert at assemblyai. Career guidance, Career transitions, Software development guidance
Preethi Kavilikatta — Paralegal at talktomentors. other
Akanksha Gupta — Engineering Manager at amazon. Career guidance, Engineering beyond software, Career transitions
Boris Petkov — Senior Engineering Manager at microsoft. Engineering Management, People Management, Project Management
Anshika Bansal — Software Engineer 2 at amazon. Career guidance, Planning next career moves, Growing into senior roles
Jymit Khondhu — matillion. Cybersecurity fundamentals, Security engineering, Leadership
Alex Velazquez — Software Engineer & Interview Coach at work with alex v. Mentoring, Interview Preparation, Coaching
Vik G — Product Lead at atlassian. Career guidance, Career transitions, Switching roles or domains
Mudra Senjaliya — Senior Software Engineer at aviv group gmbh. JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
Tom Miller — Retired at microsoft. Career guidance, Growing into senior roles, Moving into leadership roles
Torsten Miland — Headhunter / Business & Personal Coach / Organisationsudvikler at searchers international. Executive Search, Management Consulting, Executive Coaching
Suiyao Chen — Applied Scientist at amazon. Career guidance, Career transitions, Switching roles or domains
Paras Shah — Senior Vice President (Tech) at bank of america. Software architecture, Career Coaching, Interviewing
Priyanka Gyawali — Chief Technology Officer at upplft. Technical Leadership, Enterprise Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Marco Ferra — Career Coach | Consultant | Director | Senior Program Manager | Senior Project Manager at bright consulting. Career guidance, Career transitions, Switching roles or domains
Nash Benjamasutin — meta. Understanding generative AI, Career guidance, Career transitions
Angie Martin — Business Growth at the growth manager. Business Development, Market Planning, Recovering from career setbacks
Pratibha Singh — Career Coach at interview kickstart. Mentoring, Coaching & Mentoring, Screening Resumes
Roman Dahl — CEO & Managing Director at aeonda partners. Business operations, Strategic projects, KPI design
David Guida — Senior Software Engineer at microsoft. Design patterns, Software architecture, System programming
Siddharth Ray — Principal Engineering Manager at microsoft. Distributed systems, System design, Artificial intelligence
Fatima Taj — Senior Software Engineer at yelp. Software engineering, Technical interviews, Behavioral interviews
Lakshmi Mantena — Data Science Manager at ex-meta. Data science, Experimentation, Causal inference