Coaching practices for Should I Go to an Interview I Don't Intend to Accept the Job If Offered

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• I’ve got this conversation coming up and I’m dreading it because I genuinely don’t know what I’d do if they say no
• The offer in front of me is below what I swore I’d accept, and I can feel myself reaching for a reason to say yes anyway
• A salary conversation is coming and I freeze on the number
• I’ve got the conversation booked but I’m staring at a blank page of questions, worried I’ll waste their time asking things I could’ve Googled
• I’ve got a salary talk coming up and I actually know what the role is worth, but my instinct is to hang back politely and let them say a number first

Practices that may help

1. Identify your real BATNA before negotiations begin
   Clarify exactly what you will do if no deal is reached — and whether that alternative is as good as you assume.
   BATNA: Your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
2. Walk away cleanly when the deal falls below your reservation price
   Saying no to a bad deal — and meaning it — is the practice that gives all the others their teeth.
   BATNA: Your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
3. Use the door-in-the-face structure in salary and price negotiations
   In salary negotiation, opening high is partly a door-in-the-face move — your real ask lands against a high anchor.
   The Door-in-the-Face Technique, Made Practical
4. Prepare questions you genuinely don’t know the answer to
   Ask about the unwritten realities of the role — the things no job posting reveals.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
5. Make the first offer (when you’re informed)
   When you know the value range, anchor first — the opening number drags the deal toward it.
   Anchoring Bias in Negotiation and Judgment
6. Request the conversation the right way
   A short, specific, no-pressure request gets far more responses than a vague networking ask.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
7. Decline meetings that lack a clear outcome and agenda
   Make a standing policy to decline any meeting invitation that doesn’t specify outcomes and an agenda.
   The Not-To-Do List
8. Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
   Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
9. Ask: “Would I choose this today if I were starting fresh?”
   Evaluate your current situation as if you were encountering it for the first time, without sunk costs.
   Status Quo Bias — Why We Stick with the Default
10. Negotiate: know your minimum and be willing to give and take
    Decide in advance what you are willing to accept short of your full ask, and be ready to offer something in exchange.
    DEAR MAN: DBT’s Skill for Asking for What You Want Effectively

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