Land with Confidence.
Walk in prepared. Negotiate from your values. Start strong.
Walk into interviews with stories instead of claims. Rehearse your STARR stories until they're boring to you - that reads as confident to them. Expect the AI question, and let your Module 4 build make the answer a story. Negotiate from your values and close this chapter deliberately.
~3h · 3 exercises
- Your goal: interview with stories, negotiate from your values, close the chapter deliberately.
- The second R - Reflection - is what separates a good answer from a senior one.
- Expect the AI question. Your Module 4 prototype makes the answer a story.
- Five STARR stories exist, plus scripted answers to my hardest questions - including the AI question.
- One full mock is done and reviewed; my two weakest stories are rebuilt.
- My negotiation sheet is complete: range, leverage, non-salary asks, opening sentence.
- My closing reflection is written.
Step by step
The lessons in this module
Work through each exercise in order. Every step has guidance, prompts, and a place to reflect — inside the hub or on paper.
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7.1 The Story Bank
~90 minFive STARR stories, written tight.
**Five STARR stories**: Situation · Task · Action · Result · **Reflection**. The **second R** is what you learned and how you've applied that insight since — **that's what reads as senior**.
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7.2 Hardest Questions + Mock
~60 minScript the layoff / gap / pivot / AI answers, then run one mock.
**Script your hardest questions** — the layoff, the gap, 'why the pivot?', and **'how do you use AI in your work?'** Then **run one mock** (a friend, a peer, or recorded solo) and **rebuild your two weakest stories**.
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7.3 The Negotiation Sheet
~45 minRange, leverage, non-salary asks, opening sentence - word for word.
**The strongest negotiation happens before the offer.** Get your **range with sources**, your **leverage list**, your **ranked non-salary asks**, and your **opening sentence ready word-for-word**. Finish with a **closing reflection** on what you're walking away with — and how you'll run the Confidence Cycle on the next hard thing.
- Perform one story out loud as if to a panel: where did it sag? Rebuild that beat.
- Reread your closing reflection: what would you tell the person who started Module 1?
Ready to put pen to paper?
Download the full Career Confidence workbook with the worksheets for this module — or sign in to complete them inside the hub with your coach.