Got a SWE Job Offer?: Here’s How to Ask for More

0:00My next job will pay me 340 000 per year and here's how I can negotiate

0:04it my software engineering offer If you're a computer science student and you want to change

0:08your compensation from something like 80 000 to 120 000 150 000 even 200 000 per

0:17year stop and save this video So step one you need to have had a very

0:22strong interview performance Everyone should have liked you This means the technical interview should have been

0:28strong the behavioral interview should have been strong the AI coding interview should have been particularly

0:33strong Because you watched my previous video you need a very strong interview experience Number two

0:40you need to have multiple job offers If you don't have multiple job offers in this

0:45market you're very very very hard pressed to getting a significant raise in your compensation Maybe

0:51you can still you should actually still ask but you probably won't reach the stars because

0:57these companies know they can lose you and they do not care Step three you want

1:02to ask it in a way that shows you're excited and there's a little bit of

1:07a magic you can do with it So for the job you don't actually want you

1:11want to ask them for a minor increase in compensation Ask them wait for their response

1:17hopefully they say yes and then you take that package to the job that you actually

1:23want And you say something like hey I really want this job but this other job

1:27is offering me more money Can you please give me this number here I'll say yes

1:34right now And this number here should be around 10 to 15 more than what the

1:42other job was offering or what your previous offer was Even if you shoot a little

1:48high if you say it in a nice way and everyone there likes you you don't

1:52have anything to worry about If they can't afford it they're going to say yes If

1:57they can't afford it they're going to say no And you're pretty much at the exact

2:02same spot you were before you even tried to negotiate Now don't be rude don't be

2:07demanding don't act like you're the best thing since sliced bread unless you actually are But

2:13if you ask it politely you're not getting your offer rescinded Using these tricks can easily

2:18boost your compensation to get exactly what you want for your next big tech software engineering

2:23job Good luck