Rora
Offer negotiation and interview coaching for AI and tech researchers
| Hourly rate range | $100 to $175 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Interview coachingSalary negotiationTech careersPromotions and advancementExecutive presence and communicationConflict and difficult conversationsLeadership development |
| Works with | Professionals and Engineers |
| Also coaches | Executive coach |
| Based in | United States |
| Sessions | Online |
Rora is a career coaching firm for technical talent, with a focus on AI researchers in generative AI, robotics and science. It helps clients prepare for interviews and negotiate job offers. Rora started in 2017 and has worked with more than 1,200 researchers. Clients have negotiated $1.2B in total salary. Rora has 40+ researchers in negotiation at any time. It also offers executive coaching for soft skills like influencing others and handling pressure.
What Rora helps with
Rora helps technical professionals get ready for interviews and win better job offers. It also coaches on leadership and soft skills.
- Negotiating job offers with real time market data
- Speaking up without hurting the relationship with a recruiter
- Preparing for technical ML and AI coding interviews
- Practicing ML system design and architecture interviews
- Preparing for research talks and behavioral interviews
- Knowing what pay is fair for a role
- Influencing others and resolving conflicts
- Handling pressure and hard conversations
Who Rora works with
Rora works with technical professionals, especially AI researchers in generative AI, robotics and science. Clients are people interviewing for technical and research roles who want to negotiate offers. Some also want to build leadership and soft skills through executive coaching.
How Rora works
Rora matches each client with mock interviewers in a similar role, level and company to the real interviewers. Mock sessions cover technical interviews, ML system design, research talks and behavioral rounds. Interviewers give a strong hire or no hire call and explain why. For offers, Rora uses its compensation database and real time market data to guide negotiation toward a win-win deal.
Background and qualifications
Rora was founded in 2017 and has coached more than 1,200 researchers in 8 years. The team has done thousands of offer negotiations and handles 20+ per month in real time. Clients have negotiated $1.2B in total salary. Rora draws on an industry expert network for mock interviews and keeps a compensation database for offer work. It also runs an executive coaching arm.
Rora pricing
Programs and services
- Mock technical, system design, research talk and behavioral interviews
- Offer negotiation coaching
- Executive coaching
- Free consultation
- Technical Interview Guide for Researchers
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The CoachVouch take
Rora matches mock interviewers to the role, level and company of a client's real interviewers.
Best for AI and tech researchers who want to prepare for interviews and negotiate a higher offer.
Common questions
How much does Rora charge?
Coaching with Rora runs $100 to $175 an hour. Request an intro for an exact quote.
What does Rora help with?
Rora helps with negotiating job offers with real time market data, speaking up without hurting the relationship with a recruiter, preparing for technical ML and AI coding interviews and practicing ML system design and architecture interviews.
Does Rora coach online?
Rora is based in United States. Sessions are online.
Does Rora help with more than salary negotiation?
Yes. Rora also runs mock technical, research and behavioral interviews. It offers executive coaching for soft skills too.
What kinds of interviews does Rora practice with clients?
Rora runs mock ML fundamentals and AI coding interviews, ML system design or architecture interviews, research talks and behavioral interviews.
How do I contact Rora?
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