When you’re buying a home, avoiding negotiation is impossible.

This Wharton MBA professor is a total rock star when it comes to advocating for what women want—and teaching them how to get it. But what’s really great is Mori’s story.

“Any parent, anybody in a relationship, who has employees, who has a pet is probably good at negotiations.” Mori thinks people are better negotiators than they think.

We spoke with negotiation expert Mori Taheripour to get her guidance on what to share—and what to be more careful of divulging—in the interview process.

Before you think about asking for a raise, consider the fact that you're already a professional negotiator. Mori Taheripour teaches negotiations, and she says we're always negotiating.

When asking for a raise, there are contradicting mindsets about exactly how personal you should get. Mori Taheripour advocates for pairing objective measures with human elements.