Preroom

Practice difficult workplace conversations with a live AI avatar.

Preroom lets you practice difficult workplace conversations out loud with a live AI avatar that pushes back, then shows your scores and the full transcript.

Choose from 25 workplace situations, from asking for a raise to handling an upset client. A live AI avatar plays the other person, pushes back and carries a concern you have to uncover.

Try one session for $1.99

One 7-minute session, once per account.

See how it works

The conversation you keep putting off

You know what you want to say. Then the other person pushes back and the words go. Most people who want to practice difficult conversations at work have nobody realistic to practice with, so they rehearse in their head or in front of a mirror, or they wing it. Preroom gives you someone who answers back.

  • You freeze

    Rehearse out loud first, with your goal and key facts on screen during the conversation.

  • You back down

    The avatar pushes back at the personality and difficulty you choose, up to Tough.

  • You get emotional

    Run the same setup again, then raise the difficulty with "Try it harder".

  • Nobody realistic to practice with

    The avatar plays your manager, an executive, a colleague, a direct report, HR, a client or a hiring manager.

How it works

To rehearse a conversation with your boss, set it up, have it out loud with the live avatar, read your report and go again. You choose the situation, your role, who you're talking to, their personality and the difficulty.

  1. 1

    Set up the conversation

    About a minute. Pick a situation, your role, who you're talking to, their personality and the difficulty. Add a goal, up to three key facts and your own context if you want.

  2. 2

    Have it out loud

    Talk with the live avatar in real time, for up to 12 minutes (7 on the trial session). Your scenario summary stays in view, a clock shows how long you've talked and a mic indicator shows who is speaking. You can end at any time.

  3. 3

    Read your report

    You get an overall score out of 100, four skill scores with a tip each, your weaknesses and the full transcript, saved to your account.

  4. 4

    Go again

    "Practice again" keeps the setup and draws a new hidden concern. "Try it harder" moves up one difficulty.

Preroom scenario builder with the situation, your role, who you are talking to, their personality and difficulty, and a preview of what the avatar knows.
Sample setup: choose the situation, the other person and how hard they push back.

Pick your conversation

Rehearse a sample of the 25 situations you can set up. Every one takes your own role, goal and key facts.

  • Ask for a raise

    Who you can talk to
    your manager, your manager's manager or HR
    They open with
    "Thanks for setting this up. You wanted to talk about your compensation?"
    One of the concerns they might carry
    They may be under a budget freeze this quarter, so a raise outside the review cycle is hard to approve.
    What you practice
    Practice asking for a raise: making the case with your results when they point to the budget.
    What you find out
    Whether you drew out the budget freeze, your four skill scores with a tip each, and the exact words you used to make your case.

  • Job interview

    Who you can talk to
    a hiring manager or HR
    They open with
    "Thanks for coming in. To start, tell me a bit about yourself."
    One of the concerns they might carry
    They may doubt you have enough hands-on experience.
    What you practice
    Practice a job interview: backing each answer with evidence when they probe a vague one.
    What you find out
    Your clarity and language scores with a tip each, the weaknesses in how you answered, and every answer you gave, line by line.

  • Give critical feedback to someone on your team

    Who you can talk to
    someone on your team
    They open with
    "Hi, you wanted to see me?"
    One of the concerns they might carry
    They may be overwhelmed and haven't told anyone.
    What you practice
    Practice how to give negative feedback to an employee: naming the problem plainly while leaving room for what they haven't told you.
    What you find out
    Whether you uncovered what was behind the problem, how your empathy and assertiveness scored, and how you opened, word for word.

  • Resolve a conflict with a colleague

    Who you can talk to
    a colleague or your manager
    They open with
    "Okay, I'm here. What did you want to talk about?"
    One of the concerns they might carry
    They may feel you dismissed them in front of others.
    What you practice
    Practice how to resolve conflict with a coworker: raising the tension directly and looking for a way to work together.
    What you find out
    Whether you drew out what was bothering them, your empathy and clarity scores with a tip each, and every line you said, with its time.

  • Handle an upset client

    Who you can talk to
    a client
    They open with
    "I'll be direct, we're not happy with how this has gone."
    One of the concerns they might carry
    They may want a discount but haven't asked for it.
    What you practice
    Practice how to handle an angry client: staying calm when they open with a complaint, and steering toward a way forward.
    What you find out
    Whether you found out what they actually wanted, your four skill scores, and the general feedback on how you handled the complaint.

  • Negotiate a job offer

    Who you can talk to
    HR or a hiring manager
    They open with
    "We were glad to send you the offer. Do you have any questions about it?"
    One of the concerns they might carry
    They may have room on a signing bonus or title, but not on base salary.
    What you practice
    Practice how to negotiate a job offer: asking for a specific number and holding it when they push back.
    What you find out
    Whether you found where they had room to move, your assertiveness score and tip, and the exact words you used to ask.

  • Say no to extra work

    Who you can talk to
    your manager, a colleague or your manager's manager
    They open with
    "Thanks for coming. I need a hand with something new."
    One of the concerns they might carry
    There may be no one else available this month.
    What you practice
    Practice how to say no to extra work: turning down the request, or trading it for something else on your plate.
    What you find out
    Whether you drew out why they came to you, your assertiveness and empathy scores, and the weaknesses your report lists.

  • Discuss your performance review

    Who you can talk to
    your manager
    They open with
    "Thanks for joining. Let's go through your review for this period."
    One of the concerns they might carry
    Your rating may have been lowered in calibration, and they feel awkward about it.
    What you practice
    Practice how to respond to a negative performance review: answering critical points with your facts and agreeing on next steps.
    What you find out
    Whether you got them to explain the rating, your clarity and assertiveness scores with a tip each, and how you responded, word for word.

An avatar that pushes back the way you choose

In Preroom's AI role-play for workplace conversations, you decide how the other person behaves.

Personality
Supportive, Neutral, Skeptical, Defensive or Busy and impatient. A Skeptical counterpart asks for numbers; a Busy one wants the point quickly.
Difficulty
Easy, Realistic or Tough. On Tough, the avatar pushes back on every main point and interrupts long answers.
A hidden concern
The other person carries a concern they won't state up front. It is random by default, or you can choose it, and your report reveals it. Drawing it out is the skill you are practicing.
Stays on the work topic
If the talk drifts, the avatar steers it back to the work conversation.

See exactly how it went

Each session ends with a scored report: an overall score out of 100 and scores out of 10 for clarity, empathy, assertiveness and language, each with a one-sentence summary and a tip.

It also lists your weaknesses and general feedback, reveals the hidden concern and includes the full transcript, in its own tab, with a time on each line. Every report is saved to your account.

Preroom report with an overall score out of 100, four skill scores out of 10 and tips for clarity and empathy.
Sample report: your scores and a tip for each skill.

What you walk away with

This is what you have after a session. It describes your practice, not what will happen in the real conversation.

  • A rehearsal out loud, not in your head

    You've said your points out loud to someone who reacts and pushes back, at the personality and difficulty you chose.

  • Your likely sticking points, found early

    You see where you hesitate, back down or ramble, in a session where nothing is at stake.

  • What the other person was really worried about

    Your report reveals their hidden concern, so you can check whether you drew it out, and how.

  • An outside view of how you came across

    A score and a one-sentence reason for clarity, empathy, assertiveness and language, with one concrete tip for each.

  • Your own words to review

    The full transcript, line by line with times, so you can reread exactly what you said and when.

  • A next step for the next attempt

    Your weaknesses and feedback name what to change, and "Practice again" or "Try it harder" lets you try it right away.

  • Visible progress over time

    Put two sessions of the same situation side by side, and follow your sessions completed, average and best score, practice time and the trend of your last 10 scored sessions.

Why not just use a chatbot?

A general chatbot can role-play if you write the whole prompt yourself. Preroom is AI practice for difficult work conversations: you make a few choices, talk to a live avatar and get a scored report.

TopicGeneral chatbot, such as ChatGPT voice modePreroom
SetupYou write the whole role-play prompt yourself.You choose the situation, who you're talking to, their personality and the difficulty.
The conversationA voice or text conversation with no avatar to look at.Face to face with a live AI avatar that pushes back.
FeedbackNo built-in score or report.Scores on four skills, a tip for each and the full transcript, saved to your account.
TopicNothing keeps the conversation on the work topic.Built for workplace conversations. The avatar steers off-topic talk back to the work conversation.

Pricing

Start with one session. If you want to keep practicing, Pro gives you 5 sessions a month.

Trial session

$1.99

One 7-minute practice session, once per account.

Try one session for $1.99

Pro

$29/month

5 practice sessions a month, up to 12 minutes each. Unused sessions don't carry over to the next month. Cancel from the app, and your access continues until the end of the billing period.

Used your 5 sessions this month? Add more with a top-up pack, from $9 for 2 sessions.

Questions

Is this just ChatGPT with a face?

ChatGPT can role-play if you write the prompt. Preroom starts from 25 workplace situations, sets the other person's personality and difficulty, gives them a concern you have to uncover and keeps the conversation on the work topic. Afterward you get scores on four skills, a tip for each and the full transcript.

Will it feel like talking to my boss?

It won't be your boss, and it isn't meant to be. It's a counterpart who reacts: a Skeptical one asks for numbers, a Busy one wants the point quickly, and on Tough it pushes back on every main point and interrupts long answers. That is enough pressure to find out where you freeze before it matters.

What if my situation is too specific?

Pick the closest of the 25 situations, then add your goal, up to three key facts and a short note of context. The avatar works from that setup. It covers workplace conversations only, so personal or family conversations are out of scope.

Can an AI really judge how I did?

Every report shows its reasoning: a one-sentence summary and a tip for each of the four skills, a list of weaknesses and, in the Transcript tab, the full conversation with a time on each line, so you can check each point against what you said. Use it as a second opinion, not a verdict.

Will anyone else see my practice sessions?

Your reports and transcripts are saved to your account so you can review them later. You can read how we handle your data in our privacy policy.

What do I need to use it?

A microphone and English. It works in Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge on your computer, in Safari on iPhone and in Chrome on Android. Each session lasts up to 12 minutes (the trial session up to 7), and you can end it at any time.

Rehearse the hard conversation before you have it.

Say it out loud to someone who pushes back, then see your scores and the full transcript.

Try one session for $1.99

One 7-minute session, once per account.