[thiago_fm]

If you want to negotiate a raise, you can tell them what you did and display that you want to grow more with and in the company. Without having anything to show that is not possible.

You can also take those interviews, ace them and use a higher offer as leverage, but that can be risky, as you company might say no and you need to go to this other job.

What I recommend is that people even though that they enjoy their jobs, they do interviews for perceived good companies, that they would like to work on, and in case they get an offer, they negotiate with their own company. So if the company doesn't want to give you that raise, you go to the other company which gives you a potential good outcome for both possibilities.