Assessing performance starts with asking the right questions. Here are some suggested questions to ask your employees in a review.
Strengths and areas for improvement/growth
Please provide feedback on this individual’s biggest strengths.
What are some accomplishments that this person achieved this quarter?
Please provide feedback on this individual’s areas of improvement for future growth.
What are two growth areas that this person should focus on to be more effective in their role?
What skills and areas of professional development do you think your peer should focus on?
How would you like to see this person grow?
Success and challenges
Please describe one success that you observed this person achieve.
Please describe one challenge that this person encountered.
Start, Stop, Continue
What’s one thing this person should start doing?
What’s one thing this person should stop doing?
What’s one thing this person should continue doing?
[Private Question] Is there anything you would like to share privately with this individual’s manager?
Potential
In what areas do you see the most potential for this person?
Goals
How well did this person perform against their goals this quarter?
Impact
What’s an example of something impactful that this person worked on?
How can this employee have more impact in their current role?
What are the most valuable contributions your peers make to their teams?
In what areas has this individual had the greatest impact on you, your team, or at the company?
Company values
Please provide feedback on which company values this person embodies. Please provide a specific example for each company value.
Please provide one example of a company value that this person has brought to life.
[List values in description] How has this employee performed against our company values?
Competencies
[List competency] How has this person performed in this area?
[List competency] Please provide 3 strengths and 3 development areas observed in this area
Next step, create your own questions for your review cycle.
