Review
Performance review questions
Use these guides to prepare the review conversation: evidence the year, answer criticism directly and make the next step specific.
The guides
Performance review questions and answers: the annual meeting, worked
The questions managers ask at a performance review, with worked answers — evidencing your year, handling the surprise criticism, and arguing a grade well.
Responding to a bad performance review: steady, specific, on the record
How to respond to a bad performance review — what to say in the room, the 48-hour rule, disputing what’s wrong, and working with what’s fair. Worked lines.
Performance review self-assessment: writing the year you actually had
Performance review self-assessment examples — what to write for went well, could improve, and the grade you claim, with worked specimens for each box.
The performance improvement plan meeting: steady lines for a hard process
The performance improvement plan meeting — what to say when a PIP lands, what to check in the plan, and how to run the check-ins. Steady, worked UK lines.
Go into the review with the evidence ready.
Know the claims you can prove, the pushback you expect and the next step you want to discuss. Then see how Review returns to Apply.