18- Tell me about how you've come to decide to leave?
- What is your main reason for leaving?
- What are the other reasons for your leaving?
- Why is this important, or so significant for you?
- Within the (particular reason to leave) what was it that concerned you particularly?
- What could have been done early on to prevent the situation developing/provide a basis for you to stay with us?
- How would you have preferred the situation(s) to have been handled?
- What opportunities can you see might have existed for the situation/problems to have been averted/dealt with satisfactorily?
- What can you say about the processes and procedures or systems that have contributed to the problem(s)/your decision to leave?
- What specific suggestions would you have for how the organization could manage this situation/these issues better in future?
- How do you feel about the organization?
- What has been good/enjoyable/satisfying for you in your time with us?
- What has been frustrating/difficult/upsetting to you in your time with us?
- What could you have done better or more for us had we given you the opportunity?
- What extra responsibility would you have welcomed that you were not given?
- How could the organization have enabled you to make fuller use of your capabilities and potential?
- What training would you have liked or needed that you did not get, and what effect would this have had?
- How well do think your training and development needs were assessed and met?
- What training and development that you had did you find most helpful and enjoyable?
- What can you say about communications within the organization/your department?
- What improvements do you think can be made to customer service and relations?
- How would you describe the culture or 'feel' of the organization?
- What could you say about communications and relations between departments, and how these could be improved?
- Were you developed/inducted adequately for your role(s)?
- What improvement could be made to the way that you were inducted/prepared for your role(s)?
- (For recent recruits of less than a year or so:) What did you think about the way we recruited you? How did the reality alter from your expectations when you first joined us? How could we have improved your own recruitment? How could your induction training have been improved?
- How could you have been helped to better know/understand/work with other departments necessary for the organization to perform more effectively?
- What can you say about the way your performance was measured, and the feedback to you of your performance results?
- How well do you think the appraisal system worked for you?
- What would you say about how you were motivated, and how that could have been improved?
- What suggestion would you make to improve working conditions, hours, shifts, amenities, etc?
- What would you say about equipment and machinery that needs replacing or upgrading, or which isn't fully/properly used for any reason?
- What can you say about the way you were managed?... On a day to day basis?....... And on a month to month basis?
- How would you have changed the expectations/objectives/aims (or absence of) that were placed on you? ...... And why?
- What, if any, ridiculous examples of policy, rules, instructions, can you highlight?
- What examples of ridiculous waste (material or effort), pointless reports, meetings, bureaucracy, etc., could you point to?
- How could the organization reduce stress levels among employees where stress is an issue?
- How could the organization enabled you to have made better use of your time?
- What things did the organization or management do to make your job more difficult/frustrating/non-productive?
- How can the organization gather and make better use of the views and experience of its people?
- Aside from the reason(s) you are leaving, how strongly were you attracted to committing to a long and developing career with us?
- What can the organization do to retain its best people (and not lose any more like you)?
- Have you anything to say about your treatment from a discrimination or harassment perspective?
- Would you consider working again for us if the situation were right?
- Are you happy to say where you are going (if you have decided)?
- What particularly is it about them that makes you want to join them?
- What, importantly, are they offering that we are not?
- (If appropriate:) Could you be persuaded to renegotiate/stay/discuss the possibility of staying?
- Can we be of any particular help to you in this move/deciding what to do next (we can't promise anything obviously)?
From India, Vashi
Thanks But actually i am looking for the exit interview itself i need a conversation between the employee and HR or a low performer and Boss can you please hlp me
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
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