Performance Review Prep

Prepare for performance reviews that accurately represent your contributions and set you up for promotion and compensation increases. Document achievements with impact and clarity.

Usage

Provide your role, key projects, achievements, and goals for the review period. The skill produces:

• Achievement Inventory: Comprehensive list of contributions organized by category
• Impact Quantification: Numbers and metrics for each achievement
• Growth Narrative: Story of your development and expanded scope
• Self-Assessment Draft: Written review hitting all the right notes
• Goal Retrospective: Assessment of previous goals with evidence
• Future Goals: Ambitious but achievable goals for the next period
• Promotion Case: If applicable, structured argument for advancement

Examples

1. Engineering IC: "Prep my performance review. Key achievements: led migration to microservices (reduced deploy time 70%), mentored 2 junior engineers, shipped 3 major features on time."

1. People Manager: "Prepare review as engineering manager. Team of 8, delivered all quarterly OKRs, reduced turnover from 25% to 5%, grew 2 engineers to senior level."

1. Sales Rep: "Performance review prep: exceeded quota by 130%, closed 3 enterprise deals (largest in team history), built new outbound playbook adopted by the team."

1. Individual Contributor: "I feel like I did good work but can't articulate it. Help me review my calendar and project notes from the last 6 months to find achievements I'm forgetting."

Guidelines

• Keep a weekly achievement log all year — don't rely on memory during review time
• Quantify everything: revenue generated, time saved, users impacted, efficiency improved
• Frame achievements in terms of business impact, not just tasks completed
• Acknowledge areas for growth — self-awareness signals maturity and coachability
• Align achievements to company values and leveling criteria for your target level
• Include peer feedback and cross-functional impact, not just your immediate team
• If pursuing promotion, explicitly map your work to the next level's expectations