The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You need to summarize your year with evidence, honest gaps and goals before review season.
- {{review_period}}
- {{review_form}}
- {{goals}}
- {{evidence}}
- {{challenges}}
- {{next_goals}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Help me write my self-assessment for my performance review covering {{review_period}}. My manager and possibly a calibration group will read it, and it may stay in my file, so every claim needs evidence and the tone should be confident and honest. The review form or questions, with any word limits and rating scale: """ {{review_form}} """ My goals for the period: """ {{goals}} """ What I did (wins, projects, figures, feedback I received), with dates where I have them: """ {{evidence}} """ What did not go well, and what I learned or changed: """ {{challenges}} """ What I want next (skills, scope, promotion): {{next_goals}} Task: Answer each question or section of the form, in the form's order and in the first person. If the form has no questions, use the headings Results against goals, Other contributions, What I would do differently, and Goals for next period. How to write it: - Lead each answer with the result, then how I got it. Tie each claim to a specific project, date, figure or piece of feedback from my material. For example, "Launched the new intake form in March, which cut related support tickets by [figure from my notes]" rather than "Worked hard on the intake form". - Separate my contribution from the team's. - State misses plainly, with what I learned or changed, without long apologies or blaming others. - Make next-period goals specific enough that my manager and I could both tell at the next review whether I met them. - Follow the form's word limits. If it has none, keep the whole assessment to 300 to 500 words. Do not: - Add achievements, numbers or feedback I did not give, or inflate my part. - Include health, family or other personal matters, or complaints about named colleagues. If my notes contain them, list them under "Better raised in conversation" so I can decide. - Choose a self-rating for me. If the form asks for one, suggest a rating with the evidence for it and mark it for me to decide. If a goal has no evidence in my material, say so under that goal and ask me what happened, instead of filling the gap.
Variables
- {{review_period}}
- The period the review covers, for example "this year" or "the first half of the year".
- {{review_form}}
- The questions or sections on your company's form, with word limits and the rating scale. Write "none" if there is no form.
- {{goals}}
- The goals you were set for this period.
- {{evidence}}
- Your wins, projects, figures and feedback received, with dates where you have them. Rough notes are fine.
- {{challenges}}
- Misses, setbacks or things you would do differently, and what you learned. A short honest answer usually reads better than none.
- {{next_goals}}
- What you want to grow into next, for example "lead a project end to end" or "move toward a senior role".
Why it works
- What good looks like. Each claim must lead with a result and point to a project, date, figure or piece of feedback, which is what managers look for when they calibrate.
- What to avoid. Personal matters and complaints about colleagues are kept out of a document that may stay in your file, and listed so you can raise them in person instead.
- If unsure. A goal with no evidence gets a question, not invented progress, and any self-rating stays your decision.