An exit interview in a meeting room gets polite answers.
This template sends six questions on a private link, answered out loud whenever it suits, and SendMyVoice gives you the audio and a transcript of each.
Free plan, no account to answer.
Step 1 of 6
What made you start looking for something new?
Tap to record. Up to 2 min.
What made you start looking for something new?
The real reason, which is rarely the one in the resignation letter.
What would have made you stay?
Ask it outright. It usually gets a clear answer.
How was the way your work was managed?
Day to day and long term are often different answers.
What did you like most about working here?
Tells you what to protect, not only what to fix.
What should we fix before the next person starts in your role?
Practical and specific. Often the most useful answer of the six.
Is there anything else you'd like to tell us?
Leaves room for the thing you didn't think to ask.
On the free plan (3 questions), use 1, 2 and 5. The questions work in any form tool too.
Maria Lopez
Answered today at 10:42
1. What made you start looking for something new?
The reorg, honestly. My work got split across two managers, nobody owned my reviews, and I stopped seeing where I was going.
2. What would have made you stay?
A path to senior, or even a date for that conversation.
3. How was the way your work was managed?
Day to day, great. Long term, nobody talked to me about it once in two years.
4. What did you like most about working here?
The team. I'll miss the Thursday design reviews.
5. What should we fix before the next person starts in your role?
Write down the release process. Right now it lives in my head and in a chat thread from 2024.
6. Is there anything else you'd like to tell us?
Only that I'd come back if the path was clearer.
The reason for leaving, what would have changed it, how the work was managed, what was good, and what to fix before the next person starts.
In the last week, or within a few days of the last day. Answers are often more open after the last day.
A private link carries the person's name. For anonymous answers, use one public link for everyone and leave the name question out.
3 on the free plan, 20 on Pro.
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