Use this step by step explanation to craft a good employee performance feedback review for a hardware engineer. Find the right words with quality phrases.
A hardware engineer is responsible for designing new computer hardware through creating of blueprints and also installs, maintains, and repairs computer hardware as well as updating the existing equipment. He/she researches new trends for making advanced hardware and also creates new directions regarding computer hardware, resulting in vast improvements in computer technology.
Other specific tasks include testing the models they design to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness and also acts as the custodian of computer engineering knowledge. They are also involved in building computer systems in other non-computer devices. Lastly, he/she makes sure that the added components in any computer system integrate seamlessly with the existing equipment.
Employee Performance Review Sample | |
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| Employee's Name: | Title: |
| Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ | Employee SSN: |
| Work Location: | Supervisor's Name: |
Instructions |
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Rating Meaning | |
| The employee fails to perform the most important aspects of the job satisfactorily. Requires close guidance to carry out routine jobs. He/she needs significant improvement in all areas. Meetings should be held between the employee and the supervisor to discuss performance deficiencies. | 1 |
| Employee routinely meets and exceeds expectations in all areas of responsibility. Produces high-quality work that at times exceeds expectations. Consistently meets the most critical annual goals. Occasionally produces timely and accurate results. | 2 |
| The employee consistently and significantly exceeds the communicated expectations by producing exceptionally high-quality work. He/she demonstrates exceptional knowledge of his/her duties and is highly recognized by others as an authority in his/her area of work. | 3 |
Supervisor's Feedback | ||
Skill | Comments | Rating |
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| LISTENING SKILLS: Listening Skills are a practical ability to accurately receive and interpret messages you receive during the communication process to ensure flow and accuracy are maintained. | Offers constructive feedback to others and accepts when given feedback. Does not jump into conclusions but first listens to what the other person has to say. | 3 |
| INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Interpersonal Skills are a set of abilities that enable a person to positively interact and work with others effectively while avoiding office disputes and personal issues with each other. | Effectively manages emotions as well as the emotions of others. Knows how to solve problems by coming up with workable solutions effectively. | 3 |
| FACILITATION: Facilitation is making tasks or life easy for others while ensuring the daily running of successful meetings or workshops or business at large. | Makes sure to keep the focus of the conversation on the issue or situation at hand States the group rules when necessary but avoids going overboard in order to not restrict expression in the group | 3 |
| NETWORKING: Networking is the process that encourages an exchange of information and ideas among individuals or groups that share the same interests. | Uses social media to stay abreast of new developments in one's field and to know the status of projects one is interested in Uses professional language when interacting with online and physical clients | 2 |
| APPEARANCE AND GROOMING: Appearance and Grooming are the way one presents themselves in a professional environment or the workplace with the aim of gaining positive impression and respect as well. | Readily adheres to the company's dress and grooming policy and regulations ?Walks the Talk? actions are always consistent with the words | 3 |
| EMPATHY: Empathy is the understanding of another person's condition from their perspective by placing yourself in their shoes and feeling what they are feeling. | Has an insatiable curiosity about new employees and frequently chats with them in order to understand the world inside their heads Takes an active interest in colleagues concerns and shows sensitivity to their feelings and perspectives | 3 |
| PRACTICAL THINKING: Practical Thinking is the skill to think creatively about projects or work that requires your full attention to be completed and to bring great results. | Breaks down a problem into its specific components instead of dealing with it as a whole Investigates things for oneself rather than assuming that the other person knows what he/she is talking about | 3 |
| SEEING POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: Seeing Potential Problems is the ability to structure the current situations and identify developments that could cause problems in the future. | Trains every member of the team on good time estimation skills in order to maintain accurate schedules Sits down with the management team every time something new is added to the project in order to determine its verdict | 2 |
| BUSINESS TREND AWARENESS: Business Trend Awareness is the capacity to be conscious of the changing ways in which the companies are developing in the marketplace. | Uses smart analytics to track statistics, monitor competition, and analyze ranking in the market Possesses vast knowledge in scientific and technical market research and knows the business environment deeply | 3 |
| TECHNOLOGY TREND AWARENESS: Technology Trend Awareness is staying updated with the useful upcoming trends that can serve your business better and easier. | Uses the internet to search for information quickly and only relies on peer reviewed internet sources to get factual information Utilizes modern techniques of sharing and storing data such as cloud storage | 3 |
Self Evaluation | |
Self Evaluation Question | Employee Comments |
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| LISTENING SKILLS: How do you give your feedback and does it have any value? Do you in most cases ask relevant questions when having a conversation? | [employee comments] |
| INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Give an instance that your feelings and emotions became a hindrance to building meaningful relationships with others? How well do you receive and at the same time give constructive feedback? | [employee comments] |
| FACILITATION: Is there a time when your group did not meet a project deadline? If yes, why? What did you do? Is there a time when you assigned different tasks to group members, but the work was not done as you expected? What do you think was the problem? How did you fix it? | [employee comments] |
| NETWORKING: How do you make sure to keep in touch with a new contact after the first meeting? What do you do when a client turns you down or shows no interest in what you have to offer? Give two examples of when this happened | [employee comments] |
| APPEARANCE AND GROOMING: What are your personal motives behind your dressing and grooming? Have you taken into consideration the feedback you have received from your peers and staff? | [employee comments] |
| EMPATHY: Can you think of a time when you had to deliver less than ideal news? How did you go about it? Have you ever decided to delay presenting some information to a colleague because you felt the timing was not right? | [employee comments] |
| PRACTICAL THINKING: How have you helped other employees improve their ability to think practically? How has this benefited the company? Describe a project that was successful because of your ability to think practically. What was your role? | [employee comments] |
| SEEING POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: Is there a time when you have met resistance while trying to implement a solution to a future problem? Describe the situation When hiring employees, how do you make sure that they are the best fit for the position at hand? | [employee comments] |
| BUSINESS TREND AWARENESS: What strategies are you using to get the latest information about current trends? Do you encourage your colleagues to attend conferences and local events that provide networking opportunities with other professionals? | [employee comments] |
| TECHNOLOGY TREND AWARENESS: Can you describe a situation where you successfully utilized the power of virtual workplaces to save time and money? What efforts are you making to get certifications in specialized technology fields? | [employee comments] |
Summary |
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Sections 1-4: To be completed by the supervisor Section 5: To be completed by the employee |
1. Exceeds Job Related Expectations |
2. Areas to improve |
3. Goals completed since last performance feedback |
4. Goals for next period |
5. Employee comments |
Signatures | |
| I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal. | |
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