Good Employee Performance Feedback: Scientific Informatics Analyst

Creates time to research possible logistical or legal problems associated with a new company policy before implementing it

Explains one's own decision to those affected or involved and follows up to ensure effective and proper implementation

Chooses own words carefully and restrains from making any demoralizing statements that call the employees intelligence into question

Offers the employee with training and provides more frequent direction in order to help them improve on weak areas

Creates time to reflect; looks back at failures and setbacks in order to identify and apply key learning for self and others

Depicts high level of self-discipline and looks forward to learning new things and opportunities

Comes in early and stays late in order to complete a project or task on time

Abides by company's policies, rules, and procedures and helps ensure other colleagues do the same

Pays attention to how a person is framing a problem in order to know the real cause and think of ways on how to solve it

Comes up with "outside the box" and unusual strategies in order to cope with unusual events in the workplace

Takes responsibility for resolving problems and works diligently in order to find the most effective solutions when problems occur

Uses the appropriate methods, tools, and criteria in order to regularly evaluate the company's processes, services, and deliverables

Determines the most critical tasks and completes them before moving forward to the less critical ones

Creates a calendar for daily tasks in order to have a clear picture of the work that one is needed to do, and sticks to it

Involves resources in project planning and project delivery processes and encourages open discussions about possible risks to the project at hand

Anticipates potential problems and gathers resources necessary to fix them should they occur

Uses technical tools that assist in delivering work more quickly

Makes commitments to estimate the time required to complete a project

Encourages automation of manual processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy

Uses existing benchmarks to complete processes in accordance with the already set standards

Describe a time when you had to be relatively quick in solving a problem. How did you do it? What was the outcome?

In your experience, when solving a problem as a team, do you come up with the most ideas or do you prefer to step back and follow other people's guidelines?

How often do you discuss a person's performance with him/her? Give a specific example

How do you recognize and motivate employees who have constantly demonstrated excellent performance at work?

Is there a time when you were surprised about the positive impact your words or behavior had on a colleague or client?

Is there a time when you received feedback about your work, and you had to disagree? What happened?

Can you describe a situation when you demonstrated initiative and took action without waiting for directions? Were you happy with the outcome?

Can you describe a situation where you had to be very persistent or dedicated in order to achieve goals?

Describe a project that went wrong due to poor practical thinking strategies. How did the problem occur and how did you solve it?

What have you done to improve your practical thinking skills? How has this helped your career life?

Describe a time when you have been very successful in accomplishing your goals. What made this possible?

Describe a project/goal that required you to pay attention to detail. How did you go about accomplishing it?

How have you kept yourself motivated to meet deadlines at work? How have you helped others on the same?

How do you determine how much time is needed to finish a certain task? Is there a time when you have felt overloaded with work? What did you do?

Describe a time when your company has experienced the highest employee turnover. What was the problem? What are some of the things that you have done to prevent high employee turnover?

What are some of the project management tools that you have used to keep track of your projects or automate important aspects of a project?

Do you plan your time and evaluate how you use it periodically when working on a project?

Is there a time you had to seek assistance from another person to solve a problem quickly?

What efforts are you making to implement parallel processing of related processes?

How often do you eliminate steps that are of no value in a process?