Use this sample and step by step explanation to craft a meaningful employee performance feedback review for an analyst programmer. Find the right words with quality phrases.

An Analyst Programmer is tasked with the primary role of designing, coding and testing new computer and system programs and applications. He/she will be required to document all the programs content in a very clear and understandable manner and must be well conversant with computer and systems formulas, logic and algorithms.

Other duties that he/she can get to perform are; testing software to ensure they are working well, assist management in preparing cost analyses of the systems, conduct debugging of systems and websites, designing systems that meet client needs, writing and maintaining system user manuals and reviewing professional publications and articles.

Employee Performance Review Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Rating: Rate the employee against the core skills based on how well he/she demonstrates each skill. Give scores 1, 2, or 3 for each rating depending on the employee's performance.
  2. Comments: Use this area to give examples of employee's performance phrases. The phrases should describe how well an employee has performed on previously set goals based on the given core skill.
  3. Summary: Use this section to give a summary of the employee's strengths and areas for improvement or development. Recommend a step increase for an employee who has met the expectations and performance improvement plans for one who doesn't meet expectations.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources manager must examine and indicate whether he/she concurs with the evaluation and comments. If the manager agrees, then he/she must sign the evaluation form. If he/she doesn't concur, then he/she must provide reasons explaining why this is so.
  5. Signatures: Sign the evaluation form and give it to the employee to go through and answer the Self Evaluation Questions. Ask him/her to sign and date the evaluation form before giving it back to the human resources for filing.

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

CUSTOMER ORIENTED: Customer Oriented is a skill that focuses primarily on the client as the King offering quality services that meet the customer's expectations with an aim to inspire people rather than just try to sell their product.

Fails to utilize cross-selling opportunities and does not know how to overcome initial objections.

Receives average scores on customer satisfaction surveys at all times

1

VERBAL COMMUNICATION: Verbal Communication is the use of tones and language to relay a message; it aids as a vehicle for expressing ideas, concepts and it, is critical to the daily running of the business.

Knows audience well enough and uses the correct language and terms that will suit them perfectly.

Never beats around the bush but instead goes straight to the point.

2

KNOWLEDGE OF JOB: Knowledge of Job is essential to every employee who needs to have a clear understanding of how their jobs fit into the overall organization to eliminate carelessness and laxity.

Does not show the willingness to improve own professional skills through training or by taking online courses

Spends one's free time gossiping and talking ill of own bosses and other employees, rather than doing something that benefits the company

1

DEVELOPING OTHERS: Developing others is an unremitting process that focuses on the broader, longer-term growth of individuals to nurture them to their potential and promote future development.

Unwilling to work with others or help them accomplish their goals

Accepts no responsibility to handle the team's goals and work

1

ETHICAL BEHAVIOR: Ethical Behavior is acting in policies that are consistent with what the society and individuals typically think are good morals or values.

Apparently, communicates the standards and expectations regarding ethical behavior in the workplace

Educates the employees to keep them acutely aware of the company standards, expectations, and values regarding fairness, honesty, and integrity

2

PHYSICAL ABILITIES: Physical Abilities is the ability of one's strengths and limitations that are also known as the individual resources to perform well at the tasks given.

Excellent ability in learning and understanding key tricks on the new technology

Requires only a little guidance to work on a new responsibility

2

SELF CONFIDENCE: Self Confidence is the ability to know who you are and what you are capable of doing which shows in your behavior, your body language, how you speak, etc.

Yells at colleagues when they give constructive criticism about one's job performance

Is disinterested in working on one's weak areas and is always obsessed with them

1

ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Attention to Detail is the capacity to achieve a thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task.

Has difficulty managing and organizing different tasks, thus, produces unreliable output frequently

Tends to overlook projects' requirements thus consistently produces documentation that is not reliable

1

ANALYTICAL SKILLS: Analytical Skills is the ability to collect and analyze information, solve problems and make decisions according to the policies and regulations of the business.

Demonstrates weak oral and written communication skills when sharing an analysis with others

Makes little effort to search for the best sources of information

1

PROGRAMMING SKILLS: Programming Skills is the ability to use technical languages, tools, and operating systems professionally in the workplace.

Demonstrates little creativity and hardly creates new programs to improve efficiency

Rarely meets deadlines when designing programs and lacks the ability to work under pressure

1

Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation Question

Employee Comments

CUSTOMER ORIENTED:

Do you actively solicit feedback from customers to determine their concerns and needs? Explain how.

How would you describe your relationship with clients? What impact has it had on your performance?

[employee comments]
VERBAL COMMUNICATION:

How well can you rate your verbal skills and what are you doing to improve?

Have you ever tried to copy somebody else's way of talking and how did it turn out?

[employee comments]
KNOWLEDGE OF JOB:

Is there a time when you faced a problem because you had not understood a certain concept in a project? What happened?

Think of a time when you were assigned a very sensitive task. How did you gather all the required information to perform the task?

[employee comments]
DEVELOPING OTHERS:

Do you consult the rest of the management before you make decisions?

Do you delight in developing others? capability and making them better?

[employee comments]
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR:

Can you be trusted with confidential information without leaking it out?

Are you willing to make serious sacrifices to keep your commitment to the company?

[employee comments]
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

Are you well equipped for the tasks you applied for?

Do you communicate effectively to ensure adequate use of equipment or machines?

[employee comments]
SELF CONFIDENCE:

When is the last time you asked for assistance on a certain project from a colleague? What was the project?

Is there a time you had to lead other employees in a certain direction, but you had some doubts? What did you do?

[employee comments]
ATTENTION TO DETAIL:

Describe a time when you were confused by a client's request. What process did you use to clarify things?

Are there times you have made huge mistakes due to not paying attention to details? What happened?

[employee comments]
ANALYTICAL SKILLS:

Can you recall any problem you solved that required analyzing complex and large volumes of data?

What efforts are you making to improve your knowledge to work with numbers and figures?

[employee comments]
PROGRAMMING SKILLS:

Can you describe your experience with using cross-platform programming languages?

Can you explain how your favorite program works in layman's language?

[employee comments]

Summary

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.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:

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