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Illustrative examples only. Every example below uses placeholders and generic, fictional content — no real employees, companies, results or salary data. Copy the template and replace the placeholders with your own specifics.
How to use these examples
- Read the examples to see open, non-leading questions.
- Copy the real template and aggregate themes across leavers.
- Avoid recording sensitive personal data.
Examples
Exit Interview Role: [Title] Last day: [Date] Reason: [pursuing [type of opportunity]] Valued: [[what they enjoyed]] Improve: [[specific, actionable theme]] Feeds into Retention plan action: [[action]] owner [Name]
What good looks like
- Keep questions open and non-leading.
- Focus on learning, not changing minds.
- Aggregate themes across exits.
- Avoid sensitive personal data.
Common mistakes
- Defensive or leading questions.
- Collecting feedback but never acting.
- Treating one exit as a trend.
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For informational purposes only. These examples are educational illustrations, not legal, tax, financial or compliance advice, and not contracts. They contain no real data, salary figures, benchmarks, fabricated statistics or vendor rankings. Adapt to your context and confirm specifics with qualified professionals.