Exit interview questions

The decision

1. 1.What made you start looking elsewhere?
2. 2.When did you know you were going to leave?
3. 3.What could have kept you, at that point?
4. 4.Could anyone here have seen this coming?

The manager

1. 5.How would you describe your relationship with your manager?
2. 6.Did you know what was expected of you day to day?
3. 7.Did you get feedback often enough to adjust?
4. 8.Did you feel backed up when things went wrong?

The role

1. 9.Did the job match what you were told at hiring?
2. 10.Did you have the tools and information to do it well?
3. 11.What frustrated you most in the work itself?
4. 12.What did you most enjoy doing here?

Pay

1. 13.Did you think your pay was fair for your work?
2. 14.Is pay the real reason you are leaving, or part of it?
3. 15.Were the benefits useful to you?
4. 16.Could you explain how your salary was set?

The organisation

1. 17.Did you feel you could say what you thought here?
2. 18.How were decisions explained to your team?
3. 19.Was there anything you saw that made you doubt this place?
4. 20.What would you tell someone thinking of applying here?

Coming back

1. 21.Would you come back one day? What would have to change?
2. 22.Would you recommend us to someone whose opinion you value?
3. 23.Is there anything you never said that you would say now?