| Every company has its own template, but basically: - the most important: prepare in advance! Summarize all what you have done during the year. - if the template has graded items, think of a realistic grade, then add one, everywhere. Usually in my copy of the template I also answer some of the questions that were for my manager :) I do that completely naively. Sometimes your manager had no time time to prepare, so you are actually helping. - during the interview be positive: you are fine, work is fine, ... prepare a few points where improvement is needed, but nothing really serious. - usually your manager has limited freedom when it comes to your salary (contrary to HR), so do not annoy him with this. In my company I do not even talk about money with my manager. Keep your discontent for HR and your manager on your side. With that method in my current company I got good raises. The golden rule is: say positive things about yourself and your work. If you do not, nobody will. |