Figure out what to actually say in an exit interview
Total honesty and total diplomacy both waste the one chance to say something that might actually change something.
- Use it for
- Anyone leaving a job who wants their exit interview to be useful, not just a formality.
Exit interviews tend toward one of two unhelpful extremes: either diplomatic non-answers that protect relationships but say nothing useful, or an unfiltered vent that feels good but won't be taken seriously. This prompt finds the middle: specific, constructive feedback about things that could realistically change, delivered in a way that's actually likely to be heard.
When not to use this
If you're leaving on genuinely bad terms where nothing you say will be received in good faith, calibrate expectations accordingly — this won't fix a relationship that's already broken.
Did this work?
You have specific, constructive feedback to give, aimed at what could realistically change, not a diplomatic non-answer or an unfiltered vent.
Tested on claude-opus-5. Evidence status is draft; it moves to battle-tested only on recorded runs, never by hand.