How I Use AI to Write Performance Reviews in 15 Minutes
The exact prompts, process, and principles I follow β plus why the human part still matters most
Let me be honest: I used to dread performance review season.
Not because I didnβt value feedback β I did. But because writing 30+ thoughtful, specific, actionable reviews while also doing my actual job felt like running two marathons simultaneously. In my years leading HR at various tech companies, I watched managers procrastinate, copy-paste generic phrases, or worse β rush through reviews so fast they became meaningless.
Then I started experimenting with AI. And it changed everything.
Not in a βrobots replaced meβ way. In a βI got 80% of the grunt work off my plate so I could focus on the 20% that actually mattersβ way.