Lontra HR · Working template
Stay and exit interview comparison worksheet
Choose a listening route and compare a theme across current employees and leavers without losing the context of either group.
Use this worksheet with a fictional example first, then adapt it to your organization’s process. Keep personal or confidential information in your authorized systems.
- Write the decision the review should inform.
- Preserve current employees and leavers as separate evidence groups.
- Record period, participation and actual question wording.
- Use other authorized evidence to check the proposed explanation.
- Maintain individual and organizational actions with their responsible owners.
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| Review question or theme | Stay interview evidence | Exit interview evidence | Coverage and context to check | Decision, owner and next review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Current support decision] | [Employee’s stated request and accepted action] | [Use if a past account adds relevant context] | [Interviewer, purpose and access arrangements] | [Individual action owner and follow-up date] |
| [Development or progression theme] | [Current opportunity or barrier described] | [Departing employee’s account and timing] | [Role, period, question wording and available criteria] | [Process check, accountable owner and update] |
| [Work-pattern or scheduling theme] | [Recent event and requested improvement] | [Event described and relation to leaving decision] | [Shift coverage, missing voices and changed conditions] | [Change to test and observation period] |
| [Organizational finding under review] | [Supporting account and counterexample] | [Supporting account and counterexample] | [What can be verified and what remains uncertain] | [Act, investigate or defer with a reason] |
Prepared by Lontra HR Editorial · 10 November 2026 · Editorial review copy. Filled examples, where present, are fictional and demonstrate the method.