In my previous 2 employment, there are no such thing called exit interview. When you are leaving, they’ll say … “good! see you!” and out you go.
The current company that I am attached to have thing called exit interview. Hence, not knowing what the meaning of it as well as the objective of such procedure, I looked up upon both wikipedia and about.com for some answers.
Here’s what I have found:-
An exit interview is typically a meeting between at least one representative from a company’s human resources (HR) department and a departing employee. (The departing employee usually has voluntarily resigned vs. getting laid off or fired.) The HR rep might ask the employee questions while taking notes, ask the employee to complete a questionnaire, or both.
and from the wiki
An exit interview is an interview conducted by an employer of a departing employee. They are generally conducted by a relatively neutral party, such as a human resources staff member, so that the employee will be more inclined to be candid, as opposed to worrying about burning bridges. The purpose of an exit interview is usually to gather data for improving working conditions and retaining employees. Common questions asked in exit interviews are, “What are your primary reasons for leaving,” “What did you find most satisfying about your job,” “What did you find most frustrating about your job,” “Were there any company policies or procedures that made your work more difficult,” etc. Many career advisers recommend treating an exit interview like a hiring interview, in that criticism of the past employer should be limited to statements about the company as a whole, rather than specific individuals.
In my case, most companies should practice additional procedure and follow up activities like below:-
1. Required the employee to fill in a surrender form which they are to surrender the company belongings which passed to them during their tenure with the company. This shall include the stationary, access card, name card and whatever that whole damn term the employee has been with the company.
Reason: to avoid them to retain the company assets and certain stuff like the name card and access card will actually can be exploited by certain individual. Hence it shall caused the goodwill of the company.
2. Get the employee to pack and clear their desk before the exit interview. Once the exit interview, the employee shall be escorted out by security to the door. They shall not be allowed to return back to their station for fear
- sabotaging through all means
- stealing
- etc
What else? I can only think of these because it comes from my observations. 
Btw, usually during the interview once will be interrogated for the leaving. In some case, the boss will threaten the person for leaving as an act of sabotaging, disloyal and etc. The boss is implying that the employee is in guilt for leaving the company after all the company has done for him/her.
If the person reading this felt that I am talking about his bad means, this mean you are a boss! Congratulations to you!!!
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