Performance reviews are usually a requirement at every stage of your career. Sometimes they are effective and useful and other times a matter of protocol and waste of time. Because I love giving and receiving feedback, performance reviews are exciting to me. They allow me and my supervisor uninterrupted time to talk about me and how I can be better in my role.

If you haven’t had your mid-year review, answering the following questions will help you prepare. And if you’re reading this after your review, connect with me in the comments or on social media to share what you would add or wish you’d read before it happened.

You should always prepare for your review with your supervisor by assessing your performance honestly through honest self reflection. If there’s a rubric in place that your supervisor will use, it’s best to sit down in advance of the day or week before your review to truly analyze your performance. By doing this you can be proactive in identifying wins and losses, strengths and weaknesses and areas for improvement. It can also prevent you from facing surprises and give you something to compare your scores to. By answering the following questions you can also gauge your overall fulfillment and growth in your role, which I find to be beneficial at any stage in your career and multiple times per year.

Bon Jovi said it best: “We’re halfway there, livin’ on a prayer,” and we’ll make it. I won’t swear but I will help you prepare for the your performance review. I enjoy learning about my supervisor’s satisfaction and perception of my performance as much as I enjoy checking boxes on my to-do list and tracking my performance. Performance reviews are exciting to me because they allow me and my supervisor to sit down for an uninterrupted period to talk about me and how I can be better in my role. Quality Time is my love language, and I love personal and professional development. Depending on your relationship with your supervisor, it may not feel like Quality Time, but fortunately for me that has been the case with most of my supervisors. They are filled with two-way dialogue, head nods, laughs and good energy to place into our future at whatever company or organization we’re employed.

Here are five reminders and ten questions to help you prepare for your next review, whether its coming up soon or in the next six months.