Promotion Packet Scorecard

If a stranger read my strongest 3 entries, they'd know what changed for the business or team, not just what I personally did.

I can point to at least one entry where I rewrote a task-sounding line into an outcome-sounding one before submitting.

My packet has more outcome statements than task descriptions.

Every entry answers “so what” in the first sentence, not three sentences in.

My strongest claims have something attached beyond my own description - a metric, a quote, a number someone else would recognize.

If my manager or a calibration committee member questioned a claim, I have something concrete to point to - “trust me” isn't the answer.

I've included at least one piece of evidence that didn't come from me - a teammate's words, a dashboard, a ticket count.

None of my entries lean on “I helped with X” without saying what my specific contribution was.

Every major outcome in my packet is followed by a sentence connecting it to why the team or org actually cared.

I could explain, for each entry, what would have gone differently if I hadn't done it.

My packet doesn't just list what happened - it says why leadership should care.

My 4–6 strongest entries show what the work touched beyond my own individual output.

At least one entry demonstrates work that spanned more than one team or system.

I can point to a specific consequence if I hadn't been the one to do this work, beyond a vague “someone else would have.”

I know exactly what my company's documentation says the next level requires, not just a general sense of it.

My packet's overall shape matches that documented bar rather than being a bigger pile of my current level's work.

I've checked my packet against the level above mine specifically, instead of a generic “senior engineer” standard.

Someone reading my packet cold would understand my case for promotion without needing me to explain it out loud.

My packet has a clear throughline, not a list of disconnected accomplishments.

I have one clear “this is my strongest argument” entry I could lead with, over six equally-weighted ones.