The interview

The conversation itself — who conducted it, when, and under what expectation of confidentiality.

The part

What it is

Timing changes the content. A conversation during the notice period is shaped by the reference the person still needs.

Independence matters for the same reason. The manager is frequently the subject of the most useful answer.

The smallest level

The attributes it carries

Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.

Conducted by
Independence from the line manager is what makes the honest version available.
Person shared type
Conducted
Relative to the leaving date, which materially affects what is said.
Date shared type
Confidentiality
What the leaver was told about how this would be used, which must then hold.
Choice shared type