In general, yes. I believe there's a difference between writing a performance review based on your memory/notes of how someone was doing 6 months ago vs getting into the weeds of a sample of PRs/specs and reviewing those from a performance viewpoint.
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Wait, whoever is reviewing the engineer isn't already familiar through exposure to – if not participation in – flow of work?
In general, yes. I believe there's a difference between writing a performance review based on your memory/notes of how someone was doing 6 months ago vs getting into the weeds of a sample of PRs/specs and reviewing those from a performance viewpoint.
For sure. It's why review should be as continuous as anything one wants to improve. Annual review is a relic from the gold watch era.