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Checklist : questions to ask your mentee
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Checklist: questions to ask your mentee
This checklist includes a list of questions that you can use to take the discussion with your mentee even further.
General Questions
- What have you been working on since we last met?
- What have you done to achieve your goals?
- What did you find most difficult?
- What have you not been able to do? Why or why not?
- What challenge(s) are you currently facing?
- What would you like us to work on today? What are your goals?
- What do you want from me today?
Open questions
- What do you understand about the situation?
- What else could you try?
- How do you see things…?
- What solutions do you see to this obstacle?
- Who could help you at ….?
- How do you feel about this experience…?
- When you say….do I need to understand that…?
- Where could you find the resources that…?
Other questions
- What work experience has been particularly complex and challenging?
- What do you want to become and do?
- What do you want to accomplish?
- Why is this goal important to you?
- What difference will achieving this goal make in your life?
- What skills do you have that help you achieve this goal?
- What gaps are preventing you from achieving this goal?
- As a mentor, how can I help you / where do you need the most help?
- What are your short and long term goals?
- What does success look like to you?
- Once you achieve that success, how will you feel?
- What do you want to change in 3 to 5 years?
- What can you control in this situation?
- What solutions have you found to remedy this situation?
- Tell me more. This statement prompts the mentee to describe what led him/her to form his/her opinions or come to a certain conclusion. This allows you to unearth biased arguments or things to work on.
- Have you ever thought about leaving your current position? Why or why not?
- Do you feel like you are part of a community, at work or outside of work? Who is part of this community and how do you show support for each?
- If you could learn a new job skill, what would it be?
- Where do you want to go in your career?
- Is our match beneficial to you? What is working well? How can I support you better?
- What motivates you? Is there anything that is holding you back or bothering you?
- What is your dream job?