Volunteer Mentor Application and Fit Screening Survey

Thanks for your interest in becoming a mentor! This application helps us match you with the right mentee and understand how you like to support people. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. It takes about 8 minutes, including a short voice-free follow-up conversation with our AI interviewer.

Which areas would you feel confident mentoring someone in? Select all that apply.

• Career strategy & job search
• Technical or functional skills
• Leadership & management development
• Entrepreneurship & business building
• Work-life balance & wellbeing
• Industry networking & connections

How many years of professional experience do you have in your field?

• Less than 3 years
• 3-5 years
• 6-10 years
• 11-20 years
• More than 20 years

How would you prefer to meet with a mentee?

• Virtual only (video/phone)
• In-person only
• Hybrid - open to both
• No strong preference

Realistically, how much time can you commit to mentoring each month?

• 1-2 hours per month
• 3-4 hours per month
• 5-8 hours per month
• More than 8 hours per month

Rate your own ability in each of these mentoring-related skills.

Rank these reasons for becoming a mentor from most to least true for you.

1. Giving back to the community
2. Sharing technical or industry expertise
3. Developing my own leadership and coaching skills
4. Building my professional network
5. Staying connected to early-career perspectives
6. Fulfilling a company or organizational commitment

Describe a specific professional challenge or setback you overcame that you'd feel comfortable sharing with a mentee. What did you learn from it?

How confident are you that you can maintain consistent contact with a mentee for the full program duration (typically 6-12 months)?

Probe the applicant's real mentoring or coaching experience beyond what they selected: ask for a concrete example of a time they helped someone else grow professionally, what specific actions they took, and what the outcome was. If they ranked 'giving back' as their top motivation, press on what that means to them in practice. Then test their judgment with a realistic scenario — a mentee who repeatedly misses meetings and seems disengaged — and ask how they'd handle it, flagging any responses that sound purely directive or lecture-based rather than collaborative and mentee-led.

Please review and confirm your commitment as a mentor.

Which industry do you currently work in?

• Technology
• Finance & banking
• Healthcare
• Education
• Manufacturing
• Retail & consumer goods
• Government & nonprofit
• Prefer not to say

Which age range do you fall into?

• Under 25
• 25-34
• 35-44
• 45-54
• 55-64
• 65 or older
• Prefer not to say

Thank you for applying to be a mentor! Our coordination team will review your responses and follow-up conversation to find your best mentee match, and we'll be in touch within two weeks.