Mentoring questions that show which pairs are working
Ask mentees and buddies how mentoring is going, from how often they meet to how well they are matched. Each question below comes with when to ask it and what the answer tells you.
What mentoring program survey questions tell you
Mentoring program survey questions ask the people being mentored how the program works for them: how often they meet, how useful the sessions are, what they talk about, how well they are matched and whether anything has changed in how they work. Mentoring happens quietly between two people, and without asking, a pair that stopped meeting months ago looks the same as one that meets every week.
Ask six to eight weeks after pairs are matched and again at the end of a program cycle. Pick five to seven questions for mentees, and send new hires with a buddy the same short set at the end of their first month. Use logic to skip the session questions for anyone without a mentor.
Each written answer is read as it arrives and filed under a category and a theme from your own list, with a sentiment and an urgency. Read the match question first, and offer a new match to anyone who asks for one.
- Questions
- 13
- Best asked
- Six to eight weeks after matching
- Industry
- HR and employees
- Where to find them
- From library in the Usertick survey editor, on every plan
The 13 mentoring and buddies questions, with when to ask each
Grouped by what they tell you. Use them as they are or change the wording.
Is mentoring happening
Check that people have a mentor, how often they meet, how long the pair has run and who set it up, before you judge the sessions.
- 01Yes / No
Do you have a mentor or a buddy at work?
A yes or no on having a mentor or a buddy. Use logic to skip the rest of the survey for people who answer No, and invite them to the next round of matching.
- 03Multiple choice
How often do you meet your mentor?
How often the pair meets, from weekly to not yet. Results shows the share of each; any pair that has not met weeks after matching is the first thing to follow up on.
- 09Ruler
How many months have you had this mentor?
Months with the current mentor, on a ruler from 0 to 24. Results shows the median and the middle half; select the longer pairs to see whether usefulness holds up over time.
- 12Dropdown
Who set up your mentoring?
Who set up the mentoring. Results shows the share of each; compare usefulness between pairs set up by the people team and pairs people found themselves.
How good the sessions are
Rate the sessions and the mentor, and ask what the time goes on and how people feel afterward, to brief and support mentors.
- 02Stars
How useful are your mentoring sessions?
Five stars for how useful the sessions are. Results shows the average and the share who rated 4 or higher; select the low ratings to see how often those pairs meet.
- 04Matrix
Rate your mentor on each
Rates the mentor on listening, practical advice, honesty and making time. The heat map shows which skill mentors need help with, and the making time row is the one to watch.
- 05Multiple choice
What do you use your mentoring time for?
Lets mentees tick everything they use the time for. Results shows a bar per topic, which helps you brief new mentors and plan group sessions around common needs.
- 13Emoji
How do you feel after a mentoring session?
How people feel after a session, on a row of faces. Share it by link right after a session as a quick check between the longer surveys.
The match and preferences
Ask how well the pair fits and what kind of mentor people would choose, to fix weak matches and plan the next round.
- 10Multiple choice
How well matched are you and your mentor?
How well matched the pair is, from very well to badly. Results shows the share of each; too early to say is a fair answer in the first weeks, so ask again later in the cycle.
- 11This or that
For mentoring you would rather have
Two preferences side by side: a mentor in the same field or outside it, a set plan or an open chat. Results shows a split bar per pair, useful for the next matching round.
What mentoring changes
End with the effect on how people work and what would make mentoring more useful, which shows whether the program earns its time.
- 07Big scale
How much has mentoring changed how you work?
How much mentoring has changed how the mentee works, from 1 to 10. Ask it at the end of a cycle; Results shows the average and a column per step.
- 06Text
What would make mentoring here more useful?
An open question about making mentoring more useful. The themes in Results point to program fixes, such as better matching, more structure or more time.
- 08Text
What would you want from a mentor that you do not get today?
Asks what the mentee wants and doesn't get today. Read it beside the mentor grid; the gaps people describe make the brief for the next mentor training.
Tips for asking about mentoring and buddies
Small choices that get honest, useful answers.
- 01
Check that pairs meet
Ask how often pairs meet six to eight weeks in, and follow up with both people in any pair that hasn't met yet.
- 02
Survey mentors separately
Use these questions for mentees, and ask mentors in their own survey what time and support they need.
- 03
Make a new match easy
Tell mentees how to ask for a different mentor, and treat a poor match answer as a request to rematch.
- 04
Use preferences in the next round
Read the field and plan preferences before the next matching round, and pair people the way most of them asked for.
Add these questions to a survey
From the library to the first answers.
- 1
Open the library
In the Usertick survey editor, choose From library, filter by industry and topic, and add several questions at once.
- 2
Or paste your own list
Paste questions reads up to 10 questions from any text on Free, 100 on Starter and 200 on Pro and above, keeps your wording and picks an answer type for each.
- 3
Choose where it runs
Show the survey on your website, send it by email, share its link and QR code, or switch it to a conversation.
- 4
Read the answers
Results counts every score and choice, and Usertick reads each written answer and files it by topic, on every plan.
Templates and more questions about mentoring and buddies
Full surveys that ask about the same things, and neighboring topics in the library.
Templates
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Six to eight weeks after pairs are matched, and again at the end of the cycle. Usertick can schedule the email up to 30 days ahead, or you can share the link in your own message.
Use these questions for mentees and buddies, and send mentors a separate short survey on their time, their training and the support they need.
Five to seven. Start with whether the person has a mentor, how often they meet, how useful the sessions are and how well they are matched.
Yes. Ask new hires the same short set at the end of their first month, and reword mentor as buddy in the editor where it fits.
Yes. The question library comes with every plan, the free plan included, and the free plan covers 150 responses a month across your surveys.
Yes. Once a question is in your survey, reword it, change its options or its answer type, and add logic to skip it for some answers.
Yes. The library is translated into Usertick's built-in languages, and in any other language it shows in English for you to translate.
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