It doesn’t take a lot of formal education or preparation to be a mentor; in fact, you primarily need three things: experience with your team’s processes and systems, the ability to explain things to someone else, and the ability to gauge how much help your mentee needs. The last thing is probably the most important — giving your mentee enough information is what you’re supposed to be doing, but if you overexplain things or ramble on endlessly, your mentee will probably tune you out rather than politely tell you she got it.
Ithis last one is also very hard. Would love to get some tips here.
