A mentor is an experienced person who guides a less experienced person in his or her work or studies over a period of time. Which of the following situations is the best example of a mentor?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → For two years, a senior engineer meets a newly hired engineer every week and advises her on her projects and her career.
A mentor relationship has three parts: an experienced person guides a less experienced person, the guidance is about work or studies, and it goes on over a period of time.
In Option (2) a senior engineer guides a newly hired engineer on her projects and career, every week for two years. All three parts are present.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) A shopkeeper tells a tourist once how to reach the railway station. — Incorrect. The help is given only once, not over a period of time, and it is not about work or studies.
Option (3) Two new trainees at a bank help each other every evening to prepare for their tests. — Incorrect. Both are new trainees; neither is the experienced person.
Option (4) A retired professor writes a book on how to teach science. — Incorrect. The professor guides no particular person; he only writes a book.