Mentoring Language & Questions

Problem Identification

• What results have you achieved so far?
• Where are you stuck?
• What kinds of problems are you encountering?
• Why do you think that happened?

Problem Solving

• What do you think about this idea?
• What do you think is important?
• How would you solve this?
• If you were in my shoes, what would you do?
• What other factors should we be considering?
• Why is this approach going to work?
• What do you see as the obstacles we face?