Interviewer: Who is your mentor?
Jon: My mentor is James Black. James is currently the editor of the Boston Globe newspaper. I met him when I was a junior reporter and he was a senior reporter for a financial magazine called Boom or Bust.
Interviewer: How has he helped you in your career?
Jon: James has taught me a lot. He taught me how to do thorough research and how to make sure all the details of a story are correct before publishing it. Basically, he taught me how to be a professional reporter. Without him, I don’t think I would have been successful.
Interviewer: Do you still keep in touch with him?
Jon: Yes, I do. I usually talk to him about once a week. We usually talk about current events and what is in the news, but I also still ask him for advice sometimes.
Interviewer: You are lucky that you have somebody like James that you can go to for advice.
Jon: I agree. I’m lucky to have worked with James.
Patterns and Examples
My mentor is ____________________. He/She ____________________.
- My mentor is Jane Smith who was the manager at my first job. She taught me so much about how to be a professional, and she still gives me great advice to this day.
- My mentor is my brother who is also an engineer. He is extremely smart, and he taught me a lot about engineering when I first started.
____________________ is my mentor. He/She ____________________.
- My most recent manager is my mentor. He has helped me improve my skills and taught me how to be successful in this line of work.
- My English professor from university is my mentor. She encouraged me to write with my own style, and I still go to her for writing advice these days.
Because of ____________________, my mentor is definitely ____________________.
- Because of all the things he taught me at the beginning of my career, my mentor is definitely my first boss, Chris Johnson.
- Because of all the advice and help that she has given me, my mentor is definitely my mother, who worked as an engineer for over 30 years.
