The document contains responses from mentees in the Capitant mentoring program about their experience. The majority found the introduction session useful, rated their first contact with their mentor positively, and felt their mentor was a good fit for their career path. Common takeaways included gaining practical career advice and insights. Most would recommend the program to others and felt it provided a valuable opportunity to connect with someone further along in their field.

1. What is your study?

2. What is your field field of interest?

3. Do you think the application process for the
mentoring program was too hard? Why?
• No totally not
• Absolutely not
• No very easy and convenient
• No, it's necessary to make sure the applicant is genuinely interested
• No, it was pretty easy
• I think it was appropriate
• Absoluut niet, ik denk dat dit echt een minimale barrière is die je moet stellen zodat enkel gemotiveerde
boardmembers deelnemen aan het mentoring programma. Het werk dat je achteraf zelf nog moet doen is
vele malen groter dan het applicatieproces
• No, it was perfect
• No, just an introduction of yourself seems fine to get good partnering
• It was appropriate
• It was not hard at all. Very straightforward
• No

4. Do you think the introduction session before
your first contact was useful? Why not?
• Yes!
• Yes very useful
• Yes, so you don't waste each other's time and have clear expectations from each other
• Yes it was. It prepared ourselves to set goals for the mentoring programme
• It gave a nice overview of what could be expected
• Deze introductie sessie was vooral handig om duidelijkheid te krijgen over hoe het mentoring programma
verder ging verlopen
• Yes, more information about the difference branches is very helpful
• It was useful in order to have all the necessary information in order to understand fully what is the CMP and
what it can bring us
• I think it contained all the information that was necessary

5. How would you rate your first contact with
you mentor? (1 very bad and 6 very good)

6. Do you think your mentor was a good fit for
your career path? Why not?
• Yes
• Yes very good fit
• Yes, we had the same studies. His career path was similar to what I want to achieve
• He did, at least in the beginning. I had strong interest in Property Development but at the end he made me realise that I wanted to
go more on the finance side of real estate. From then I developed a passion for REPE, REIM and Infrastructure.
• The fit was very good in my opinion.
• Absoluut, ik herinner me nog in mijn gesprek met mijn mentor dat ik hier veel nuttige informatie uit heb kunnen halen. Ik wou
graag een stage regelen voor de zomer van 2021, en hij heeft me goed kunnen helpen in dit gesprek met mogelijke bedrijven
waarbij zo'n eerste stage mogelijk is. In de volgende mails/gesprekken heeft hij me echt kunnen voorbereiden op mijn sollicitatie
bij The Capital Link. Ik kan met zekerheid zeggen dat ik zonder deze hulp nooit aan deze stage was geraakt. Het was mijn eerste
sollicitatie als derde bachelor en mijn eerste sollicitatie was direct een succes.
• Yes perfect fit
• Yes, works in the field that interests me
• It was a "middle good fit", as there were not really alumni involved in quant finance. However, my mentor managed to put me in
touch with one of her contacts that was working in my field of interest.
• I think he was. Had a broad career which helped me a lot as I didn't know myself for sure what I wanted to pursue.
• Yes, it helped me to redirect my choices

7. Would it be good to give future mentees the
opportunity to change mentor within the first 2
weeks?

8. What is the key takeaway from your meetings
with your mentor?
• Insights about the recruitment process in the consulting field
• Asking questions
• Practical information based on experience
• Knowledge, my mentor made me realise that real estate and real estate investments were much more
complicated than what we think.
• The importance of good preparation for interviews
• De voorbereiding op de sollicitatie zelf, wat voor vragen deze persoon zou stellen & hoe ik me goed kon
voorbereiden
• Hard work pays off
• Different ways to break into the field
• That the network and the "reputation" of the diploma might be more important that we think to reach some
specific companies or jobs.
• To not be afraid to change. I don't have to do the same thing for my whole life. Change is part of the growth
process.
• Experience

9. What could your mentor do better?
• Frequent meetings
• We decided (both sides) to not do weekly/monthly calls unless needed. So we only did one call, and the rest
of the conversations were through whatsapp chat. While we were able to accomplish the goals, it may have
been more personal with fixed scheduled calls.
• Motivate me more
• I have no concrete points of improvement
• Weinig, gezien ik bij mijn eerste sollicitatie direct aangenomen werd
• Everything was perfect as it was
• I would say my mentor did everything okay. Planned monthly meetings. Always replied when I wrote to him
• Be more available (quite unlikely but that's ok)

10. How many contacts (calls or meetings) did
you have with your mentor?

11. When was the last time you contacted your
mentor?

12. How would you rate the probability that you will
reach out to your mentor in the future? (1 very
low and 6 very high)

13. Would you recommend this mentor program
to other Capitant board members? Why not?
• Yes
• Definitely
• Yes absolutely
• You get to meet someone who has the same ambitions that you have and have someone to reach out to for
advice. Definitely recommend it to other board members :)
• Yes of course!
• Yes, I think it gave a real edge compared to others.
• Ik heb dit mentoring programma al direct aangeraden binnen ons team
• Yes, it can definitely be useful
• Yes

14. Do you have any additional remarks?
• Very good initiative and wish the best of luck to the next round of applicants! :)
• Loved the mentoring program. Keep it up next year as well.