For engineering coaches

Run your coaching like the engineer you are.

One place for you and your clients: sessions in a live workbench, write-ups and skill scores that build into a record, practice between sessions reviewed like a real interview, the job hunt from first application to signed offer, and the invoicing that pays for it all.

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Session write-up

System design: news feed

Problem solving up 1 since last
System design holding steady
Communication up 2 since last

Strengths and what went well

Broke the problem into read and write paths unprompted; the fan-out trade-off discussion was genuinely strong.

Advice for future interviews

Open with the read/write ratio and rough QPS before naming components.

Private notes. Only you see these.

The loop

Coaching has a rhythm. Mentor keeps it.

  1. 01

    Schedule

    Book the session; your client gets a clean email with the when and the brief.

  2. 02

    Coach

    Mock interviews, system design deep-dives, behavioral rounds: the session page holds the agenda, materials, and homework you assign in the room.

  3. 03

    Write it up

    Star scores per skill, strengths, areas for improvement, advice for the real interviews. If you forget, Mentor nudges you an hour after the session.

  4. 04

    Watch it compound

    Every write-up feeds the client's progress record: skills moving up, topics ticked off, homework reviewed. Each Monday, an email says how every client's week went.

The live workbench

Code together. Draw together. Replay everything.

Every session opens a live workbench: a shared editor with both cursors visible as you type, a terminal that runs the code for real, and a whiteboard one tab away. Afterwards the whole session replays like a recording.

Python Run Live
1def two_sum(nums, target):
2 seen = {}
3 for i, n in enumerate(nums):Priya
4 if target - n in seen:
5 return [seen[target - n], i]
6 seen[n] = i
7
TERMINAL
$ python main.py Priya 19:04
[0, 1]
exit 0 in 51ms
$ python main.py You 19:06
[1, 3]
exit 0 in 48ms

Six languages, run for real

Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Go, and C++ execute on Mentor's own workers, time-capped and rate-limited, with output landing in a terminal that appends instead of wiping.

A whiteboard beside the code

System design happens on an infinite canvas, with microservice, database, cache, and event bus shapes already in the library.

Replay any session

Every edit and every run is kept, so a session can be rewatched like a recording: who typed, what ran, and how the design took shape.

Practice between sessions

Free practice, reviewed like the real thing.

Your clients get a practice library at no cost to them: coding problems judged in six languages, system design on a whiteboard, and behavioural questions for the companies they are aiming at. Every answer is read the way an interviewer would read it, and you can open every attempt they make.

Read at every level

One answer, four reads: what a junior, mid, senior and staff interviewer would make of it, with the questions they would ask next. Tests decide whether code works.

Behavioural, out loud

Question sets for Amazon, Google, Meta, Apple, Microsoft and Netflix, scored against each company's own principles. Write the answer, or say it and get pace and filler words too.

Back until it sticks

Anything they get through comes back after 3 days, then 7, then 21. You see what is slipping, and a Monday email tells you how each client's week went.

Applications and offers

The job hunt, tracked beside the coaching.

Every process your client is running, stage by stage, with the people they met and the papers they were sent. It keeps itself up to date, and when offers land they line up side by side with the numbers that decide it.

Stages that match the company

Five rounds at one place, two at another. Rename, reorder or drop stages on any application, and keep a date and notes on every round.

Reminders that keep it moving

The night before a round, what to look over. The day after, one click to say how it went. Offer deadlines flagged early, and you hear as things move.

Offers compared honestly

Base, bonus and a year of equity add up to one comparable year, shown in the currency each was offered in and never converted behind your back.

Your clients

What they sign into.

Every client gets their own sign-in to their own engagement, not a seat on your admin. They never see another client, and never see your private notes.

  • Everything in one place

    Sessions, the plan, homework, practice and their job hunt, on one page they can open the night before a round.

  • Progress they can watch move

    Skill scores from every write-up build into a record, so improvement is something they can see rather than something you assert.

  • Advice that survives the session

    Strengths, what to work on and your advice for the real interviews, kept where they will find it again.

Their console PD
Curriculum 3 of 5 Sliding window ticked off last session
Skills Problem solving System design Communication
HomeworkTwo-pointer set Due Friday

Pricing

One plan. All of it.

No tiers, no seats to count, no features held back. One price for you as the coach, nothing taken from what you bill, and your clients never pay Mentor anything.

Coach

$49.99per month, per coach

Two weeks free, no card needed. Cancel any time.

No platform fee on what you bill. Your clients pay you on your own Stripe account and every dollar past Stripe's processing is yours.

  • Unlimited clients, sessions, and write-ups
  • The live workbench, whiteboard, and session replays
  • Curriculum, homework, allowances, and the email that goes with them
  • Practice for your clients, with AI reviews at every level
  • Client sign-ins included, always free for them
Request an invitation

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Still wondering

The short version.

How do invitations work?

Ask below with a note about your coaching and we set up your coach account. From there you invite your own clients by email, or make a one-time link to send them however you already talk. Clients who prefer to stay off the platform can be tracked as record-only, a name with no sign-in.

What does Mentor cost?

$49.99 a month per coach, or less if you pay for three months or a year up front, with everything included and no limits on clients or sessions. Every coach starts with two weeks free, and no card is asked for until you choose a plan. There is no platform fee on what you bill: clients pay your own Stripe account and the only deduction is Stripe's processing. Clients never pay Mentor anything.

Does money move through Mentor?

Not through us. Mentor is a Stripe Connect platform: you connect your own Stripe account, clients pay you on it directly, and the money goes from them to your bank without Mentor ever holding it. Invoices, instalments, refunds and your payout schedule are all driven from inside Mentor, and every session draws down the allowance it was paid for.

I want coaching. How do I pay for a mentor?

Mentor does not assign mentors or sell sessions. You work with a mentor you already know: they invite you by email or a link, you sign their agreement if they use one, and they send you a payment request for a pack of sessions. Once it is paid, the sessions appear in your account, and your mentor books them or you ask for a time that suits you. The money goes straight to your mentor.

Can my clients see each other?

Never. Each client signs into their own engagement and nothing else. Your private session notes are visible to you alone, and never to the client they are about.

Is it only for interview prep?

Interview prep is the sweet spot: mocks, system design deep-dives, behavioral rounds. But the loop of sessions, write-ups, curriculum, and homework fits any 1-2-1 engineering coaching.

Does the code actually run?

Yes. The workbench executes Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Go, and C++ on Mentor's own workers, with time and output limits so nobody can wedge a session. Nothing runs in anyone's browser, and the playground gives everyone a free scratchpad outside sessions.

Who reviews my clients' practice?

Code is run against hidden tests, and the tests alone decide whether it works. An AI reviewer then reads the code, design or story the way an interviewer would, scores it, and says how it would land at junior, mid, senior and staff, with the questions they would ask next. You see every attempt and can comment on any of them. Practice is free for clients, with a daily limit on AI reviews.

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