Before you write a single line of your CV, it helps to know where you’re heading. In this first mentor session, Mentor AI asks you a few questions about where you are now and where you want to go, then helps you turn your answers into a career profile card.
The session takes about ten minutes. Mentor AI asks one question at a time about:
- The kind of role you’re aiming for. It’s fine to be unsure—the next section helps you choose.
- Where you are now: student, new graduate, career changer, early in your career, experienced, or returning after a break.
- Your job market: your country or region and whether you’re looking for remote work.
- Your timeline: applying now, applying in a few months, or just preparing.
- What you already have: a CV, a LinkedIn profile, a GitHub profile, and projects.
At the end, you’ll get your answers back as a short card. Save it as profile.md in your career folder. Each later mentor session starts by asking you to paste it, so you won’t have to explain yourself again. If you have an interview or an application deadline coming up soon, Mentor AI also suggests which lessons to focus on first.
You can type pause at any point to ask a question about the course or wrap up to get your card right away.
If you’d rather not use Mentor AI for this, you can write the card yourself. Answer each question above in one line, and save your answers as profile.md in your career folder.
If you’re still undecided about a direction, that’s okay. What Can I Do With Python? gives you a tour of the areas where people work with Python, and O*NET OnLine describes what people in many occupations do day to day.
With your direction set, it’s time to look at the other side of the table. Up next, you’ll find out who actually reads your application and what each of them is looking for.
