When you first log into MentorNeko, you are guided through a short onboarding wizard before reaching your dashboard. The wizard collects the information the platform needs to match you well and help you find the right programs. Your progress saves automatically after each step, so you can pause and come back without losing anything.
Onboarding wizard showing step progress bar at the top with Step 0 highlighted as current
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Step 0: Your Intent
The first step asks what you are here for. This is not a binding commitment. It is a signal that helps the platform and your administrator understand your goals and route you toward the right programs.
Your options are:
- Mentor: You want to share your experience and support others in their growth
- Mentee: You want to learn and develop with the guidance of a more experienced colleague
- Networking: You want to build peer relationships and connect with people across your organization
- Exploring: You are not sure yet and want to look around before deciding
You can select Mentor, Mentee, and Networking together in any combination. Exploring is mutually exclusive with the others, since it signals that you are not ready to commit to a specific intent yet.
Whatever you choose now, you can update it later from your profile.
Intent selection screen showing four option cards: Mentor, Mentee, Networking, and Exploring
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Step 1: About You
This step asks for a profile photo and a short bio. Both can be skipped, but both are needed before you can be paired in a mentorship program or a networking group, so it is worth doing them now rather than discovering the gap later.
Upload a clear photo of yourself (PNG, JPG or WebP). For the bio, think of it as a professional introduction: a few sentences about your background, what you are working on, and what you hope to get from the experience. It needs to be at least 30 words to meet the profile readiness requirement. Clear and genuine is better than exhaustive.
Your bio is visible to other members in the community directory and on your profile page, so write it as you would want to present yourself to colleagues.
About you step showing the photo upload control and the bio text box with a word counter
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Step 2: Profile Dimensions
Profile dimensions are the structured fields that power your AI match. This step asks you to fill in details about your background, experience, skills, goals, and what you are looking for. The exact fields depend on what your organization has configured, but you can expect questions about:
- Your seniority level or years of experience
- Your department or functional area
- Skills you have or want to develop
- Goals you are working toward
- Any additional fields your organization has set up for matching
Fields marked as required must be filled before you can complete onboarding. Optional fields are still worth filling in because each additional data point improves match quality.
Profile dimensions step showing multi-select skill tags, seniority dropdown, and a goal text field
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Step 3: Programs and Networking Groups
The final step shows what is open in your organization, in two sections:
- Mentorship programs: enroll as a mentor, a mentee, or both. Some programs confirm enrollment immediately; others require administrator approval before it is finalized.
- Networking introductions: tick any group you want to join. Each group shows how often it runs, the date of its next round, and whether it pairs people one to one or in small groups. If your organization limits how many groups a member can be in at once, the limit is shown here and groups you cannot add are greyed out.
You do not have to join anything during onboarding. You can always enroll in programs later from the Programs section, and join or leave networking groups from the Networking page.
If you skipped your photo or bio, this step reminds you that both are needed before you can be paired. You can still finish onboarding and add them from your profile afterwards.
Final onboarding step showing mentorship program cards above a list of networking groups with join checkboxes
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After Onboarding
Once you complete the wizard, you land on your dashboard. From here you can track your matches, access session materials, explore the community directory, and update your profile at any time.
All of the information you filled in during onboarding is editable. If your goals change, your skills grow, or you want to update your bio, open Edit Profile from your dashboard and make your changes. Updates to your profile dimensions can improve the quality of future matches.