Empathy Questions

Interview Questions 

  • How would you define empathy?
  • What inspires you to be a mentor and help one or more individuals during their recovery from alcoholism?
  • What is your point of view concerning the connection between mentorship and empathy?
  • When is it easier to be empathetic?
  • When is it most challenging to be empathetic in mentoring students with alcoholism 

recovery? 

  • When you first began the mentoring relationship, how did you feel, and how did you convey empathy? 
  • In what ways has empathy been helpful to your mentee? 
  • How has your use of empathy or development of empathy changed over time in your mentoring others? 
  • How has mentoring impacted your mentee’s recovery journey? 
  • In what ways was empathy most helpful?