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Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form

Match graduate mentors to students using sector, availability and the support they can realistically give.

A ready-to-use fundraising & alumni form for small teams who need a reliable intake process: 19 questions, 4 pages, 4 conditional rules.

Questions
19
Pages
4
Layouts
classic
Conditional rules
4
Typical time
8 min
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Volunteer as a mentor

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Who this template is for

Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form is built for small teams who need a reliable intake process who need to collect the same complete information from everyone.

  • Small teams who need a reliable intake process working in fundraising & alumni.
  • Teams who need to collect the same complete information from everyone without writing code or paying for a custom build.
  • Anyone replacing chasing missing details over email with one structured record per enquiry.
  • Respondents are the people you send it to — the form asks them 19 questions across 4 screens.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of chasing missing details over email and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

  • 14 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
  • It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
  • It allows multiple selections without free text.
  • It captures a numeric value you can filter and sort on.
  • Conditional logic hides 4 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
  • Splitting the form across 4 pages keeps each screen short and shows respondents how much is left.
  • Every response is stored, searchable and exportable, so nothing depends on one person's inbox.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

  1. 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
  2. 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
  3. 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
  4. 4Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
  5. 5Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 4 conditional rules ship with it.

  • Features advanced show logic: if “How would you prefer to meet?” is In person, the form dynamically exposes “How far are you willing to travel?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Are you willing to mentor students under 18?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Do you hold a current background check?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Do you hold a current background check?” is No, the form dynamically exposes “We will need to arrange a check before any introduction”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Can you offer an introduction to your network?” is Yes, “What kind of introductions could you make?” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • All 4 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

Mentoring programmes fail on capacity far more often than on goodwill. This form asks the awkward questions up front so the match holds. A mentor states their sector, their route into it and the kind of support they can offer — CV review, mock interviews, ongoing career conversations, portfolio feedback or an introduction to their own network — and then how many hours a month and how many mentees they can genuinely take. Meeting preference is captured because an in-person-only mentor two hundred miles from campus is not a match, and choosing in person opens the travel radius. If the programme involves students under eighteen the mentor is asked about existing background checks, and answering no opens a short explanation of what will be required before an introduction can be made. Language and accessibility needs are asked once, plainly. The last page collects the short profile paragraph students actually read when choosing a mentor, which is the field most programmes forget to gather and then have to write themselves from a CV.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Page 1 — About you

  • Your namerequired
  • Email addressrequired
  • Year of graduationrequired
  • Course or programmerequired

Page 2 — Your career

  • Current rolerequired
  • Organisationrequired
  • Sectorrequired
  • How did you get into this field?required

Page 3 — What you can offer

  • What support can you offer?required
  • Can you offer an introduction to your network?required
  • What kind of introductions could you make?
  • Hours available per monthrequired
  • How many mentees can you take?required

Page 4 — Practicalities

  • How would you prefer to meet?required
  • How far are you willing to travel?
  • Are you willing to mentor students under 18?required
  • Do you hold a current background check?
  • We will need to arrange a check before any introduction
  • Accessibility or language needs we should know about

19 questions in total.

How the form changes as it's filled in

This template ships with 4 conditional rules, grouped into 4 behaviours driven by 4 questions. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.

Driven by “How would you prefer to meet?

  • Reveals questions

    If “How would you prefer to meet?” is In person, the form reveals “How far are you willing to travel?”.

Driven by “Are you willing to mentor students under 18?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Are you willing to mentor students under 18?” is Yes, the form reveals “Do you hold a current background check?”.

Driven by “Do you hold a current background check?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Do you hold a current background check?” is No, the form reveals “We will need to arrange a check before any introduction”.

Driven by “Can you offer an introduction to your network?

  • Makes answers required

    If “Can you offer an introduction to your network?” is Yes, “What kind of introductions could you make?” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Set it up step by step

  1. 1

    Match your sectors

    Set the sector list to the fields your students actually ask about.

  2. 2

    Be honest about capacity

    Keep the hours and mentee-count questions required — they prevent over-matching.

  3. 3

    Handle safeguarding

    If any mentee could be under 18, keep the background check branch and complete it before introductions.

  4. 4

    Collect the profile

    Use the mentor's own paragraph in the matching list rather than writing one from their CV.

  5. 5

    Close the loop

    Confirm each pairing to both sides in one email with a suggested first meeting date.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Recruiting mentors without asking how many hours a month they have, then matching them to three students each.
  • Matching only on job title, when what students want is the sector route and the first-job story.
  • Skipping the safeguarding question for programmes that involve under-18s.

What it pairs with

Most teams don't run this form on its own. These are the forms and systems it sits next to.

What to do with the responses

Match on sector and availability first, run the required checks before any introduction, and confirm the pairing to both sides with a suggested first meeting date.

Works in this layout

These pages cover the same subject ground as the alumni mentoring sign-up form, matched on the words people actually search for.

Frequently asked questions

How many mentees will a mentor get?

Whatever they say they can take. The form asks for a number and the matching should never exceed it.

Is a background check always needed?

Only where mentees may be under 18. The form asks, and a no opens an explanation of what happens next.

Can mentors help remotely?

Yes. Meeting preference is a question, and only in-person mentors are asked about travel.

What makes a good mentor profile?

A short paragraph on their route in and what they wish they had known. That is what students choose on.

Is the Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What does the Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form template ask for?

It asks 19 questions across 4 pages, 14 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

Can I edit the Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form form after copying it?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the classic layout, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

How does the conditional logic in this fundraising & alumni form work?

4 conditional rules ship with the template: Features advanced show logic: if “How would you prefer to meet?” is In person, the form dynamically exposes “How far are you willing to travel?”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Are you willing to mentor students under 18?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Do you hold a current background check?”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Do you hold a current background check?” is No, the form dynamically exposes “We will need to arrange a check before any introduction”. Otherwise that question never appears. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where do responses to the Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form form go?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

Can I embed the Alumni Mentoring Sign-up Form form on my own website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

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