intermediate

Essential Mentorship Skills for Software Engineers

Computer Programming

4 courses

48 practices

6 hours

Essential Mentorship Skills for Software Engineers equips you to guide, support, and empower junior engineers. Learn to communicate empathetically, foster growth, give effective feedback, and lead by example to build strong, inclusive mentoring relationships.

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Course 2

Mentoring With Respect and Awareness

4 lessons

12 practices

Mentoring With Respect and Awareness helps software engineers create inclusive, supportive environments. Mentors learn to coach for independence, respect boundaries, recognize stress, and empower mentees to grow confidently while navigating team dynamics with empathy.

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Course 3

Giving Feedback that Fuels Growth

4 lessons

12 practices

Giving Feedback that Fuels Growth teaches mentors to deliver timely, constructive, and empathetic feedback. Learn to turn mistakes into learning opportunities, celebrate strengths, and invite feedback yourself—empowering mentees to grow with confidence and resilience in their software engineering journey.

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Course 4

Leading by Example as a Mentor

4 lessons

12 practices

Leading by Example as a Mentor teaches software engineers to model professionalism, inclusivity, and growth. Mentors learn to set high standards, inspire goal setting, support diverse paths, and lead through influence, empowering mentees to thrive by observing and emulating positive behaviors.

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From our community

Hear what our customers have to say about CodeSignal Learn

I'm impressed by the quality and can't stop recommending it. It's also a lot of fun!

Francisco Aguilar Meléndez

Data Scientist

+11

I love that it's personalized. When I'm stuck, I don't have to hope my Google searches come out successful. The AI mentor Cosmo knows exactly what I need.

Faith Yim

Software Engineer

+14

It's an amazing product and exceeded my expectations, helping me prepare for my job interviews. Hands-on learning requires you to actually know what you are doing.

Alex Bush

Full Stack Engineer

I'm really impressed by the AI tutor Cosmo's feedback about my code. It's honestly kind of insane to me that it's so targeted and specific.

Abbey Helterbran

Tech consultant

I tried Leetcode but it was too disorganized. CodeSignal covers all the topics I'm interested in and is way more structured.

Jonathan Miller

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

+12

I'm impressed by the quality and can't stop recommending it. It's also a lot of fun!

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Data Scientist

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