# Becoming a mentor

> What the application asks for, how it is reviewed, and what changes in your account the day it is approved.

Source: https://www.revquix.com/docs/mentors/becoming-a-mentor
Last verified: 2026-09-03

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**If you want to start mentoring, or your application was rejected and you want to know why**, this
is the page. Mentoring on Revquix is an application, not a switch. You apply once, a person reads it, and if it
is approved your account gains a second side - a place to list services, hold availability and take
payment - alongside the one you already use.

## What the application asks for

Three steps, and you can leave and come back.

1. **Intro.** Who you are and what you want to help people with.
2. **Details.** The four things below, all required.
3. **Motivation.** Why you want to do this. This is read, not skimmed.

Step two is where applications stall, so it is worth knowing the requirements before you start:

| Field                     | Requirement                                                                            |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Professional headline** | One line on what you do.                                                               |
| **About me**              | **At least 100 characters.** This is what reviewers and, later, mentees actually read. |
| **LinkedIn profile URL**  | Validated as a real profile URL, e.g. `linkedin.com/in/your-name`.                     |
| **Profile photo**         | Croppable, replaceable later.                                                          |

> **Warning** - LinkedIn is how reviewers verify you are who you say you are
>
> It is not a formality or a marketing link. A profile that does not corroborate the experience the
> application claims is the most common reason an application does not succeed - so make sure the two
> say the same thing before you submit.

The 100-character minimum on the bio is a floor, not a target. Two sentences clears it; the ones
that get approved say what you would actually help somebody with.

Nothing is submitted until you finish the last step. If you close the tab partway, the next visit
offers to pick up where you stopped rather than starting again.

> **Note** - One application at a time
>
> While an application is open you cannot start a second one. Withdraw the first if you want to
> rewrite it from scratch.

## What happens after you submit

Your application sits in one of four states, and the page always shows which:

| State         | What it means                                               |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Pending**   | Submitted and waiting to be read.                           |
| **Approved**  | You are a mentor. The mentor side of the dashboard appears. |
| **Rejected**  | Not this time. The decision is recorded with a reason.      |
| **Withdrawn** | You pulled it back yourself.                                |

There is no queue position and no estimated date, because there is no automated step to estimate -
a person reads every one.

## What approval actually changes

Approval does not publish anything. It gives you the tools; what you do with them is a separate
decision, and nothing is visible to buyers until you deliberately publish a service.

On approval you gain:

- **Services** - build and price what you offer. See [your services](https://www.revquix.com/docs/mentors/your-services).
- **Calendar** - the hours you are bookable.
- **Bookings and Orders** - what has been booked and what has been paid.
- **Reliability** - how consistently you deliver, scored once you have enough sessions.
- **Earnings and Payout Accounts** - where the money goes.

> **Warning** - A service is not live until you publish it
>
> Creating a service leaves it as a draft. Drafts are invisible in search and on your profile, and a
> draft is checked less strictly than a live listing - so a package can sit in drafts with one item in
> it, and will refuse to go live until it has at least two.

## If you are rejected

You are told why. The two that come up most:

- **The application describes a job title rather than what somebody gets from an hour with you.**
  "Senior engineer at a large company" is a fact about you; "I can take you through system design
  interviews for backend roles" is an offer.
- **The claimed experience cannot be corroborated**, usually because the LinkedIn profile does not
  reflect it.

Reapplying is allowed. Reapplying with the same text is not worth your time.

- [Your services](https://www.revquix.com/docs/mentors/your-services) - The three things you can sell, and what each is for.

- [Pricing and what you keep](https://www.revquix.com/docs/mentors/pricing-and-what-you-keep) - What a buyer pays, and what lands in your account.