A month ago, Adrian Lee, Carina Dennis and Philip Campbell published their guide for mentors in Nature. This guide was written following last year Nature awards for creative mentoring in science which had a focus on Australasia. Although this material could be interesting for would-be and already established mentors, it could also be very interesting for would-be PhD students. Very often, the choice of would-be PhD students is made only on the future PhD topic. Although it has to be an important part of the decision process, my advice would be to get some information on the way the future mentor behaves with his/her students. This guide shows it’s also very important for your future career …