Match Mentors to Mentees using the survey data responses

[Shrooti]

Hi,

I have basic knowledge of MS Excel Formulae and have been trying to automate a survey results file to match Mentors to the best suitable Mentees based on the below criteria:
- gender preference. this survey is for only women mentees, so they can choose a female or a male mentor
- business unit preference
- number of mentees a mentor can take up
- the professional skills mentee is keen on getting mentorship for
- the leadership skills a mentee wants mentorship for

Below are the dummy details of the survey data collected for mentors and mentees respectively:
MENTORS ---

Full Name	Email ID	Gender	Business Unit	Area of Expertise	Region	Time Zone	How many mentees you want to mentor?	What are the Professional Skills you have?	What are the Leadership Skills you have?
Joe Smith	abc@gmail.com	Male	Customer Service	Sales	North America	EST (Eastern Standard Time)	2	Consumer Experience	Business self-awareness
Mary Brown	mary.b@rediff.com	Female	Marketing Analytics	Data Analysis	Europe	GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)	1	Influence and Engagement	Collaboration
Rohit Arwala	rarwala@yahoo.com	Male	Financial Services	Accounting	Asia Pacific	IST (India Standard Time)	2	Creativity/Cognitive Flexibility	Adaptability and Agility

MENTEES --

Full Name	Email ID	Gender Preference	Business Unit	Area of Expertise	Region	Time Zone	What are the Professional Skills you want to be mentored on?	What are the Leadership Skills you want to be mentored on?
Bree Lars	xyz@gmail.com	No preference	Customer Service	Sales	North America	EST (Eastern Standard Time)	Consumer Experience	Business self-awareness
Marcelle White	pqr@rediff.com	Yes, only female	Marketing Analytics	Data Analysis	Europe	GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)	Influence and Engagement	Collaboration
Priti Khandelwal	abz@yahoo.com	Yes, only female	Financial Services	Accounting	Asia Pacific	IST (India Standard Time)	Creativity/Cognitive Flexibility	Adaptability and Agility

This is just a dummy data. However, the actual data is going to exceed approximately 500 entries or more, each for the mentors and for mentees. I'm looking for a formulae where by just pasting the data for mentors and mentees, i would have the best matched mentees across each mentor. Would appreciate your help in providing a formula.

 

[Shrooti]

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Sure. Thank you for sharing the information. I'll make sure to include any cross-links in my post.

 

[Shrooti]

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