Jeff Gillis is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of The Interview Guys, the career-advice site he and Mike Simpson launched in 2013. Over the last 13 years, Jeff has been the strategic mind behind how the site connects with job seekers, helping reach more than 100 million people worldwide through content, tools, and product development.
His background is in IT and digital strategy, which shapes how he approaches the modern job search: ATS systems, resume optimization, the mechanics of how recruiters and platforms actually filter candidates, and the tactics that work when applying through online portals. Jeff has published more than 50 in-depth career resources including case studies, comprehensive guides, and video courses, and his work has appeared in INC, MSN, and ZDNet.
Articles credited to Jeff on The Interview Guys are reviewed and edited by him personally, with a focus on resume strategy, job-search tactics, and how to actually get past the digital gatekeepers most candidates struggle with.
If you have an IKEA interview coming up, you already know this isn’t your typical retail job. IKEA doesn’t just screen for customer service skills. They screen for cultural alignment, and that’s a different kind of preparation altogether. The candidates who get hired at IKEA aren’t just the most experienced ones. They’re the ones who…
Most people write their two weeks notice letter in about ten minutes, send it off, and never think about it again. That’s a mistake that can quietly cost you references, reputation, and relationships you’ll need years from now. Your resignation letter is the last piece of professional writing your employer will ever receive from you….
If you’ve been poking around data analytics certifications, you’ve probably run into this one and thought: wait, why R instead of Python? It’s a fair question. And the answer matters more than most review sites let on. This cert isn’t just “IBM data analytics but with R.” It’s a deliberate choice for a specific kind…
We talk to hiring managers every day who say the same thing: they have no shortage of marketing applicants, but almost nobody walks in able to explain a campaign’s performance with actual data. They can talk about content. They can talk about brand. But the moment you ask them to evaluate a test, segment an…
Getting a job with Carnival Cruise Line is genuinely exciting. You’re not just applying for a job, you’re applying for a lifestyle. But that also means the interview stakes are higher than most. Carnival isn’t just hiring someone to fill a slot. They’re hiring someone who will live and work alongside guests 24 hours a…
We talk to hiring managers every day who say the same thing: they can find plenty of candidates who say they “work with AI,” but almost nobody can walk them through why a model is failing, how to debug a training run, or what trade-offs they made choosing one architecture over another. That gap is…
You worked hard on your resume. You prepped your answers. You showed up to the video call on time, camera on, wearing a real shirt. And then you spent 40 minutes jumping through extra hoops because some company’s hiring team has been burned by AI fakers so many times that every candidate is now treated…
The Game Has Changed, and Most Candidates Don’t Know It Yet Something shifted in hiring over the past year, and most job seekers haven’t caught up. Resumes have gotten more polished. Cover letters have gotten more articulate. And behavioral interview answers? They’ve gotten more structured, more confident, and more suspiciously perfect. Hiring managers noticed. And…
Content moderation has quietly become one of the most in-demand digital jobs of the AI era. Every major platform, from social media giants to e-commerce marketplaces to AI companies themselves, needs trained humans to review content that algorithms can’t handle on their own. Here’s the thing most job guides miss: the AI boom isn’t replacing…
Why Rad Tech Interviews Are Different from Other Healthcare Interviews You already know imaging is in high demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 5% employment growth for radiologic and MRI technologists through 2034, and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists reported a vacancy rate of 18.1% in radiography alone. That’s a dramatic jump from…
