Mike Simpson is the co-founder of The Interview Guys, the career-advice site he launched in February 2013 to help job seekers actually land the roles they want. Over the last 13 years, the site has reached more than 100 million job seekers worldwide, and Mike's particular focus is interview preparation: how candidates can actually answer the questions hiring managers really care about.
He holds a Business degree from Bishop's University (HR major, Economics minor) and is an active member of the Professional Association of Résumé Writers & Career Coaches (PARWCC) and the National Career Development Association (NCDA). His advice has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and CNBC, and is referenced by career-services teams at the University of Michigan, Penn State, Northeastern, the University of Toronto, McGill, Wellesley College, and Kansas State, among others.
Articles credited to Mike on The Interview Guys are reviewed and edited by him personally to make sure the frameworks, examples, and recommendations match what actually works in real interviews.
Credit Officer interviews are a different animal from most finance interviews. You’re not just proving you can read a balance sheet. You’re proving you can put real money at risk on your own judgment and defend that call to a room of people whose job is to poke holes in it. The title covers a…
Kroger’s HireVue is a one-way recorded video interview. There’s no live person on the other end. You read or watch a question, get a short beat to think, then record your answer against a clock. That format trips people up because it feels casual. It isn’t. An AI layer scores your word choice, tone, and…
The Director of Engineering title stretches across a huge range of employers, and the interview shifts depending on which flavor you’re chasing. You might be interviewing for Director of Software Engineering at a scaling SaaS company, Director of Platform or Infrastructure at a cloud-heavy shop, Director of Engineering for hardware and manufacturing, a Senior Director…
Tax prep interviews are a strange mix. One minute you’re being quizzed on Schedule C and depreciation, the next you’re explaining how you’d calm down a client who owes money they weren’t expecting. The role pays better than a lot of people assume, too. The median annual salary for Tax Preparers sits around $50,560 as…
Verizon threw two different screening tools at candidates, and most people don’t realize which one they’re facing until the email lands. One is a HireVue one-way recorded video interview. The other is a written online assessment delivered through Verizon’s own Candidate Home dashboard. Here’s what trips people up. There’s no live human on the other…
Interviewing for an Animal Control Officer job is a strange mix of two worlds. One minute you’re being asked about your compassion for a scared, injured dog, and the next you’re expected to quote local ordinances and describe how you’d document a bite report that could end up in court. That’s because this role sits…
Surveying interviews are a little different from most. You’re not just proving you can do the job, you’re proving you can measure the world accurately, defend your findings legally, and stay standing in a muddy field while you do it. The pay reflects that mix of skill. The BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Surveyors puts the…
Aldi’s HireVue interview isn’t a chat. It’s a pre-recorded, one-way video screen where you answer the same set questions every other applicant gets, alone, on camera, against the clock. Here’s why it trips people up. There’s no interviewer nodding along, no chance to read the room, and no retakes. Most candidates report 30 seconds to…
Agronomist roles cover a lot of ground, from field agronomists walking rows every morning to crop consultants advising skeptical growers, research agronomists running trials, and precision ag specialists building variable-rate prescriptions. The job title stays the same, but what a seed company wants is not what a government lab or a consulting firm wants. That’s…
The Personal Banker job sits right where relationship building, product sales, and regulatory discipline all meet. That mix is exactly what makes the interview tricky, because a branch manager isn’t just checking whether you’re friendly. They’re checking whether you can be warm and disciplined at the same time. The good news is that these interviews…
