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.
The tricky thing about prepping for Systems Engineer interviews is that no two of them look alike. An infrastructure-heavy IT role, a cloud platform team, an embedded hardware shop, and a defense contractor will all grill you on wildly different things while using the exact same job title. What they share is the core bet…
School psychologist interviews are a different animal from most education hiring. You’re not sitting across from one person, you’re usually facing a panel that might include a principal, a special education director, and sometimes a fellow psychologist who does the exact job you’re applying for. That means your answers have to work on two levels…
The Director of Communications job asks you to be several people at once: a strategist, a crisis manager, a sharp writer, and a trusted counselor to the C-suite. That’s a lot to prove in a few interview rounds. It’s also a role that pays for that range. The closest federal category, public relations and fundraising…
Psychiatry is one of the few medical specialties where your clinical reasoning and your bedside manner get weighed almost equally. Hiring panels want to know you can diagnose accurately and prescribe wisely, but they also want to know a patient in crisis will trust you within the first ten minutes. The hiring process reflects that…
Interviewing for an Early Intervention Specialist role is different from most teaching or clinical interviews. You’re not just proving you know child development. You’re proving you can walk into a family’s living room, earn their trust, and coach them to help their own child. That’s why the questions get so specific. Hiring managers across school…
Directing interviews are strange animals. You’re not just proving you can lead a room, you’re proving you have a point of view worth following into a dark theater for six weeks of rehearsal. The tricky part is that a Theater Director interview looks different depending on who’s hiring. A regional company filling a resident slot,…
The tricky thing about prepping for Associate Producer interviews is that the job means something a little different everywhere you apply. An Associate News Producer stacking a live rundown has almost nothing in common with an Associate Game Producer running a sprint in Jira, yet both roles share the same title on the posting. That…
The salon receptionist is the first person a client sees walking in and the last person they talk to on the way out. That means you’re setting the tone for the entire visit, and hiring managers know it. The pay reflects a real range depending on the salon and market. Glassdoor puts the average salon…
Interviewing for an ER nursing job is different from almost any other nursing interview you’ll sit through. The manager across the table isn’t just checking whether you can pass meds and chart well. They’re trying to figure out how you’ll behave when three critical patients roll in at once and everyone is looking at you….
The Environmental Health and Safety Manager role has quietly become one of the most strategic seats in any operations-heavy company. You’re not just posting signs and running fire drills. You’re owning regulatory risk, protecting people, and defending the bottom line all at once. That’s why the interviews hit from two directions. Hiring committees want deep…
