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.
Interviewing for a defense attorney job is unlike almost any other legal interview. The people across the table aren’t just checking whether you can cite the right case. They want to know if you’ll fight for someone the whole world has already decided is guilty. That’s true whether you’re applying to a public defender office,…
Coding Specialist interviews aren’t like most job interviews. The person across the table cares less about your hobbies and a lot more about whether you can pull the right ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS codes off a messy operative note without flinching. And the demand is real. The BLS projects employment for medical records specialists (the…
Labcorp is one of the biggest names in diagnostics, with nearly 70,000 employees across 100+ countries. That scale means they hire constantly, and it also means the interview you walk into depends heavily on the role you’re chasing. A phlebotomist interview looks nothing like a Clinical Data Manager interview. One leans on patient interaction and…
Environmental, Health, and Safety roles have quietly become some of the most in-demand jobs in industry, and the hiring bar keeps rising. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 12 percent employment growth for occupational health and safety specialists and technicians from 2024 to 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 18,300 openings expected each year…
Biochemist interviews put you under a different kind of microscope. You’re not just being asked whether you can run a gel or purify a protein, you’re being asked to prove you can think, troubleshoot, and explain your science to people who don’t share your background. The role shows up across a lot of very different…
Cloud Architect interviews are different from almost any other tech interview you’ll sit through. The technical bar is real, but the people deciding whether to hire you care just as much about how you think out loud as what you know. This role shows up under a lot of titles: Enterprise Cloud Architect, Cloud Solutions…
Valet jobs sound simple from the curb: park the car, bring it back, smile. The interview tells a different story. Hiring managers are checking three things fast: can you drive safely and confidently, can you treat every guest like the most important person on the property, and can you stay cool when twelve cars need…
The CRM Manager role is one of those jobs that looks simple on the surface and gets very specific once you’re in the room. Employers aren’t just hiring someone to keep a database tidy. They want a person who can turn customer data into retention, revenue, and smarter marketing. That’s why the pay reflects real…
Dollar Tree hires a lot of people, and they do it fast. The company runs over 9,000 stores across the U.S. and Canada and employs nearly 153,000 associates, which means store managers are interviewing candidates almost constantly. Here’s the good news. These interviews are not designed to trip you up. Glassdoor rates the average Dollar…
Urology interviews are a little different from most physician interviews. You’re being judged on surgical chops, clinical judgment, and how gently you can talk to a stranger about erectile dysfunction or incontinence, sometimes all in the same afternoon. The good news is that the demand is real and it’s in your favor. The BLS Occupational…
