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.
Family law sits in a strange spot. You’re expected to know custody statutes cold while also handling a parent who’s falling apart in your conference room. That’s exactly why these interviews are tougher than most legal screenings. Hiring partners aren’t just checking whether you can draft a motion. They want proof you can read a…
Waffle House runs more than 2,000 locations across 25 states and employs more than 45,000 Associates, and every one of those restaurants stays open 24 hours a day. That always-on culture shapes the entire interview, because the people hiring you need to know you’ll actually show up when the place is slammed at 2am on…
Landing an Animation Director role isn’t really about proving you can animate. By the time you’re in the room, your reel has already answered that question. What hiring managers actually want to know is whether you can carry a creative vision across an entire production and keep a team of artists pointed in the same…
Urban planning interviews are different from most. You’re not just proving you can read a zoning code, you’re proving you can stand in a packed community meeting, defend a controversial plan, and still keep everyone talking. The role spans a lot of ground. You might be applying as an entry-level assistant planner, a municipal mid-career…
The Technical Support Engineer title covers a huge range of jobs. You might be answering Tier 1 tickets at a help desk, reading logs and writing scripts as a Tier 2/3 SaaS support engineer, or running a whole support team as a manager. That variety shows up in the pay, too. The BLS lists a…
If you’ve applied to QuikTrip, here’s some good news to start with: this isn’t one of those drawn-out, six-round interview marathons. Most candidates go through an online application, a quick math and money-handling test, and a single in-person interview at a divisional office. Many walk out with a job offer that same day. According to…
Archaeology is a small, crowded field, and the people interviewing you know exactly how many qualified applicants are stacked up behind you. The BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Anthropologists and Archeologists reports roughly 8,800 people working in this combined category in 2024, with employment projected to grow about 4 percent through 2034 and around 800 openings…
Immigration Officer is a job title that covers a lot of ground. You might be adjudicating green card petitions as an Immigration Services Officer, interviewing claimants as an Asylum Officer, chasing down document fraud in Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS), or screening travelers at a port of entry as a CBP Officer. Those roles…
Interviewing for a Diversity and Inclusion Manager role is different from almost any other people-focused job. You’re being asked to prove you can change how an entire organization behaves, and you have to do it with data, diplomacy, and a working knowledge of employment law. The bar has also moved. Employers used to hire on…
HCA Healthcare is one of the largest employers in American healthcare, with more than 320,000 professionals and roughly 100,000 new colleagues hired every single year. That means a lot of interviews happen across its hospitals, surgery centers, and corporate offices, and the questions follow some very predictable patterns once you know what to look for….
