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.
Dietitian interviews are rarely just a chat about your favorite nutrition topics. You’re walking into a room (or a video call) where someone is quietly checking whether you can reason through a clinical case, communicate with a scared patient, and hold your own on a busy interdisciplinary team. And the bar keeps rising. The BLS…
Meta runs one of the most structured interview loops in tech, and that structure cuts both ways. If you understand how the pieces fit together, you can prepare with real precision. If you walk in blind, the centralized process can chew you up. Here’s something most candidates miss: a separate hiring committee, not the people…
Banquet Manager interviews are a different animal from most management interviews. You’re not just proving you can lead people, you’re proving you can run a flawless 400-person gala while a vendor cancels and the guest count jumps by 60, all without the client ever noticing. The role sits right where hospitality operations, event planning, and…
Walking into a barber interview is a little different from most job interviews. The owner isn’t just reading your resume, they’re sizing up your hands, your eye for detail, and whether clients will keep coming back to sit in your chair. Barbering is also a steady bet right now. The BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook for…
Meijer has been a Midwest staple since long before one-stop shopping was a buzzword, and the company now employs more than 70,000 Team Members across six states. That means a lot of interviews happen every single week, from cashiers and stock crews to pharmacy techs and store leadership. Here’s the good news: the Meijer interview…
Managing a dining room means running a small business inside a bigger one. You’re juggling staff, guests, the kitchen, the budget, and the unexpected fire drill all at once, usually during the dinner rush. The good news is the demand is real. The BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Food Service Managers projects 6% employment growth from…
The Channel Manager role sits in a strange spot. You’re responsible for revenue, but you don’t actually manage the people who generate it. Your partners aren’t employees, so motivating them, holding them accountable, and steering their focus takes a completely different muscle than running a direct sales team. That’s exactly what makes these interviews tricky….
Burger King serves more than 11 million guests per day around the world, and every one of those orders runs through a crew that someone had to hire. That someone is usually a store manager standing right inside the restaurant, not a corporate recruiter on a video call. That changes everything about how you should…
Waitressing is one of those jobs where the interview tells the manager almost everything they need to know. If you can hold a warm, easy conversation across a desk, you can probably do it across a table too. And the demand is real. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects roughly 456,700 job openings per…
Here’s what makes a massage therapist interview different from almost every other job interview: you usually have to prove it with your hands. Most employers run a verbal conversation first, then ask you to perform a sample massage on the interviewer or a colleague, and that hands-on audition often carries as much weight as everything…
