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.
Asset management interviews don’t reward memorized definitions. They reward candidates who actually think like investors, who can defend a position, and who stay calm when someone pokes holes in their logic. That matters because the role covers a lot of ground. You might be interviewing as a portfolio manager on an equities or fixed income…
The Facilities Coordinator job looks simple on paper until the HVAC dies during a client visit, a vendor no-shows, and three departments all want their request handled first. That’s the reality interviewers are testing for. This role shows up under a lot of titles: Facilities Coordinator, Senior Facilities Coordinator, Facilities Operations Coordinator, Facilities Project Coordinator,…
Buyer is one of those job titles that means five different things depending on who’s hiring. A retail buyer chasing the next trend, a procurement agent managing contracts, a technical buyer sourcing components for engineering, a senior purchasing manager owning a category budget. The interview changes a lot across those lanes. What stays the same…
Some of you have been reading us since 2013. A lot of you found us last week, three days before an interview, at 11 p.m., searching “how to answer tell me about yourself.” Either way, you know our one move by now: we figure out what actually works in interviews and job searches, and we…
Transportation Manager roles cover a lot of ground, and the interview reflects that. You might be running a private fleet, optimizing last-mile e-commerce delivery, overseeing a municipal transit operation, or sitting at the director level managing carriers across regions. Whatever the flavor, employers are screening for the same core mix: technical depth in TMS platforms…
Script writing isn’t one job, it’s a dozen jobs wearing the same title. A screenwriter pitching a feature, a TV staff writer in a showrunner’s room, a brand writer matching a company’s voice, and a narrative designer building branching game dialogue all answer to “script writer,” but they get interviewed in very different ways. That’s…
Here’s the thing about camera operator interviews that nobody warns you about: your reel talks before you do. By the time you sit down, the hiring manager has usually already formed an opinion about your eye, your framing, and your range. That changes how you should prep. You’re not just answering questions, you’re backing up…
Landing a columnist job isn’t like landing most writing gigs. Editors aren’t just hiring a person who can string sentences together. They’re hiring a voice, a beat, and a reputation they’ll put their masthead behind. That changes how interviews go. You’ll get asked about your research process, your ethics, your deadline habits, and how you…
The Chief Investment Officer chair is one of the most scrutinized seats in all of finance. You’re not just managing money, you’re answering to boards, trustees, investment committees, and sometimes the public, all of whom expect risk-adjusted results and a story that holds up. Demand for this skill set isn’t going anywhere. The Bureau of…
Interviewing for a Chief Marketing Officer job is a different animal than any marketing interview you’ve sat through before. Nobody’s grading you on whether you can run a campaign. They want to know if you can grow a business. The role spans a huge range of employers. You might be chasing an enterprise CMO seat…
