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.
If you’ve landed an interview at Jane Street, you already know this isn’t your average finance job. Jane Street is one of the most selective quantitative trading firms in the world, and their hiring process is legendary for being brutally rigorous, intellectually demanding, and genuinely unlike anything you’ll face at a traditional bank or hedge…
If you’ve landed an H-E-B interview, you’re already ahead of a lot of people. H-E-B is consistently ranked as one of the best grocery chains in the country, and Texans take their loyalty to it seriously. That means competition for open roles can be stiffer than you’d expect for a grocery store gig. The good…
Snowflake roles are everywhere right now. Data engineers, analytics engineers, cloud architects, BI developers… if you work with data, there’s a good chance Snowflake has come up in your job search. And the interviews? They’re not easy. This isn’t a platform where you can fake your way through with surface-level answers. Interviewers at companies using…
Walking into a Hollister interview is a little different from most retail interviews. The dim lighting, the beach-house vibe, the music playing at volume, it all sets a tone. And the people hiring you want to know if you fit that tone. Hollister Co., owned by Abercrombie and Fitch, positions itself around California coastal culture….
Panda Express hires tens of thousands of people every year, which sounds like great news for job seekers. But here’s the thing: a high hiring volume doesn’t mean the interview is a breeze. Managers at Panda Express are trained to find people who genuinely fit the culture, can handle a high-speed kitchen and front counter…
Getting a job at Anthropic isn’t just about being technically sharp. It’s about being the kind of person who genuinely loses sleep over what happens when AI systems go wrong. That’s not an exaggeration. Anthropic was founded specifically because its founders believed the AI industry needed a company that put safety at the center of…
Getting an offer from OpenAI is genuinely hard. Not hard like “practice a few LeetCode problems” hard. Hard like “you’re competing against PhD researchers, FAANG staff engineers, and people who’ve published ML papers” hard. The company is small relative to its impact, incredibly selective, and evaluates every candidate across technical skill, independent thinking, and genuine…
Audiology is one of the fastest-growing fields in healthcare right now. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for audiologists is projected to grow 9% from 2024 to 2034, which is significantly faster than the average for all occupations. The median annual salary sits at $92,120, and demand keeps climbing as the population ages…
Most cover letters die in the last paragraph. The opening grabs attention, the middle builds a case, and then the closing collapses into something so generic it undoes everything that came before it. “I look forward to hearing from you” has been pasted into millions of cover letters. It means nothing to the person reading…
Landing a pediatrician position is not just about your board scores or the length of your CV. The interview is where a hiring committee decides whether they trust you with their patients, their families, and their culture. That’s a high-stakes conversation, and most candidates walk in underprepared for how specific it gets. Whether you’re fresh…
