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.
Jack in the Box has built its name on late-night cravings and a menu that mixes burgers, tacos, and breakfast at any hour. With more than 2,200 restaurants in 21 states and Guam, there’s a strong chance one near you is hiring right now. Here’s the good news for you as a candidate: the interview…
Interviewing for a Credit Collections Manager role is a strange mix. Half the conversation is hard numbers like DSO and CEI, and the other half is whether you can keep a frustrated customer paying without torching the relationship Sales spent two years building. And the job description varies a lot depending on who’s hiring. You…
Dock work runs on muscle, timing, and trust. Employers want to know you can move freight safely, show up when you say you will, and keep a trailer flowing without somebody getting hurt. The good news is these interviews are usually pretty relaxed. Most of the time it’s one conversation with a supervisor who’s sizing…
If you’ve ever grabbed a built-to-order hoagie or filled up your tank at Wawa, you already know the vibe: fast, friendly, and weirdly beloved. Working there has that same energy, and the interview is built to find people who fit it. Here’s the good news. Wawa’s process is one of the more relaxed ones you’ll…
ERP consulting sits at a weird intersection. You’re part technical expert, part business analyst, and part therapist for stakeholders who all want the system to do different things. That mix is exactly why the interviews are tough. Hiring managers across consulting firms, software vendors, and in-house IT teams want proof you can configure a platform…
The operating room is one of the few workplaces where a single lapse in focus can change a patient’s outcome. Hiring managers know that, which is why surgical tech interviews go deeper than what’s printed on your resume. Whether you’re applying as a staff scrub tech, a CVOR or orthopedic specialist, a robotic surgery technologist,…
Fidelity Investments hires for a huge range of jobs, from customer-facing roles like Customer Relationship Advocate and Financial Representative all the way to Software Engineers, Business Analysts, and Investment Consultants. If you’ve got an interview booked, you’re probably wondering what they actually ask and what they’re really listening for. Here’s the good news. The interview…
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…
