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.
ExxonMobil doesn’t hand out offers casually. Whether you’re applying to be a reservoir engineer, a process engineer, a plant operator, a software engineer, or a business analyst, you’re walking into one of the most structured, competency-based interview processes in the energy industry. The good news? Structured means predictable. Exxon interviewers are trained to score your…
So you’ve got a LoanDepot interview coming up, and you want to walk in knowing exactly what’s ahead. Smart move. LoanDepot is a consumer-direct lender built on a competitive, sales-driven culture, and its interviews reflect that. Whether you’re going for a loan officer seat, a processing role, an underwriting job, or a spot on the…
Let’s clear up the confusion first. Amazon runs a few different screens depending on your role, and people mix them up constantly. Customer Service and some non-technical roles get a one-way recorded HireVue video, while most technical and business roles get Amazon’s own Online Assessment (OA) with no live person at all. That mismatch is…
If you’re interviewing at Hy-Vee, here’s the good news up front: this is one of the more relaxed retail interviews you’ll sit through. Most store-level conversations are short, friendly, and focused on your attitude and your schedule far more than your resume. That doesn’t mean you can wing it. Hy-Vee is an employee-owned company with…
O’Charley’s interviews have a reputation for being fast, friendly, and a lot less nerve-wracking than most people expect. You’re usually sitting in a booth or a quiet corner with one manager, having what feels more like a chat than an interrogation. That relaxed tone is exactly why some people trip up. When the conversation feels…
If you’re interviewing at Los Angeles Unified School District, you’re stepping into one of the biggest hiring machines in American education. LAUSD is the second-largest public school district in the United States, running 1,302 schools and employing nearly 24,769 teachers to serve more than 565,479 students. That scale changes how the interview feels. Panels aren’t…
AMD isn’t hiring people who memorized a stack of algorithm puzzles. It’s hiring people who understand how software actually behaves on real silicon, and who can reason through a problem out loud without bluffing. That shapes everything about the interview. Whether you’re going for a Software Engineer, Design Verification Engineer, Systems Validation Engineer, Machine Learning…
Bank of America’s HireVue is a one-way recorded video interview. No live person, no back-and-forth, just you, a question on screen, and a countdown clock. That silence is exactly what trips people up. There’s no interviewer nodding along, so smart candidates freeze or ramble, and the clock keeps running whether you’re ready or not. Here’s…
Carriage Services isn’t your average employer. It runs over 200 field businesses and employs more than 2,500 people across funeral homes and cemeteries, and every one of those locations exists to serve families on some of the hardest days of their lives. That mission shapes the interview. Roles range from Funeral Director and Family Service…
If you’re interviewing at BrightSpring Health Services, you’re stepping into one of the largest home and community-based care organizations in the country, with more than 25,000 employees spread across all 50 states. That scale is both good news and a heads-up. It means steady demand for direct care professionals, home health nurses, social workers, and…
