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.
Accenture’s HireVue is a one-way, asynchronous video interview. There’s no human on the other end, just a webcam, a set of pre-loaded questions, and a countdown timer that submits your answer whether you’re finished or not. That format throws people. You can’t read a face, you can’t ask for clarification, and on Accenture’s setup most…
Trinity Health is one of the largest faith-based, not-for-profit health systems in the country, and walking into one of their interviews feels a little different than a typical hospital job. They care about your skills, sure, but they care just as much about whether your heart is in the right place. This is a Catholic…
Community Health Systems is one of the biggest hospital operators in the country, and getting hired there is less about impressing one recruiter and more about proving you fit into a large, patient-first machine. Founded in 1985, CHS runs more than 800 sites of care and employs roughly 60,000 people, so whether you’re applying for…
So you applied to KPMG and now you’re staring at an invite for a video interview with no interviewer in it. That’s the HireVue stage, and it’s where a lot of strong candidates freeze up. Here’s the thing that trips people up: you record your answers alone, on your own time, and what you say…
Illinois Tool Works isn’t your typical big company. With more than 50,000 employees working across 57 countries and hundreds of separate business units, ITW runs like a collection of small entrepreneurial shops rather than one giant corporate machine. That structure changes everything about how you should prep. The person interviewing you probably makes the hiring…
The University of Michigan isn’t one employer, it’s dozens of them under one name. You could be interviewing for a nursing role at Michigan Medicine, a research analyst spot in a lab, an admin job in a college office, or a software role on a central IT team, and each of those hiring processes feels…
EY’s early-careers screen isn’t a normal interview. It’s a stack of automated stages that start the moment you hit submit, and the human recruiter often doesn’t see your face until you’ve already cleared the machines. First comes an online assessment (numerical, verbal, logical, plus a situational job simulation). Pass that and you get a HireVue…
If you’re interviewing at La Petite Academy, here’s the good news: the process is usually short, friendly, and led by someone who genuinely cares about the kids in their center. Most candidates sit down with the center Director or Assistant Director for a conversation, take a tour, and hear back fast. That speed is real….
If you’re interviewing at Primrose Schools, you’re aiming for a job where warmth matters as much as your resume. These are early education roles, so the people across the table want to see how you actually treat kids, families, and your teammates. Here’s a detail that changes everything about how you prepare: every Primrose is…
Foxwoods Resort Casino is one of the largest gaming resorts in North America, with six casinos, more than 1,900 hotel rooms, and dozens of restaurants running around the clock. That scale means the company is almost always hiring, and it means nearly every job comes with the same three demands: flexibility, composure, and a real…
