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.
PPL Corporation keeps the lights on for more than 2.5 million customers across Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Rhode Island, and that scale shows up in how they hire. This is a regulated utility that takes safety, reliability, and process seriously, so your interview will feel more structured than a startup chat. Whether you’re going for an…
Baylor Scott & White Health is the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas, with over 49,000 employees and roughly 7,300 active physicians. That scale means a lot of open roles, from bedside nursing to Epic analysts to operations leadership, and it also means a hiring process that is more structured than most people expect. Here’s…
The US Coast Guard hires across two very different worlds, and knowing which one you’re walking into changes everything. There’s the military track (enlisted recruits and officer candidates) and the federal civilian track, and the interviews feel nothing alike. Military hiring runs through a recruiter, the Military Entrance Processing Station, aptitude testing, and a medical…
WPP isn’t one company so much as a network of famous agencies working under one roof, which means interviewing here feels different depending on whether you’re going for a creative seat at Ogilvy, a media role, or an analytics job inside WPP Open. The good news is that the bar is reachable. Glassdoor puts WPP’s…
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, running 28 hospitals and more than 1,000 outpatient facilities with over 100,000 team members. That scale means the roles are plentiful, but the competition for the good ones is real. Whether you’re going after a Registered Nurse spot, a Medical Assistant role,…
Let’s clear up the biggest myth first. Infosys doesn’t screen freshers with a one-way video interview, and there’s no HireVue waiting to record you in a dark room. People search for an Infosys HireVue that simply doesn’t exist in any candidate report. What you actually face is a proctored, multi-section online assessment branded as InfyTQ…
Lincoln Property Company has been in the commercial real estate game since 1965, and it’s grown into one of the largest privately held firms in the country. With a decentralized portfolio spread across hundreds of cities, the person interviewing you is often the same person you’d report to every day. That matters a lot. It…
Broward County Public Schools isn’t a small operation you can wing an interview for. It’s the sixth largest school system in the United States, running 325 schools and serving 251,106 students, with more than 26,266 permanent employees on the payroll. Here’s the part that changes how you should prepare: hiring at BCPS is decentralized. The…
Casey’s isn’t just a gas station with snacks. It’s the third-largest convenience store retailer and the fifth-largest pizza chain in the country, with over 2,600 stores across 17 states, so when you walk in for an interview you’re joining a company that takes its food and its guests seriously. The good news is that most…
PwC is one of the largest professional services firms on the planet, with more than 370,000 professionals across 149 countries and US$55.4 billion in global revenues in FY 2024. That scale means a lot of open roles, and it also means a hiring process that’s far more structured than most people expect. Whether you’re going…
