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.
Landing an interview at the University of Minnesota is a bit different from interviewing at a typical company. It’s a large public research institution with a decentralized hiring structure, which means each department runs its own search and sets its own pace. That matters because a research lab, an administrative office, and an IT help…
Keller Williams isn’t one company so much as a web of independently owned offices, called Market Centers, each with its own leader, culture, and hiring quirks. That matters because the interview you get in one city might feel completely different from the one down the highway. What stays consistent is what they’re screening for: people…
Mastec isn’t one single company so much as a family of specialty crews. Advanced Technologies, Communications Group, Network Solutions, Industrial, Utility Services, they all hire under the same name but interview a little differently. That matters for how you prep. A field technician interview can be casual and fast, while a project management or corporate…
You just got an email with the words “Aon Assessment” or “cut-e” in it, a deadline a few days out, and a link. Your stomach dropped a little. That’s normal, and you’re going to be fine. Here’s the quick truth: Aon Assessment (cut-e) is a modular online testing platform, not one single test. The employer…
Interviewing at National Veterinary Associates isn’t like interviewing at one big centralized company. NVA runs more than 1,400 locations across general practice, specialty and emergency hospitals, and pet resorts, and most of them keep their own culture. That means the person across the table is usually a hospital manager or practice leader, not a corporate…
PepsiCo now runs a lot of its early screening through recorded video and an online assessment, and that catches people off guard. You apply, and instead of a friendly phone call you get a link to record yourself answering questions with no human on the other end. Here’s what’s confirmed. PepsiCo was named as a…
So you applied to General Motors, cleared the first hurdle, and now there’s a HireVue link sitting in your inbox. No live interviewer, just you, a webcam, and a countdown clock. That’s the part that rattles people. Here’s the truth: this format feels weird because you’re talking to a lens instead of a person. GM…
If you’re applying to a Chipotle management or corporate role, there’s a good chance you’ll get a HireVue one-way video before you ever talk to a human. You record your answers on camera, on your own time, and the recruiting team plus the hiring manager watch them later. No live back and forth, no reading…
Energy Manager roles sit right where engineering, project management, and business strategy overlap. That means one interview can swing from a deep HVAC question to a boardroom-style pitch about payback periods, sometimes in the same breath. The tricky part is that “Energy Manager” isn’t one job at one company. You might be interviewing for a…
You got the email. It mentioned Watson Glaser, gave you a link, maybe a deadline, and now your stomach is doing something unpleasant. Take a breath, because this is one of the most beatable hurdles in the whole hiring process. The Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal is a standardised psychometric test built by Pearson TalentLens….
