So to become a licensed PE (Professional Engineer) one must take two nasty exams. The first of which should really be completed during the senior year of College but Princeton did a terrible job of relaying that information. As such I will be taking it Halloween weekend. It's an 8 hour multiple choice exam. I haven't really been too concerned about studying for it but today was the day I started to work through the practice questions. So far it's not too bad, but there is some stuff I don't remember because I haven't taken courses like Chemistry since High School... oops. There is also a section on what I can only describe as business ethics, and it's one of those sample questions I would like to share with you today:
You are a student and have an on-site job interview with Company A. Just before you fly to the interview, you get a call from Company B asking you to come for an on-site interview at their offices in the same city. When you inform them of your interview with Company A, they suggest you stop in after that. Company A has already paid for your airfare and, at the conclusion of your interview with them, issues you reimbursement forms for the balance of your trip expenses with instructions to file for all your trip expenses. When you inform them of the added interview stop at Company B, they tell you to go ahead and charge the entire cost of the trip to Company A. You interview with Company B, and at the conclusion, they give you travel reimbursement forms with instructions to file for all your trip expenses. When you inform them of the instructions of Company A, they tell you that the only expenses requiring receipts are airfare and hotel rooms, so you should still file for all the other expenses with them even if Company A is paying for it because students always need a little spending money. What should you do?
A) Try to divide the expenses between both firms as best you can
B) Do as both recruiting officers told you. It is their money and their travel policies.
C) File for travel expenses with only one firm.
D) Tell all your classmates to sign up to interview with these firms for the trips.
Um.... Excuse me? I need to answer these questions to determine whether or not I am qualified to assess mechanical engineering projects? Well.... Ok.... D it is!
(just kidding... as anyone with an ounce of common sense and integrity should guess - the answer is A)
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