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0 pointsdpark9y ago0 comments

> but I want to point out that the question under discussion would be similar to asking if civil engineers should prepare as if they are sitting for their PE exam every single time they start the interviewing process?

I suspect the typical PE exam is quite a bit more rigorous than the typical technical interview. Technical software engineer interviewees are asked to do thinks like reverse linked lists and provide the most basic runtime and space complexity analysis. The structural engineering PE covers everything from load analysis and building codes to runoff analysis an slope stability[1]. There are 9 different "breadth" exam areas and 3 different "depth" areas, and they're all covered.

I think it's slightly ridiculous to compare understanding basic datastructures and algorithms to sitting for a PE.

[1] http://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/Civ-Str-April-2015_with-...

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yourapostasy9y ago· 1 in thread

I think what they are trying to point out is PE holders don't revisit taking even part of the PE when they interview. Is that true, though?

dparkOP9y ago

I have no idea what a typical (civil/structural/etc) engineer goes through when interviewing. I suspect that the PE isn't actually very relevant, though, since most practicing engineers are not PEs. Something like 20% of engineers get their PE. I'm guessing the interview process for PEs and non-PEs is pretty similar.

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