Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Manager asked the young engineer...

[NNadir]

4. Absolutely. I know. My son's university claims that their graduates in his...

...major, materials science engineering, start at between $60K and 80K, and should be making 110k after 5 to 10 years, with a BSE. (I want him to go to graduate school though.)

Still the joke is wonderful and it makes a great point. I plan to tell him the joke.

Almost all the interviews in my life, except when I was talking to the owners of companies, started out with the technical people and I didn't get to HR until the very end. I've had interviews that began with me giving a lecture. Usually my salary requirements were known before I got the interview, however.