Interview
In the Workplace
Trivia Beta Pi
Who's that Alumni?
Final Jeopardies Before the Final Jeopardy
100

You should do this after an interview.

What is "send a follow-up email"?

100

This comes before anything else in the workplace.

What is safety?

100

The symbol of TBP.

What is the Bent?

100

The OKC fire safety chief changed their criteria for what constituted an approved burn day but would only post their judgement the morning of, they had no forecast which made it hard to plan. I found what criteria they used, and wrote a script to download data from OU's Mesonet and calculate ideal burn day conditions and email myself a plot that shows when a burn day is coming up for planning purposes. I offered it to the fire safety chief but they weren't interested and continue to open up Mesonet webpages and manually look at data for four counties every day!

Who is Logan West?

100

The national animal of Switzerland.

What is a unicorn?

200

What does STAR stand for?

What is "situation, task, action, result"?

200

"If you see something, _____."

What is say something?

200

This is the correct way of saying the name of our honors society.

What is Tah Beta Pi?

200

Form/fit/function LRU was failing multiple tests. Found single component with voltage bias within operational range. When circuit would cross the bias threshold, feedback noise from the component would be output in the circuit causing failures. One component not within tolerance in a LRU with thousands of components derailed a project and caused rework to fix.

Who is Kyle Jackson?

200

An electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field when current flows through it.

What is an inductor?

300

The worst thing you can say in an interview.

What is "nothing at all"?

300

The term for arriving on time and being dependable.

What is professionalism?

300

The best TBP event that we host.

What is TBPuppies?

300

I was boo’d off stage last time I went to karaoke.

Who is Sydney Forsander?

300

Law that states the total energy in an isolated system remains constant.

What is the conservation of energy?

OR

What is the 1st law of thermodynamics?

400

You should you always include this in an answer to an interview question.

What is a story showing your characteristics?

400

The term for learning new skills and adapting.

What is professional development?

400

This is where TBP was founded.

What is Lehigh University?

400

I served as an expert witness for a general contractor in a lawsuit by a homeowner against the contractor. I measured and documented moisture in every part of the home and explained to the judge how moisture meters work and why the PE who made allegations about elevated moisture was misusing his device.

Who is Logan West?

400

He invented a metal detector to try to locate the bullet after President James Garfield was shot.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

500

When an interviewer asks, “Tell me about a time you handled conflict?” This type of question is called...

What is a behavioral question?

500

Unconscious beliefs influencing decisions.

What is implicit bias?

500

The year TBP was founded.

When is 1885?

500

In high school I was president of the chess club and a lifeguard despite being terrible at both chess and swimming.

Who is Sydney Forsander?

500

The Gates Foundation holds a patent filed in 2015 for coronavirus. However it's not related to humans but instead for this:

What is poultry?

OR

What are birds?