<p>When I was hiring college applicants for an engineering position, I would not consider someone with a combined engineering/MBA degree. I wasn’t hiring someone to do business, I was hiring to fill an engineering position. Given college only provides you with the fundamentals of engineering and the rest is on the job training, I wanted someone who was into engineering for the long haul to make it worth my while to hire them. </p>
<p>I did once hire someone with a combined BS/BA in engineering and business. Regretted it almost right away. Never did that again.</p>