@eyemgh I agree it can, but most of the time it doesn’t for big tech. Big tech hires college grads for potential and many of them hire generically, i.e. the determine fit for the company and then figure out placement. For example, Facebook would hire new college grads based on an interview process that determines generic CS knowledge, puts them through a 6 week training bootcamp and then determines where they actually work based on interest.
There are indeed differences between majors, but they are more related to specific areas past 300 level where they go in depth on rather than the fundamentals, which are very common. My personal perspective is that CPE is a more rounded major, since it includes much more EE than CS/SE and has a more practical/engineering perspective. They still have to take arguably the single most important/dreaded class CPE357 which is at the core for all three majors.
Some people don’t consider CS to be an engineering major and as an old hand I am quite amazed to see sometimes how otherwise talented software developers, coming from very prestigious schools lack basic engineering knowledge. Anyway, we’re debating fine points, I am sure it will matter on some specific jobs, but given the hunger of the industry for talent it is not that important for a particular graduate.