Originally Posted by
JumboD
Oh, no, nothing like that. It was more about discussing the exact nature of work I was thinking of. And also income (which I have no desire to discuss for personal privacy reasons): that's between my employer, myself, my accountant and the IRS.
As others have said, explaining your trip as "business". Should satisfy them. If they probe further, you can always nicely explain that your business is in X industry but your employment agreement doesn't allow you to explain details.
IIRC, they did ask why I had traveled to a certain country, but I was happy to explain it because the work I do is public anyway (or at least my employer is happy to have people know about it). I got the sense they were asking (a) out of curiosity and (b) market testing to see if GE is attractive to tourists or business travelers or both.