I started college as a business major, but switched to engineering after one year because I wanted to be more challenged and learn a valuable skill. My mentality was that I can do business with an engineering degree but not vice versa.

I have now been an electrical engineer for 3 years and I hate my career. I have applied for several marketing, PR, event planning, and various business-related jobs, and have only landed one interview last fall, where I got to the final round of interviews and was rejected. I believe that people see my engineering experience on my fancy photoshopped resume and immediately write me off.

I recently found my dream position: a marketing manager position for an engineering company, in the industry where I have 3 years of experience. The position actually REQUIRES an engineering degree! I was ecstatic when I received a call back from the company… only to find out they were interested in interviewing me for an engineering position.

Do I take the interview and try to show off my marketing experience and skills? Do I try to talk the HR woman into giving me a shot for the marketing manager position? Do I go for the engineering position anyway in hopes of transferring to the marketing department later? Help!

Follow-up question: should I consider going back to school for an MBA if I continue to fail in finding a non-engineering job?