When being interviewed for a job it is important not to start an argument with the interviewer.

I had another interview today and it didn't go well.  A bit of a pity really as the company sounded like it would be a good fit.  Anyway it all went pair shaped when one of the interviewers told me that my drilling back ground excluded me from working for an Engineering company.  I pointed out to him that I didn't actually have a background in drilling.  He countered, insisting that I did.  I patiently explained that I didn't and, of the two of us, my money was on myself as actually being the authority on what my previous experience was.  We agreed to disagree and he then stated that I was not suitable for the position because I had not worked for an Engineering company and all my experience was based with operators. Once again I pointed out that the majority of the companies that I had worked for were in fact Engineering Companies and that only 3 years of my experience was with operators.  He suggested that perhaps I could work for their construction division, 8 weeks on, 2 weeks off in Kazakhstan.  I put forward the proposition that there were two chances of this happening but refused to elaborate on what the second one was.   One of us parted as friends.

They are going to pass my CV on to their upstream division to see if they are interested.  I won't be holding my breath.