Interview details:
I first wished the interviewer "Hi,Good Morning" and he told "Hi, Good morning. How are you doing? I told "I am doing good.Thank you.How about you?".
He told, "Am doing good too. Thank you" and asked me to keep the right thumb on the scanner.
The interviewer went through my petition for about 10 to 15 seconds
1.Q. To which client are you going to work on?

A.XXX

2. Q.For what project?

A.Blah...Blah...Blah...

3.Q.What would be your role and responsibilities in the US?

A. I would work on design and support of the project. My responsibilities include preparing high level design, perform impact analysis on the proposed enhancements, ensure that the deliverables are made on time with maximum quality, log and resolve defects and perform issue resolution in production environment.

4. Q.How many years have you worked in this project?

A.XXX (Tell something more than one year)

5. Q.What is your offshore salary?

A.XXX

6. Q. What is your team size offshore?
A. 5 persons

7. Q. How long have each of your offshore team mates been working in this team?
A. One person is working for the past 1.5 years; other 3 persons are in this project since last one year.

Hi,

My L1B has been approved today at Hyderabad Consulate. My experience might not be different from others but one thing i would suggest is the interview will not be difficult at all. Please keep in mind that you are applying for a visa in specialized category (Which means you are Special :) and YOU should realize it before making the VO believe the same!!). Going through the success stories in this forum will surely help. But also please focus more on the rejection experiences. That way you will know what not to do and there by you can be careful and i'm sure the probability of getting through will be more than 95%.

My Interview:

Me : Good Morning Ma'm..How are you doing today?
VO : Great Sir! How abt you?
Me : Great!Thanks!
VO : (An Indo American :)) So what's your overall experience with the company?
Me : 3 years and 6 months
VO : Which Client?
Me : XYZ
VO : Since how long in the current Project?
Me : 1 Year
VO : What is your role?
Me : Explained what my role is..(Don't give a single word answer..Better elaborate in a line or two)
VO : Where is the client location?
Me : Richmond, VA

Then came the golden words.."Your Visa is Approved Sir :) You will get it in a week's time!!"

As ever body here says the only Mantra is be brave and be confident with a smile on your face..Even if you're cooking stories do it with confidence :P..All the best to all the aspirants..This is such a great forum and it had truly helped me..Once you go through this forum you might actually realize at the end that the interview is so simple..'coz this will prepare you for the worst..Kudos to immihelp

Thanks!

Interview : 08:45 AM Hyderabad, AP

hi...
today morning i have visa interview at mumbai counsulate, out passport and appointment letter were taken and pink token was given to us.. after they asked us to wait till next call.. so after 1.5 yrs we have been called inside consulate.. inside consulate our thumb and finger impressions were taken. and finally called us for interview...

she asked me below questions,
1. How long u have been working with company?
2. Whats abt ur project?
3. How long u been with this project?
4. Where u will work in US?
5. Whats ur specialization?
6. What u have studied?

Just be confident u will definatly make it.. :)

Could you please suggest answers for below questions so that it will be helpful for me.(For L1 B)

1. What are you going to do in US or Why you are going to do?

2. What is your specialization ?

Hi All,

I got my L1B approved on Thursday. Thanks to immihelp.com and the people who posted their experience both good and bad. The questions were no different. Here is how it all went...

VO: Hello Sir!
I: Good morning sir! How are you doing?

VO: I am fine, thank you. How are you doing?
I: I am doing good, thank you.

He took my documents and asked to scan my thumb.
VO: Who is your client
I: XXX

Guess he knew about the client so he didn't ask me about the client or their business.

VO: What will you doing there?
I: I will be doing the development activities for a new product that is going to be launched by my client soon. The development activities includes development of code, testing...

He stopped me in between and asked..
VO: What kind of product?
I: I just told a line about the product that goes inline with the business of my client.

He stopped me again and asked
VO: What are your specialized skills?
I: I told about my skills.

VO: How much experience you have with current client?
I: X years and y months.

VO: and your total experience?
I: X years and y months.

VO: Did you work perviously in someother company with same skills?
I: Yes

VO: Which company?
I: YYY

VO: Your visa is approved.
I: Thank you sir
VO: Thanks

I would like to thank a guy who posted on March 08, 2010 at 06:10:56 PM. I couldn't get the name as signature says Need Privacy. I dont know if all will be looking to old posts but I request you all to check it. It was very useful for me.

Here is my experience/observation.

When I went for interview the atmosphere made me nervous. While standing in queue(Chennai consulate hasn't got token system) I found in 3 counters taking interview for L1B (others for B1, language counter etc). Of those 1st guy's record was going like - rejection, approved, 3 rejections. 2nd - approved, rejection, approved. 3rd - a guy was there for almost 20 mins and finally rejected. This was the situation when it was my turn next. I guess this can make lot of people nervous :). Finally I went to the guy who rejected 3 visas and he approved mine.

So the conclusion is dont worry about others result. Dont get nervous. If possible learn from others mistakes if you can hear them. It is not only luck. Infact I never consider myself lucky. So you can create your luck. Here is what you can do...

Remember L1B is for transfer to your company in US (not for client place) based on ur SPECIALIZED skills as in US there is no one available with skills that you possess. So you must highlight it. Knowing or working in tools is not a specialized skill as it can be learned. A guy was rejected infront of me. Requirement analysis or client interaction, offshore co-ordination is again not a speciallised skills as it can be done by business analyst or managers or it can be done from offshore. Another guy who explained this for 2o mins was rejected saying that inform your HR to apply under different category.

Here is what you can do...

When they ask about your duties at offshore and onsite never give same answer for both. If both are same then you can very well do it at offshore. Emphasize that you will be doing development at onsite like I will be developing the code, testing and deploying the application and in offshore you may tell that something like I do maintenance activities and defect fixing or minor enhancements or secondary level support etc. Avoid telling that you will be doing maintenance or support work as this can also be done at offshore.

When they ask about speciallized skills then tell about your basic skillset and highlight them. Do not give stress to other things like offshore co-ordination/ client interaction/ documentation as these are not specialized skill. Also avoid telling that you will be working on tools. If needed then only tell about your certifications or your knowledge on client business but keep it at low profile. You can tell about some technical achievement.

Prepare all your answers couple of days before as they will not be asking anything apart from what people have been posting. Stand in front of a mirror and practice answering. This will improve your confidence a lot. People normally make mistake as they dont practice and try to improvise. While improvising people might tell something that may lead to rejection. I felt that when the guy who explained for 20 mins and got rejected.

Be confident, no matter what happens to others. It all depends on the 5-10 mins that you spend there. Take it very seriously if your future depends on it. Prepare your answers well and avoid improvising unless required. Create your luck. Wishing you all the best.

Hi Guys,

First of all i would like to thank the moderators for this amazing site. I got my visa approved for L1 A Blanket category.

Following were the questions:
Q1: What is your role once you go to the US.
Ans: I will be MANAGING ....blah...blah

Q2: How long ahve you been working with the current company.
Ans: 5 years.

Q3: Who is your client.
Ans: xx

Q4: How long have you been asssociated to this project.
Ans 3 years and 6 months.

You can leave now.
Me: So is the Visa approved.
Her: Yes it is.
Me: Appreciate your help, have a great day ahead.

Note: Ensure the Barcode mentioned in the DS-160 confirmation page is crystal clear. Otherwise they will ask you to come back with a clear one.

thanks,

I had gone through this site on 9th and I had my interview yesterday.
My Experice is below
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He:Good Moring
Me:Good Morning Sir. How are you.

He:Fine. Please give me the entire folder.
(I gave the entire folder, he returned the educational certificates copies, pink dd slip and photo)
Me: ok

He:Place your left index finger over the scanner
Me:ok

He:what is ur highest educational qualification
Me:Master of computer applications

He:how many months you are working for your ABC company
Me:x months

He:Prior to ABC company where were u working
Me:XYZ company for y years

He:who is your client
Me:ZYX

He:Which other clients you have worked
Me:I have named few clients that I have worked prior to the current client

He:What you will be doing for your client
Me:I explained my planned role and responsibilities

He:Hey, tell me who is your current client, I did not get that.
Me:ZYX, located in Colorado, USA

He:what is their business
Me:I just explained that in 2 sentences

He:what were you doing for your GE (this client I have mentioned, when he asked me "Which other clients you have worked")
Me:I just explained their business is manufacturing and I did ----- for the clients
(once I completed that he again looked at my passport, and started taking my I129 forms)
He:Your VISA is approved, you will get your passport in a week time
Me:ok. Thank you sir.

Hi,

My L1B petition got rejected yesterday. Will there be any problem in getting the L1B visa if I go again after 6 months.Please advise

Thanks in advance
Sunil

Hi,
I got my L1B approved today.

Here are my interview questions.

1) Which company are you working for?
 Ans :XYZ…
2) How long you have been working in this company?
 Ans: 3 years…
3) Why do you want to go us?
Ans: To develop the project xyz.
4) Are you working in same project in India?
 Ans: Yes
5) How long you have been working in this project?
 Ans: 1 year (Say bit long period, Interviewer will get confidence on us)
6) Who is your client?
Ans: RBC Bank
6) It is in Canada but you are going to us?
Ans: No RBC is there in US to. Told the client address.

After that she typed some thing and she told that my visa has been approved and I am going to get that with in 2 days.

This site helped me a lot. Thanks to the moderators and the members. In Hyderabad these days there are very less rejections. If possible better apply from Hyderabad.

I got my L1B approved yesterday.

Here are my interview questions.

1)who is your client?
2)What are your skills?(I answered xxxx)
3)How much Experience you have on xxxx?

Questions to my Wife:
1)When you got Marriage

Finally he said.. "Your Visa's are Approved and will receive them within a week by courier".

Best of luck you guys.

Regards,
Sa