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B1 Visa Approved
I had my interview on March 26 2018 and it is approved.

I have gone through few videos and reviews on How to face Visa interviews.
Most of the videos said, what you wear will describe what you are.

So I went to the interview with formal blazer, polished shoes. (Business attire). All the candidates were in normal casual wear, I found 2 to 3 persons wearing blazers.
I entered inside thinking I am overdressed and waited for my turn.

Here is how my interview went.

Me: Hi Sir, Good morning, How are you doing ?
VO: No response, dint even looked at me. (typing something in the system).

VO: Give me your passport and which place you are travelling to in US?
Me: ZZZ, YYYY State. (mention the city name and state)

VO: Oh !! So you work for YYYY company? (VO identified my company as I mentioned that city name, may be because he is aware of that company in that city)
Me: Yes sir.

VO: How long you are working with that company?
Me: XX years sir.

VO: Explain about your role and about your project?
Me: I designation is Sr software engineer, Me and my team will work on business applications in my company. (explained him about my work and applications which we work on).

(mentioning business applications instead of software applications or software projects made him impressed)

VO: Hmm Business applications
Me: Yes sir

VO: What is the duration of your trip?
Me: XX weeks sir.

VO: What is your Annual income? (There was background noise so I couldn't hear him properly. I said, Pardon Sir. He came closer to the mic and repeated the question)
Me: XX rupees per year Sir.

VO: (smiling at me) I am approving your Visa, have a nice day
Me: Thank you Sir, have a nice day.

Tips:

1. Smile when you greet him even though VO is not looking at you.
2. Be confident on what you are telling.
3. Don't be nervous, don't stammer at any point. If you stammer, they think that you are giving false
    answers and they dig on the questions.
4. Wear blazer(recommended) or formals, depending on your comfort.
5. Don't make use of words like yeah, ya, nope, yup. Use formal English.
6. Maintain a file with notes attached on every leaf cover inside it mentioning what documents that
    cover leaf contains. It will be easy for you to grab that document when VO asks for. Dont mess
    yourself by taking time to take the file, VO may loose patience.
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