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H1B Interview - Chennai Consulate - 19 Dec
Hi,
First of all thanks to everyone for posting their experiences in immihelp.It really really helped us a lot in preparing for our interview.
My husband and myself attended the interview for H1,H4 stamping.
Our interview was scheduled on Dec 18 - Biometrics and Dec 19 - consulate interview.
Biometrics went on well and the big day has come which we were waiting for so so so long.
There were mixed feelings in mind when we were waiting in Queue as our employment is through a small company in US.
We have been in US till March on L1 and L2 Visas for a reputed MNC, and we never knew that getting H1 through small companies is that painful until actually experienced it.
My God... it was like a suspense movie and we almost lost our hopes as the whole interview process was around 2.30hrs.. but finally Baba is great ..He heard my prayers..
The interview went on like this
VO: GM sir
Ans:GM sir
VO:which company are you currently working with
Ans:XYZ and the petition is for new employment with ABC.
VO:which comapny is that?
Ans:ABC
VO:how long have you been working with the current employer?
Ans:XX months
VO:what is your designation?
Ans : YYYY X
VO: Do you have your resume?
Ans:i dont have it currently with me and if you provide me some time,i would be able to quickly print out my Resume. (this happened to be the only document missing wth us, this is what called as luck..:):))
VO:i actually don't need that.
Questions to me
VO:how long have you been married?
me:x years
VO:do you have children?
me:answered accordingly
VO:where is your husband's petitioner office located?
me: YYYY YYYY X
VO: we need some time for administrative processing.Please wait in the Lobby.
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we were waiting there for almost 50 min and only my husband was called after that to a counter where an indian(looks like he is the helper of VO) is sitting over there.
Below are the list of questions to my husband again.
Interviewer: whos is your client?
Ans: YYYY YYYY X
Interviewer: why do you want join such a small company?
Ans:For International exposure and better career growth
Interviewer: you are serving as a Tech Lead in your current company and you are opting for a programmer Analyst role with your future employer.
How can you justify the term "Better career growth"?
Ans: I have Lead experience of around 2 years in my total career of 6 years and since my new employment is with a small company, the responsibilities would be high which gives me the options to grow faster.
Interviewer: Looks like your annual pay in your past employement in US is high when compared to your future employment. how will you manage the expenses?
Ans: I have lived in that area before, and my expenses were around 2500 $ per month.With the current given annaul pay, i am sure that i would manage my expenses and also save some bugs.
Interviewer: how did you know about this Employer?
Ans: I was referred to this company by my friend who is working for the same project and same company for the last 1 year.
Interviewer: is your friend still working in the same company and same project?
Ans : Yes
Interviewer:where will you be working?
Ans :I am going to work from my employer's Head quarters YYYY XX.
Interviewer: how many people are working in your project and how many of them are working from the location which you are going to work?
Ans : YYYY X people are working from employer's Head quarters and YYYYY people are working directly in client Location.
Interviewer :How many employees are working are there in your company?
Ans: YYYY X
Finally he redirected both of us to the same VO who interviewed us initially.Our brains bulged and our nerves were about to break as the VO was peeping in to his screen for so long.
Added to this there were two rejections before us with similar cases and we almost lost hopes.
At last..... we heard the Golden Words from VO "YOUR VISAS are APPROVED".
we concluded that we need some luck and lot of blessings irrespective of documents we carry.
we were asked for only I797 and I129 for the whole interview and nothing else, and we have around 6 kgs of documents with us...:):)
All the best for your interviews.
First of all thanks to everyone for posting their experiences in immihelp.It really really helped us a lot in preparing for our interview.
My husband and myself attended the interview for H1,H4 stamping.
Our interview was scheduled on Dec 18 - Biometrics and Dec 19 - consulate interview.
Biometrics went on well and the big day has come which we were waiting for so so so long.
There were mixed feelings in mind when we were waiting in Queue as our employment is through a small company in US.
We have been in US till March on L1 and L2 Visas for a reputed MNC, and we never knew that getting H1 through small companies is that painful until actually experienced it.
My God... it was like a suspense movie and we almost lost our hopes as the whole interview process was around 2.30hrs.. but finally Baba is great ..He heard my prayers..
The interview went on like this
VO: GM sir
Ans:GM sir
VO:which company are you currently working with
Ans:XYZ and the petition is for new employment with ABC.
VO:which comapny is that?
Ans:ABC
VO:how long have you been working with the current employer?
Ans:XX months
VO:what is your designation?
Ans : YYYY X
VO: Do you have your resume?
Ans:i dont have it currently with me and if you provide me some time,i would be able to quickly print out my Resume. (this happened to be the only document missing wth us, this is what called as luck..:):))
VO:i actually don't need that.
Questions to me
VO:how long have you been married?
me:x years
VO:do you have children?
me:answered accordingly
VO:where is your husband's petitioner office located?
me: YYYY YYYY X
VO: we need some time for administrative processing.Please wait in the Lobby.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
we were waiting there for almost 50 min and only my husband was called after that to a counter where an indian(looks like he is the helper of VO) is sitting over there.
Below are the list of questions to my husband again.
Interviewer: whos is your client?
Ans: YYYY YYYY X
Interviewer: why do you want join such a small company?
Ans:For International exposure and better career growth
Interviewer: you are serving as a Tech Lead in your current company and you are opting for a programmer Analyst role with your future employer.
How can you justify the term "Better career growth"?
Ans: I have Lead experience of around 2 years in my total career of 6 years and since my new employment is with a small company, the responsibilities would be high which gives me the options to grow faster.
Interviewer: Looks like your annual pay in your past employement in US is high when compared to your future employment. how will you manage the expenses?
Ans: I have lived in that area before, and my expenses were around 2500 $ per month.With the current given annaul pay, i am sure that i would manage my expenses and also save some bugs.
Interviewer: how did you know about this Employer?
Ans: I was referred to this company by my friend who is working for the same project and same company for the last 1 year.
Interviewer: is your friend still working in the same company and same project?
Ans : Yes
Interviewer:where will you be working?
Ans :I am going to work from my employer's Head quarters YYYY XX.
Interviewer: how many people are working in your project and how many of them are working from the location which you are going to work?
Ans : YYYY X people are working from employer's Head quarters and YYYYY people are working directly in client Location.
Interviewer :How many employees are working are there in your company?
Ans: YYYY X
Finally he redirected both of us to the same VO who interviewed us initially.Our brains bulged and our nerves were about to break as the VO was peeping in to his screen for so long.
Added to this there were two rejections before us with similar cases and we almost lost hopes.
At last..... we heard the Golden Words from VO "YOUR VISAS are APPROVED".
we concluded that we need some luck and lot of blessings irrespective of documents we carry.
we were asked for only I797 and I129 for the whole interview and nothing else, and we have around 6 kgs of documents with us...:):)
All the best for your interviews.
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