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H-1, H4 visas interview @ HYD on Nov 25/27
Hello all to who ever is reading this post and thanks to all who posted their visa experiences. Here is my story:

OFC: Appointment was at 9:45 on Nov 25 and we were allowed only to get inside only at 9:30. At the entrance of the building an indian official verified our passports with appointment letter and DS-160s and let us in. Inside the building another indian official entered our info in his system and generated barcode stickers and put those on each of our passports. Then security guards screened us and generated a token for each of us. Inside the building we waited for 5 mins and our respective turns came and I was asked to pass on my documents (Passport, DS-160 and appointment letter) and the lady at the counter (again indian) asked me two questions (Name and purpose of trip). Done!

Consular interview: Appointment was at 9 am on Nov 27 and we reached there at 8ish and PARKED OUR CAR IN THE BUILDING IN THE LANE WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD TO OFC BUILDING FOR 30/HR. And we went ahead and stood in the queue. The security people allowed candidates of 8am, 8:30 am and 9am slot. The security screening was simple but little time taking. And finally around 9:15 we reached a point where our left hand's 4 fingers prints were verified and asked us to join the queue for the actual interview and when we reached to the front of the queue we were given token which specifies interview counter number, which was 12 in my case. There were already 2 people ahead of us (both F-1s). VO approved the first guy and rejected the second one because of poor language skills. Then my turn came:

VO: Good morning, how are you?
We: Good morning, we doing good, how are you?
VO: good, passports and I-797 please.
Me: passed those to him.
VO: Who is your petitioner?
Me: [Employer Name]
VO: What do you do for them?
Me: Mentioned role and 1 line job description.
VO: Is there an end client?
Me: Yes
VO: who is that?
Me: [Client Name] at [City, State]
VO: Have you done your masters in the states?
Me: Yes from [University Name, State]
VO: How did you like the [Local musical band name]?
Me: I wasn't sure if that was the name of sports team/music band or whatever. So simply assumed it was sports related and said I am not much into sports.
VO: haha, it's ok, how did you like the weather there?
Me: I liked it very much, it was very close to that of Hyderabad.
VO: hahah, true, have you visited [Famour singer name] house?
Me: I didn't get a chance and smiled. He smiled too. Last 2-3 questions seemed very casual and friendly. We both were literally laughing and my wife next to me was smiling all these while.
VO: How long have you been married?
We: Not sure to which one of us was this question aimed, so we both coincidentally replied at the same time with "2 years as of today".
VO: today??
We: Yes, today
VO: oh nice, congrats
We: thank you
VO: your visas are approved, do you have the US visa rights pamphlet?
We: thank you
Me: Yes I do.
Me: Officer, can I ask you a quick question?
VO: sure
Me: Do you need my old passport by any chance?
VO: not required.
Me: thanks and left the place

Interview didn't even last for 2 minutes. After reaching home I checked my status out of curiosity and the status was "Administrative Processing" and around 9pm, it changed to "Issued". And on Nov-30 I got an sms to pick up my passports.

Suggestion: Dress well and answer confidently, doesn't matter your answers are spot-on or little lengthy. Visa officers are very cool and trying to approve all sorts of visas and as quite a few people here said, they dont reject your visa unless you give them a reason to. (like the guy in front of me who couldn't answer a simple question of why he was changing his major to computers even after the same question was asked for 3 times).

All the best.
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