For Practice

Dedicated To all Those:

Who has dream to pursue their higher education in
USA. No matter you are from which country we
CONTENTS
F-1 Interview
F-1 Interview Experience 01

Mock Interview

Mock Interview for Practice 29

 F1- Visa Experience

Following are some sample interviews of students:

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1. Student – Harvinder
University – Arkansas state university
Embassy – Mumbai embassy
Course- Bachelor’s in fine Arts – Studio Arts

VO: Which University

Harvinder: I’m going in Arkansas state university
Vo: Why this university?
Harvinder: This university appealed to me because of its
practical approach to art history, printmaking, design, 2D
visual art, and other subject areas. Additionally, the
university also include field trips to the Memphis Brooks
Museum, the Arkansas Arts Canter in Little Rock, or
other regional art collections, which will provide me with
practical
Vo Interrupted: Funding?
Harvinder: My father is sponsoring me. He has saved 80
lakhs.
Vo: What else you know about this university?
Harvinder: University of Arkansas is one of the
renowned universities in the USA. It ranks in the top 200
universities in USA nationally and ranks above 500 in
global universities ranking.
As per US News & World Report ranking 2vq021 the
university ranks nationally at 160th position. In case of
global rankings, it ranks at 774.
University of Arkansas have 8 campuses.
VO: Okay your visa is approved.

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2. 7 years gap
Embassy – Delhi Embassy
Course- MBA in information technology

Me: Good morning officer How are you doing?

Vo: Good morning I am doing good. where are you
working now?
Me: I am working in Deloitte as senior analyst.
Vo: Are you still working?
Me: Yes, officer I am still working
Vo: Tell me about your work experience?
Me: I have 7 years of experience in total. For first 5 years I
worked for IBM India from past 2 years I am working in
delta India.
Vo: Tell me about your roles and responsibilities.
Me: I am backup administrator, backup the Data and re-
store the data as per the client's requirements and we
maintain 30 days of backup.
Vo Interrupted: why MBA now?
Me: as I am technically strong, and I want to grow in
management side as well
Vo: Who is funding?
Me: My father is primary sponsor he has saving of
4000000.
Vo: What does your father do?
Me: He used to work in electricity board and got retired
now and doing business in same field and took a loan
from xyzzy Bank and we have immovable assets worth
1crore.
Vo: Tell me about your family in USA.
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Me: My brother in USA He is on h1b and
working in xyzzy company
Vo: place your left hand on the scanner
Me: okay
Vo: your visa is approved!

3. EMBASSY- Hyderabad
Course: Software engineering

Me: Good morning, Officer.

Vo: Pass me your I-20 and passport.
Me: Here you go officer.
Vo: MPs in software engineering... what is interdisci-
plinary studies? explain about it.
Me: (fumbled a bit) officer interdisciplinary is a study
where we have hands on different topics and get to learn
more from them instead of learning only from one topic
and software engineering is one of the parts in interdis-
ciplinary studies.
Vo: So, software engineering is a part of interdisciplin-
ary studies?
Me: yes, officer it is a part of interdisciplinary studies.
Vo: You completed your B-tech in civil engineering and
changing the course now, why?
Me: officer, when I was in my undergraduate there are
few subjects like computer programming 1 and 2 and
there are few programming labs as well, I am very much
fascinated by it and after that during the pandemic I got
lot of free time, so I start introducing myself to program-
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etc...
Vo Interrupted: Any work experience?
Me: officer I am working in Tata Consultancy Services
from the past 10 months, and I am working on a project
related to a client HSBC bank. Here we are working on
Qlik sense tool where we... interrupted
Vo: What about finance?
Me: Officer my father is sponsoring with his savings of
26 lakhs and also, I have secured a loan 40lakhs from
HDFC Credila and also, we have an immovable asset of 3
Crores officer.
Vo: Your visa is approved, best of luck for your future!

4. University: Trine University

Course: Engineering management
Vo: good morning
Me: good morning officer
Vo: When did you graduate?
Me: September 2021
Vo: Then you did an internship right? Tell me about it.
Me: Yes, office I did internship at Royal Enfield first they
taught us how to write a job card and then they send us
on vehicle tour with mechanics and they explained
about vehicle conditions and then they taught us how to
manage the job card and mechanics and spare parts.
Vo: What does your father do?
Me: He passed away
Vo: Then who is funding you?
Me: My mom is sponsoring me
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Vo: What does she do?
Me: Instead of she I said He is up at airport and manages
the cabs.
Vo: Once again tell me about your internship.
Me: Officer I would like to say about the memorable day
of my internship that is the disassembly of the engine
the manager explain me about tapids how to minimize
tapid noise and if vehicle is not igniting after many more
efforts then we connect the external device to ecu after
that we have to count that blinking of fuel pump light
and then we can know the exact problem
Vo typing....... for 30 sec: Your visa is approved

5. 1st attempt in Kolkata (Approved)

Kolkata VI: Kolkata
University: University of New Haven
Counter number 4 American Ponytail guy
(The interview went for 2 minutes; it was a friendly
conversation between me and the Vo) Actually I
was aligned with Chinese Vo, but my passport
didn’t get scanned and he sent me to counter 2 to
check and I was lucky today. I got the American
ponytail guy when I joined the line again. Now My
turn.

Vo: Good morning! How are you?

Me - Good morning! I said with a loud laughing face 'I'm
doing great'.
Me - Handed my documents i20, passport, SEVIS fee and
extension letter.
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 VO - So You chose financial mathematics.
Me - Yes, you are right officer.
VO- Why this University?
Me - I Choose this university because the program has a
dedicated career tracking subjects like business analyt-
ics and supply chain management. (Interrupted by offi-
cer) I can also do extra certification courses like char-
tered financial analyst. This will add to my profile.
VO- what universities apart this university?
Me - told (place the universities as per ranking)
VO - What is debit and credit.
Me: Debit is what goes out and credit is what comes in!!-
Simple Funda officer and I smiled.
Vo: Your Visa is approved.
Me: (Tears rolled my eyes) Thank you officer you made
my day.
Vo: You are welcome (He gave rejections to the
previouspeople, and I spoke confidently without
fumbling. Only loophole is stay confident.)

6. Meena
University: Charleston Southern University
Consulate – Delhi
VO: Good morning mam.
ME: Hello hope you are doing good.
Vo: Are you working or studying
ME: Here I fumbled for such a simple question. I took
deep breath and told my answer that I am working for
xyz company from past 8 years. (6yrs as CEO analyst & 2
years as my current role is database analyst)
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Vo: Are you married?
ME: yes, I am.
Vo: Is your spouse happy with your master’s.
ME: of course, officer from last 10 years I fulfilled all my
family responsibility by settling down.
Vo: Funding?
ME: Well, my father is a primary sponsor as he has saved
25 lakhs for me. I am having my own savings 5Lakhs and
apart from this I have secured education loan of 40 lakhs
if any kind of emergency my spouse will be going to sup-
port with his immovable assets 2 crores.
Vo: Okay, Your visa is approved!

7. Going to University of Toledo as a transfer student

where I have completed 2 years of B-tech here and
will complete the remaining there.
VAC: 23RD AUGUST CHENNAI
INTERVIEW: 29TH AUGUST
CHENNAI Slot: 11:00 A.M I have seen nearly 20 people
have got rejected while standing in the line. Even
the before guy in counter has also got rejected.

VO: Typing something and said 1 min with a smile.

Me: Yes officer.
Vo: Hello good morning, Hope you are doing good.
Me: Good morning officer I'm good and hope the same
with you.
Vo: Yeah great, pass me your passport and I-20
Me: Sure, officer
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Vo: So, you are going to University of Toledo...
Me: Yes, officer
Vo: why?
Me: I'm going to complete bachelor's in computer
science at University of Toledo.
Vo: Bachelor's that's great ...okay tell me about your
course
Me: this is a 2+2 course officer where I have completed
my 2 years at KARE and will complete the remaining
from UT.
Vo: Why do you want to go for bachelors
Me: officer after completing my 2 years of undergrad in
Computer Science here in India I have developed more
interest on the new courses like cyber security and
wanted to more research about those right from
undergrad and US universities offers more research
opportunities than any other universities, so I chose to
go for bachelors
VO: Yeah, okay is this your university has a tie up with
your university?
Me: yes, officer but it's not the reason I'm going I have
done enough research and found this university offers
me the courses of my interest and later came to know it
has a tie up with my current university.
VO: Okay do you have any proof that university have a
tie up?
Me: yes officer (gave her the letter sent by UT)
Vo: How you got admit to this university? Have you
just applied or anything else...?
Me: Yes, officer many of our university students have
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applied and they have shortlisted some of them and
then conduct an interview where only 3 of us got
selected (there was no such interview conducted told
her instantly)
VO: OH great ...what questions have they asked you in
the interview?
Me: They have asked about the programming
languages, and I told them about python and a project I
have done in its officer
Vo: okay have you applied to any other University?
Me: no officer.
Vo: why....is there any reason?
Me: yes officer, as I'm in student exchange program only
the university whose course curriculum is aligned with
our current curriculum can accept our admission and
among the universities, I found this as suitable one for
me.
Vo: okay what are the courses you are going to take in
your first semester?
Me: I'm going to take data mining and application
security as the core in my first semester and electives are
of my choice officer.
Vo: okay how will you manage your funding?
Me: I have secured an educational loan of * from * and
my father will also fund me through his savings of
***lakhs I have also awarded a merit scholarship of 7500
USD We are also having immovable assets of crores.
Vo: okay how your parents are feeling about this?
Me: they are excited officer ...
Vo: okay what's your father?
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Me: he is businessperson officer; he runs a business of
automobile consultancy by which his income would be
around 18lkahs per annum which include the income from
Agri land we have and also a commercial building which is
given on rent
Vo: yeah okay... Typing for 2 mins and searching for green
slip Okay scan your left hand four fingers
Me: yes officer (I have scanned right hand and then realised
and scanned left hand)
Vo: yeah, your visa has been approved have a great stay
at US and as your classes already started you should
immediately plan to leave.
Me: yes, officer I'll do the arrangements right away
Vo: yeah, okay thank you
8. University: Stevens Institute of Technology
Course: Business
Intelligence and Analytics
VAC: Mumbai VAC
Date: 03/08/2022
Slot time: 09:30
VI: Mumbai
VI Date: 04/08/2022
Counter no: 24 (I think)
Slot time: 08:10
Status: Approved
VO was young American may be in his mid-30's. Looks very
smart and handsome. It's my turn, I came forward and the
VO is speaking with a woman beside him. I waited there for
a minute but still they haven't stopped talking. So, I myself
passed the SEVIS, I-20, passport and greeted him "Good
morning, how are you?
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VO: Smiled at me and replied to good morning, I'm
fine, how about you?
Me: I'm doing good, thank you
VO: So, Which course?
Me: Business Intelligence and Analytics
VO: (he didn't reply to me for a while and started
typing something) and asked Which university?
Me: Stevens Institute of Technology
VO: Why masters?
Me: To enhance my skills in my areas of interest. In my
undergrad I was about to do a project and to fulfil that I
need knowledge in Artificial Intelligence and that took
my interest towards the Business Intelligence and ana-
lytics where I can learn both Intelligence courses and
analytics courses as well. So, I chose to do masters.
VO: What is your undergrad?
Me: I have recently done my bachelor's degree in electri-
cal and electronics engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University Hyderabad.
VO: When did you graduate?
Me: 2022
VO: What's your GPA?
Me: It's 6.3 on a scale of 10.
VO: Do you have any work experience?
Me: (Actually here I lost my mind as I already said that
I've graduated recently in 2022, how can I get work expe-
rience). So, I replied "As I already said that I did my bach-
elors recently, I don't have time to get any work experi-
ence.
VO: then he smiled and replied, oh, I'm sorry I forgot.
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Me: I replied with a smile
VO: What did you do in your undergrad?
Me: I did bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics
Engineering
VO: How are you going to fund your masters?
Me: Both my parents are sponsoring me with around 76
lakhs which are of around 54 lakhs as savings and 19
lakhs as a fixed deposit, which can be withdrawn at any
point of time.
Additionally, we have movable & immovable assets
worth of around 5 crores.
VO: What do they do?
Me: My father works as a personal manager in KCSIL, and
my mother works in a government organization. Their
combined annual income is around 11 lakhs.
VO: What's their annual income?
Me: It's around 11 Lakhs. Additionally, we do get income
from agricultural lands
VO: (Here he started typing for a while and then asked)
Do you have any education loan?
Me: No, I have not applied for any education loan. Since
the funds that my parents providing are more than
enough for my studies as well as my living expenses, we
have not taken any loan. Apart from this university has
given me an unconditional scholarship of 16,000 USD. So,
we thought there is no need of taking any loan.
VO: Do you have any letter for the scholarship?
Me: Yes, can I show you?
VO: Yes.

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Me: I placed the letter on the glass (but he asked to pass
it below, so I passed it)
VO: looked into the letter for a moment and returned
all my documents except passport and said you can
collect your passport in 7 days.
Me: Thank you, have a wonderful day.
VO: thank you with a smile and said enjoy the day
Me: I said Thank you and left the consulate

9. Amandeep
2nd attempt (Approved in Delhi) University of New
Haven Counter - 17 American lady Interview is like
Rapid fire Just 20 sec

Vo: Wait a min I will come back

Me: Okay
Vo: Come forward, good morning.
Me: passed, very good morning.
Vo: Do you having any work experience?
Me: yes office (politely)
Vo: Tell your duties
Me: I am working in Accenture, Role Application
development associate, responsibilities to design the
structure using AutoCAD software what client requires.
Vo: Who is your client
Me: Present we are designing a Mall for L & T.
Vo: Funding?
Me: My Father is my sponsor with savings of 19 lakhs.
Vo interrupted: What does your father do?

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Me: Agriculture
Vo: Means
Me: We are having Agriculture land in which we
cultivate red chilli, cotton, paddy Etc.
Vo: Scan your fingers and with a huge smile your visa
has been approved!
Me: With a huge voice thank you so much you made my
day so special.

10. Mumbai
Me: Good morning officer, hope you are having a nice
day
Vo: Good morning (looks at my documents) Why this
University?
Me: Officer I selected this university as it is one of the top
public University in Massachusetts state. Secondly the
course structure is designed for a career as a software
developer. We must complete…
Vo interrupted: When did you complete your
graduation.
Me: I completed UG in July 2020
Vo: What did you do after graduation?
Me: Explained about my work and responsibilities as I
had mentioned in ds160.
Vo: (looking again at my I20) look I want to give you a
fair chance. Tell me exactly why you want to go to this
university and not any other.
Me: Framed up some answer, don’t remember exactly
but seemed to convince the VO a little
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 Vo: Who is sponsoring your education
Me: my family is sponsoring with their saving of XX
Vo: What does your mother do?
Me: She is a home maker
Vo: and your father?
Me: he works as principal engineer at YY
Vo: Is he on H1b?
Me: no officer he works in the Indian office at Vadodara
Vo: how much does he earn
Me: ZZ
Vo: then how does he have this much saving?
Me: he has been saving and investing since a long time
Vo:(typing) what was your bachelors in btw?
Me: Information and communication technology
Vo: Any loan?
Me: Yes, I have applied for loan and waiting for approval
Vo: Why do you need loan if your father has this much
saving?
Me: Officer I don't want to burden my education on him,
therefore, applied for loan
Vo:(again typing for what felt like an eternity) I am
approving your visa; you will receive your passport in a
week
Me: thank you officer you made my day!! and left from
there running
11. OFC: 12pm; 18 Aug 2022 at Mumbai VI: 9 am; 25 Aug
2022 at Kolkata Classes started on 18th Aug (incred-
ibly challenging it was) Counter: 1 (Chinese Guy)
University: ASU Course: Chemical Engineering
Status: Approved
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Me: Good Morning officer (in louder voice)
VO: Put your four fingers of right hand.
Me: This way officer?
VO: Pass me your documents.
Me: My I20 got dirty due to...he interrupted
VO: When did you completed your bachelors?
Me: Officer I completed my bachelor's in Chemical
Engineering in June 2021 officer.
VO: JUNE 2021 what after that?
Me: After that I pursed an internship for 1month but got
an extension for 1year after that I helped my father in
doing his research. (I was getting fumbled so think to
stop here)
VO: He looked at screen and asked in a question mark
way on face. Where you got rejected last time?
Me: On 12th July 2022 at Delhi. I was nervous during my
previous interview, and I was not able to answer the
question in a confident manner and that is what I
believe was the reason for my rejection last time.
VO: Wait for 10 sec. How many universities you have
applied?
Me: I have applied for 4 universities out of which I got 3
admits. Arizona State University, University of Illinois
Chicago, University of Dayton.
VO: Out of 4000 universities why you applied to 4
universities only?
Me: Filtering of university is really a task officer. At 1st
stage I filtered based on my course, then based on my
TOEFL score, next based on my UG score. Afterall this I

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also consider the electives and matched my research
interests.
VO: Tell me what you are going to study in your first
semester?
He did not interrupt and heard calmly to me.
Me: Process Technology, Advanced Thermodynamics,
Polymer processing. First two subjects are my core
subjects and polymer processing are my elective.
VO: I am approving your VISA.
Me: THANK YOU SO MUCH OFFICER!! Immediately Ran
out from there.

12. Consulate: Hyderabad

Counters open: 1
Counter number: 12
Status: Approved
University of North Carolina Charlotte, MS in
Cybersecurity
VO: Lady looked in early 30's, was listening to
answers, did not interrupt. (I realized it was a good
thing)

Experience:
I said Good Morning, she was typing and did not reply for
about 5-10 secs

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VO: Good Morning. Show me your passport and I20
She read in I20 that I have an education loan
VO: Is education loan your primary source of funds?
Me: Yes, I have an education loan of XX Lakhs and My
parents have savings of XX Lakhs
VO: What do your parents do?
Me: My father is XXX and my mother is XXX
VO: What's your father's income? Do you have
payslips?
Me: My father's annual income is XX Lakhs, and I have his
payslips (Shown her the payslips)
VO: What does your mother do?
Me: She is a businessperson. She runs a store.
VO: Does she own the store? or is she a manager?
Me: Yes, she owns the store
VO: What is her annual income
ME: Its XX Lakhs
VO: What does she sell? (The question was something
like that)
Me: (told)
VO: So which company did you get the loan from?
Me: Its HDFC Cedilla
VO: Is the loan collateral or non-collateral?
Me: It is a non-collateral loan
VO: How did you get the loan? What is the process?
Me: (told)
VO: When did you graduate?
Me: In 2018
VO: What have you been doing since then?

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Me: I have been working as a Software Engineer at XXX
VO: Okay, what is your CGPA?
Me: I have 68%
VO: Do you have any backlogs?
Me: Yes, I have 7. (I said something I do not remember.
But I said I cleared them in time)
VO: How are you going to study in your masters if you
have backlogs (I do not exactly remember the
question, but it was in these lines)
Me: (I said I will work hard and something in those lines)
VO: Do you know the education system in the USA?
Me: Yes, each subject has a few credits (Interrupted)
VO: No. I mean you have a lot of assignments and
projects and all...
Me: Yes, I am aware of the assignments, I will work hard
(I do not exactly remember my answer, but it was in
these lines)
VO: (Was typing for 5-10 secs.) I am approving your
visa. Please put your passport in the box. Have a safe
journey.
Me: Thank you. Have a wonderful day. (While dropping
the passport in the box)
I was smiling inside the mask until I got out of the
consulate.
I saw 2 guys in front of me. One was accepted he had
few backlogs, but he defended and answered well.
The other was a PhD he already had done a masters (and
I think an MBA) and now he wanted to go for PhD but
was rejected.
The consulate was Hella empty. Only one counter was
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open, and all others did not even have a facility for mic
and speaker.
There was a lot of waiting, my slot was at 9.45 but I went
near the counter at about 10.15-10.20
I saw a few people getting approved while waiting.
It took about 20-25 mins for anyone to go in near the
counter and to come outside.
There were about 10-15 max people in the waiting area.
I realized after coming out of the consulate that my
watch is 5 mins faster

13. Mansoor

Vo: when did u complete your graduation?

Me: officer I am going for undergraduate. I have complet-
ed my senior secondary in 2022
Vo: ohm oak. what after completing your studies?
Me: I want to work as a journalist with renowned Indian
news channels like aaj tak, Republic tv.
Interrupted by VO: what is you CGPA?
Me: I scored 86 percent?
VO: Show me your certificate

He checked for a minute and approved my visa

14. April 8th

Chennai (5th Attempt)
Unit: Florida State University, Tallahassee
Slot Time: 8.30am

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Counter: 23
VO: Thin American young man
Previous all attempts: Mumbai
Vo: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning officer. How are you doing?
Vo: I am good. Thank you. How are you?
Me: I am good Officer. Thank you for asking.
Vo: So, tell me why Florida?
Me: My sister studied her master’s there, and she used to
discuss it with me. It inspired me how master’s degree
from Florida helped her throughout her career. After
coming back to India, she got an exceptionally excellent
job opportunity in Bajaj Finance as a Product Manager.
Vo: (He asked few questions related to her)
1) What is her name?
2) Tell me her birthdate.
3) When did she graduate?
4) Her last travel history.
Me: Told.
Vo: She also did her master’s from FSU?
Me: No officer. She did her master’s from University of
Florida and mine is Florida state University. Both are in
same state.
Vo: I can see that before you had applied for UCM.
Then why do you change your university now?
Me: FSU was my topmost priority. I had initiated
admission process in August 2020 for fall intake. That
time I had applied to 6 universities and got admission
from 4 of them, but pandemic hit and my priorities

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changed. I decided to stay with my parents and take
care of them. I requested all 4 universities to defer my
admission for Spring intake. UCM accepted my request,
so I decided to go with it.
Now few days ago I got my Summer I-20 from FSU and it
was my topmost priority I decided to change it o FSU.
Vo: Why did you apply for UCM?
Me: UCM and FSU both were my choices because both
the universities offer courses aligned to my interest. But
FSU offers hybrid course in which along with Data
Management and AI courses I can learn programming
skills like Java, .Net, C+ which will definitely help me
boost my knowledge.
Vo: Can you spell your sisters name?
Me: Sure officer. Spelled it for him. (He checked her
details on PC using her name and birthdate info)
Vo: So why did your sister move back to India?
Me: As pandemic hit, she decided to move back to India
and stay with our parents and continue her career in
India by staying with them. (Actually, she had decided to
move back even before Covid. Around June 2019)
Vo: What does your father do?
Me: He is a senior technician in public sector company
BEL for 30 years working on Indian Government projects.
Vo: What is his annual income?
Me: Told
Vo: Tell me his date of birth?
Me: Told

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Vo: Has he ever travelled to USA?
Me: No officer. But he had applied for B1/B2 Visa in 201 as
my sister was planning to come back to India
permanently. Before she moves back my parents wanted
to visit her in the US.
Vo: Has your father ever did farming?
Me: No officer. We do not have any land to do farming.
Vo: Has your sister utilized her OPT?
Me: Yes officer.
Vo: Has she utilized her complete OPT period?
Me: Yes officer. She has utilized her complete OPT period.
Vo: What are your plans after MS?
Me: After my MS I would like to utilize MT OPT to gain
practical knowledge and move back to India to my
parents and apply in organizations like Bajaj, Flipkart,
Udaan in Analytical Field.
Vo: You made it man. I am approving your visa.
Me: Thank you officer. You made my day.

15. Jasmine
Me: Good morning officer
Vo: Good morning
Vo: which course are your going?
Me: I am going to pursue bachelor’s in communication in
CSU Monterey Bay.
Vo: When did you complete your last qualification
Me: I have completed my senior secondary in august
2021.
Vo: Who is funding for your education?
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Me: My father is funding for my education with his
saving of 70 lakhs
Vo: What is his profession?
Me: He is running his agribusiness and earns 15 lakh p.a.
Vo: Do you have any siblings?
Me: No, I do not (I do have siblings, but I saw him
rejecting a student who said he has siblings, so I denied)
Vo: Do you have sufficient funds?
Me: Yes, we have savings of 70 lakhs.
VO: how will you manage your 4 years of study with
this much funds only?
Me: I have sufficient savings. Moreover, my father has
running income of 15 lakhs p.a. And we also have
immovable property of 2 crores.
Vo: Did you visit Mauritius in 2019?
Me: yes, officer I went there along with my parents on
vacations for 15 days.
Vo: I am approving your visa

16. Kolkata
UTA - MS Industrial Engineering

Me - Very Good morning, sir, how are you doing today?

VO - I am doing great man. What about you?
Me - I am just fantastic officer, Thank you! And handed
my documents I-20, passport, SEVIS fee and extension
letter.
VO - So You are going to The University of Texas at
Arlington, that’s good.
Me - Absolutely, you are right officer.
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VO- Why this University?
Me - I was about to say the well-structured course
curriculum and quite unique
(He interrupted me in the middle and told me all
universities in the USA are well structured and unique, I
need something different)
Me - Talked about my major specialization and core
courses and accidentally used a unique word again, he
stopped and got angry with me and told me that just
now only I told you not to use this unique word. Then he
taught me how to choose a university regarding
research and how that degree will help in the future. I
simply nodded my head, and I said yes and okay sir)
VO - Now tell me why this university?
Me - He gave me tip how to answer for that and I started
research lab and all, he finally convinced, and he look at
face and he got to know that I got nervous and losing
confidence, then he told let's move to some other topic
man).
VO - What did you have for your breakfast?
Me - sorry sir, I Haven't yet taken anything, I directly
came to the embassy.
VO- Really, what would you like to have in the
morning?
Me - Told with flow, bread omelet.
VO- that's fine, what is your father doing?
Me - told (agriculture and all).
VO- where is he living now?
Me - Told my native.
VO - where is it Located?
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Me - clearly explained where it is.
VO- what crops does he grow?
Me - told.
VO - Do you have siblings?
Me - talked about my sister and my brother-in-law, job
and salary.
VO - Then, you will complete your masters in 2 years,
what do you want to do after 5 years? Any plan?
Me - Talked about my future start up plan.
VO- so you are more fascinated about cars and
machinery, now tell how the car's engine is igniting?
Me - explained about the entire process clearly.
VO - Tell me weather in Texas?
Me - It is the same as an unpredictable weather officer,
sometimes it's too hot like my hometown, then it's
raining heavily.
VO- Nodded his head and do you have any kind of
funds?
Me - yes sir, I do have it!
Vo: The area you chose is not urban its rural. how will
you manage
Me: officer here I am living in village area, so it won’t be
tough for me to manage
VO - Okay, Fine I am keeping your passport and I'm
approving your visa, have a great stay.
Me - Thank you so much sir, Have a wonderful day

17. Course-IBM university-UNT Status- approved

Vo- bald guy.
Vo waived me to come forward.
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Me-good morning, sir. how are you?
Vo- Very GM. I'm fine thank you.
Vo- Which course are you going to study at USA?
Me- officer I'm going to study international business
management at university of North Texas.
Vo- Which skills is required to study international
business management?
Me- sir some skills like adaptive thinking, international
relations, interpersonal influence is required for my
program.
Vo-Which subjects are you going to study?
Me-I will be studying accounts (interrupted me after
saying accounts).
Vo- What is accounts?
Me- Accounting is the process of recording financial
transactions pertaining to a business. we can get the
record of debit and credit balance
(Stopped me and said congratulations your visa is
approved).

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 Mock Interviews

All you must do is think that you are sitting in front of

the VISA OFFICER and not laptop and answer these
questions. Either record your answer in your phone or
simply write it and after completing 2-3 sets, then
check it. For answers kindly refer how to frame
questions sections. We have covered each answer
thoroughly in that section.

All the best.

Practice this to Hear this…

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 You Visa is Approved!!
Mock Interview -1
VISA OFFICER- Pass me you I-20 and passport. Which
university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How many admits?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Profession of your sponsor?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Will you avail OPT?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -2
VISA OFFICER: Who is sponsoring your studies?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How much savings you have?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What is your sponsors profession?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Explain in detail about your sponsor’s
profession.
Me:
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VISA OFFICER: What is his annual income?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How many admits?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Congratulations your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -3
VISA OFFICER: Which university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this city?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Tell me more about this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Who is funding you?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -4
VISA OFFICER: Why this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What are the places to visit near this
university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How will you adjust in this weather?
Me:
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VISA OFFICER: Area is quite rural. How will you manage?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Tell me more about this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this city? What else you know about
this city
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What will you do if I reject your visa?
Me:

Mock Interview -5

VISA OFFICER: When did you complete you under

graduation?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What you did after that?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What were your roles and responsibilities
in your work?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your funding?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: I don’t think you have sufficient savings.
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Are you sure you all be able to manage
your funding?
Me:

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VISA OFFICER: What will you do if I grant you the visa?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -6
VISA OFFICER: Which course?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this course?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What is your last qualification
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What was your CGPA?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What is the structure of your course?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What are the modules?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Majors?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Funding?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -7
VISA OFFICER: In how many universities you have applied.
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How many admits you got?
Me:
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VISA OFFICER: Why this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: This is same in all universities. tell me
something specific
Me:
VISA OFFICER: The course content of other university is
better
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Who is Funding?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: okay, your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -8
VISA OFFICER: Which university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Are you availing any scholarship?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Who is funding your education?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Have you taken any loan?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What will you do after completing your
education?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How you came upon this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Do you have any backlogs?
Me:
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VISA OFFICER: (if yes) you have so many backlogs. how
will you manage?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Are you sure you will be able to manage
with so many backlogs?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Spouse case interview:

Mock Interview -9

VISA OFFICER: which university?

Me:
VISA OFFICER: Are you single or married?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Will you be taking your spouse along with
you?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why not? How will he manage here?
Or do you have sufficient funds for both?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Do you have any child? In your absence
who will take care of him or her?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How many universities applied?
Me:

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VISA OFFICER: Admits?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Relatives related Questions:

Mock Interview -10
Mock Interview - 10
VISA OFFICER: Do you have any relative in USA?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Where does he stay?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What does he do?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Who is funding you?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: In how many universities you have ap-
plied.
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Admits?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

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Mock Interviews for students going
for bachelors or associate degree
(mock interview 11 -16)

Mock Interview -11

VISA OFFICER: What is the purpose of visit?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Who is sponsoring your studies?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this course?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What is the structure of your course?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What are the majors?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What will you do if I grant you the visa?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What will you do after completing your
education?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved

Mock Interview -12

VISA OFFICER: Who is sponsoring your studies?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What is his profession?
Me:
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VISA OFFICER: What is his annual income?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What if you go out of the money?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What are your sponsors duties in his
work?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Do you have any relative in USA?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Have you taken any loan?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -13

VISA OFFICER: Which university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Are you availing any scholarship?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Do you have any work experience?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What were your roles and duties in your
internship?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: You have already done your graduation,
then why are you going again for it (sometimes they do
confuse diploma with graduation)
Me:

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VISA OFFICER: What is your SAT score?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What is your CGPA?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -14

VISA OFFICER: How many apply?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Admits?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How this course is related to your previous
studies?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview 15 – For Internship/Work

Experience

OFFICER: When did you complete your senior secondary

studies?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What you did after that?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What were your roles and responsibilities
there?
Me:
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VISA OFFICER: What was your salary there?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why you started with internship? Why
didn’t you opt for study at that time?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why going for studies now?
Me::
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved

Mock Interview - 16 (Extra for Associate Degree)

VISA OFFICER: Which course?

Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this course?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why associate? why not bachelors
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What will you do after completing your
associate degree?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this college?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Who is funding?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your ACT score?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

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(Mock Interviews for students going
for master’s degree or pathway or PG
diploma (mock interview 17 -20)

Mock Interview -17

VISA OFFICER: When did you complete your undergrad?
What u did after that?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What were your roles and responsibilities
in your work?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Who is your sponsor?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What’s your plan after masters?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How many admits
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What else you know about this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -18

VISA OFFICER: Which course?
Me:
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VISA OFFICER: Is this course related to your back-
ground?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: How? (If not, why did u change)
Me:
VISA OFFICER: When did you graduate?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Tell me about your undergrad project?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Admits?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this university
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

Mock Interview -19

VISA OFFICER: which university?

Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why this university?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your undergrad CGPA?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What were your majors in undergrad?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Have you give any GRE/ GMAT? If yes, then
score if not then why not?
Me:

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VISA OFFICER: Do you have any work experience?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: who is sponsoring you?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: your visa is approved.

Mock Interview – 20 (Extra for Pathway/Pg diploma)

VISA OFFICER: Which course?

Me:
VISA OFFICER: Why pathway? Why not masters
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What will you do after completing path-
way program?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What is your career plan?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: What are your majors?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Have you given GRE/ GMAT?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Who is sponsoring your studies?
Me:
VISA OFFICER: Your visa is approved.

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 Final Day

Day-1: Biometrics at 10:30

Reach VAC at 10:00

Enter by 10:15
Hand them over your DS-160 AND Passport
Do the Biometrics (Fingerprint scanning)

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 Day 2: Visa Interview (time 10:30)

Reach embassy at 10:00.

Enter by 10:15 to 10:20.
Visa officer will ask for your I-20, SEVIS Receipt and
Passport.
During the interview, visa officer can ask for of
additional documents like your educational
documents, Bank statement and Job experience and
sometimes your Resume. Usually this doesn’t
happen 99 percent of the time, but you should carry
all these documents with you.
Visa officer will keep your passport if your visa has
been approved

The Final Prep

Don’t be nervous, be confident

You are all prepared
Don’t listen to other students
Go for the counter where visas are being approved
You must swiftly change the counter
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If you end up on a counter where visas are being
denied don’t worry, be confident and answers
fluently you can get your visa approved.
If anybody outside the embassy misguides you, don’t
listen to them and go according to your conscious.

In the last:
Get ready to hear

“Congratulations,
your Visa is Approved”

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