Citizenship Interview

[duke2]

Hi All,

I have the citizenship interview in few weeks. I want to know what are the General Questions they ask at the interview. Do they change the questions every time? I've seen some sample questions but want to know if they change them or not. Also how many questions in general do they ask?

Also I want to know how do they test reading and writing skills, how hard these tests are?

Many Thanks
Duke

[PerpetualGC]

The questions are simple and straightforward... read on peoples' experiences with interview and you will see. USCIS has a booklet with the 100 questions / answers (short & long form). The DO has it, and you should get a copy after FP is done.

The language test is very simple, the IO reads a sentence and you write it... And you get to read a sentence as well.

The reading/writing test should be waived for board members in good standing

[WhichWay2Go]

You should have a booklet with the 100 questions and answers from the finger printing. In the back there is a CD. Use that on shuffle-play or random on your computer.

For reading and writing they will show you a short sentence to read. Then ask you to write and answer to the question. The IO will tell you the answer to write.

Something like

IO: "Please read this sentence." They point to a line in the book.
You: "Who was George Washington."
IO: "Please write, '"George Washington was the Father of our Country.'"

That's it. Very easy with a little bit of study.

[duke2]

Thanks & Congradulations Guys,

I got a copy of the booklet and am going through the 100 questions. My concern was whether they are going to ask questions outside of those 100. Sounds like they don't.

Also from your answers I gather reading and writing tests aren't really hard.

BTW: How long did the whole test take for you guys?

Thanks
Duke

[USGC485]

Originally Posted by duke2

Thanks & Congradulations Guys,

I got a copy of the booklet and am going through the 100 questions. My concern was whether they are going to ask questions outside of those 100. Sounds like they don't.

Also from your answers I gather reading and writing tests aren't really hard.

BTW: How long did the whole test take for you guys?

Thanks
Duke

IO won't ask any questions other than questions that are on the booklet. It is not very hard. Don't worry too much.

If you are good at English, you will be fine.

[sanjay73]

Thanks, USGC485. That clear's my doubt as well :-)

[rachelimmig]

Most of the questions are information about your life. They change it? It depends on who is your interviewer.

[Sonya Williams]

HI! Could anyone write the exact questions normally asked at the interview, please?

[Bobsmyth]

Originally Posted by Sonya Williams

HI! Could anyone write the exact questions normally asked at the interview, please?

The civic and history questions are on the uscis website:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...004718190aRCRD

[JohnZ07]

I used this site:
http://www.passcitizenshipexam.com/n...est/index.html

it was pretty good everything is up2date.

[smariner]

Originally Posted by WhichWay2Go

For reading and writing they will show you a short sentence to read. Then ask you to write and answer to the question. The IO will tell you the answer to write.

Something like

IO: "Please read this sentence." They point to a line in the book.
You: "Who was George Washington."
IO: "Please write, '"George Washington was the Father of our Country.'"

That's it. Very easy with a little bit of study.

Does one need to study for the reading/writing test? OR did you mean prep for the history/civics test?
I have a test this week & have gone through the history/civics questions -- haven't spent any time "studying" for the reading/writing test.

[WBH]

Originally Posted by WhichWay2Go

Something like

IO: "Please read this sentence." They point to a line in the book.
You: "Who was George Washington."
IO: "Please write, '"George Washington was the Father of our Country.'"

I only see one example that writing sentence is unrelated to reading sentence. In all others, writing sentence is just answer version of the
reading senetence which is a question

[duke2]

Thanks guys,

The reading/writing part doesn't seem to be a big deal (according to what I gather from your answers).

BTW: How long did the whole process take from walking into the Office and doing the test to walking out.

Regards
Duke