Thanks JSlade!! I just saw your wishes! As you can see from my signature, I passed the test today!!!!! And got the oath letter for Aug 13th in Fanueil Hall. Here is how my interview experience went.
Interview was scheduled for 2:30 PM. I arrived at the JFK building around 1:55. Had to pass my phone, pager and bag thru the metal detector and then arrived at room # E170. You do not have to check in with the person sitting at the entrance of the room and go directly to Window 1. A lady took my interview letter and asked me to take a seat. There are four cubicles along the wall in the room itself and one of the four IOs collects your file from window 1 and calls out your name. So I would recommend either sitting near Window 1 or near the cubicles, because they do not use the microphone to call the names. Once my name was called in, around 2:25, I went to the cubicle. The IO there asked me to read a sentence "How many senators are there?" and asked me to write "There are 100 senators." He then asked me the following questions:
- What is the rule of the law?
- What happened on 9/11?
- Which ocean is on West Coast?
I'll update the other questions as I remember. Needless to say, they were easy. This took about 5-10 mins and after that he confirmed that I passed the test and now I have to go to E160. Went there around 2:30-2:35 and waited till about 3:10 to be called by another IO. The IO was very friendly and very nicely. We greeted each other and he said that he was better now because I was his last case and that he had some strange cases that day. I told him I hoped that I was not one of them and he smiled and said that my case looked good. Just in conversation, he asked general question:
- Do you pay taxes?
- Do you owe any back tax?
- Have you ever been arrested?
- Have you ever been stopped when you were driving?
- Do you travel out of the country a lot?
- How many trips have you taken in the last 5 years?
He asked to see my GC and Passport and only looked at my GC. Also, I had not requested a name change when I filed the application. But asked him, if I could request a name change now and he was nice enough to agree to it. So we made the change in the application and he had me fill out another form for name change.
Through out the interview, I was a little bit nervous and he put me at ease. Overall, it was a pleasant experience. Once it was completed, he stamped a big fat approved on my application and told me to take a seat out side and that they will call my name.
Once outside, I waited for another 15 mins for my file to come to the lady sitting out in the waiting area. Once she got the file, she called out my name, had me write my new name on my photos, gave me the Oath letter and asked me to show up on Aug 13th with my GC.
It is a huge relief now that the interview is over. Thanks for everyone's support.
