thank God for you
thank God for you you are welcome to the dream land
i've waited a long time for this moment when i'd be oppurtuned to post my own interview experience...
my interview came up on 19/9/07. i got to the embassy a few mins, past 5 and realised i was the very first person to arrive. like 5 mins later, a man showed up n lots of others followed. at about 6 0'clock, they asked us to form a queue. i was given ticket no. DV13 n proceeded into the embassy at about 6:45am . i waited till around 8:30, when i was called to window 6 to submit my documents after paying the $375 to the cashier. after doing that, i waited in the lobby till 1pm when some of us were moved to the interview lobby. i was calm, but i started gettin a little nervous when about three people were rejected for one reason or the other.. a girl had A1 in maths and was asked to write one algebraic equation. she couldnt, and was immediately rejected. anyways i was called to window 7 at about 1:25pm for my interview... which went like this;
consular(lady): raise your right hand and do u promise to tell the truth?
me: i do (like say na marriage)
i then did my fingerprints
consular: whats your name
me: yak yak yak
consular: when and where were u born
me: yak yak
consular : what secondary school did u finish from
me : bla bla
consular: what year did u finish?
me: i told her
consular: what was your best subject
me: geography
consular: tell me about geography
me: i started defining geography, but she stopped me immediately, saying i should tell her something thats not a definition.. i liked that coz i knew she was eventually going to ask about my present course of study: urban & regional planning, so to avoid the long process, i killed both birds with one stone.. by telling her what geography is, and relating it directly to my course.. at the end of my lecture, i obviously impressed her with that coz now her little smile had grown wide and she started typing on the system
consular: what do u think about the demolitions in abuja
me: yap yap yap
consular: give me a minute
she got up to pick something which i was sure was my pick up slip
consular: so why do u opt to go to the us
me: i told her
consular: if u still wanna study planning, theres a good school at auburne, new york where.... bla bla
me: ok
consular: congrats!! n welcome to the us ..heres your pick up slip... n bla bla
me: thanks a lot.. have a nice day
mmeeeen, all this dint take more than 4 mins. and was actually 100 times easier than i thought coz it was smiles all the way.. so those yet to have their interviews, just relax n be urself. thnx to God for letting this come to pass, and one love to all the beautiful houx members who have been their brothers keeper... thnx, n i luv u all.
thank God for you you are welcome to the dream land