Hello Everyone,
I am thankful to many of you in this forum
Here is my interview experience:
My interview was on Jan 18 2008 at 10.20am. I took BART (Daly city train) from Union city station and got down at Embarcado at 8.30am. The sansome street is about 3-4 blocks from the station. I had breakfast in the McDonalds at the intersection of Sansome and Shutter. Again, it was about 4-5 blocks walk to the USCIS office.
The security guard at the entrance said that I had to leave my cellphone (bec it was camera phone) in the shop just opposite to the office for 3$. They gave me small yellow envelop to put cellphone/keys etc which I did. I read from previous interview experiences that camera phone is not allowed but I had few reasons to carry it till USCIS office.
I started waiting for my name to be called since 9.30am and finally I was called at 10.45am. It was a lady officer who checked every question on my application. I had memorized all dates from my app since many of you posted that it was useful. I was glad that I had a copy of my app.
She asked me to write a statement in English and read a statement also. She asked me 10 civic questions and I answered all 9 but one question she was expecting textbook answer which I didnt provide.
She was asking about the one and only traffic ticket I got in 11 years and she was satisfied with my proof of ticket fine/traffic school attendance. I was glad I had all the proof.
Finally, she gave me the paper which read "Congratulations...." and said my oath letter will arrive in mail and she was not sure of the timeframe.
After sending out N400, I had a travel stamp (to India) in my passport and she asked me to count the days I had stayed during the trip. Thanks to allof you who posted in your experience summary.
She had all my photos so the photos I took were not useful. I carried my birth cert, I140 copies, tax transcripts faxed from IRS was not asked.
I noticed that some parents brought their infant, toddlers, boys/girls to the interview hall.