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Consulate : chennai
Intake :Fall
1st attempt
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Saint louis University
Biometrics :- 10 May(Delhi)
VI date :- 12 May (Delhi)
Slot time :- 8:00 AM
IN time :- 7 : 30 AM
Out time :- 9:00 Am
White woman in her 30s
Counter no :- 26
Course :-Master’s in cybersecurity
Status :- Approved
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(2 rejections infront of me)
(Some tips: 1.make sure you don't give pauses such as (ah,uh etc)
2.take your time, talk slowly which gives you more advantage on buying time as they don't have it on their end and gives you confidence)
3.make sure you talk in a professional way, say "officer" where it is needed to rather than making it a causal conversation, remember you are going for an interview not a chit chat session)

Me: Good morning officer
VO : Good morning
VO: Please pass your passport and I-20
Me: I handed it with both hands(it's a slight gesture. Will create a good first impression)

VO: (Checked i20 and something in system)
Tell me something about the uni?
Me: The university is offering me a great course content that is flexible, it offers me a unique blend of electives between applied analytics and networking concepts. It also offers me experimental learning which would help me understand and work with Linux systems.

VO: What type of live systems are you talking about?
Me: Linux based systems with devian distribution. Such as kali linux and parrot os.

Vo: why cybersecurity?
Me : cybersecurity has been my area of interest while I started working on a networking project in my undergraduation. I have learned programming languages such as c c++,bash which are the skeleton basics of cybersecurity officer.

Vo : How are you planning to fund your education?
Me : my parents are sponsoring me with their savings of xxx lakhs.
Vo : Okay...(typing something)
After few secs..
Do you have any work experience?
Me : yes officer, I started working in xxx company as a programmer analyst trainee and later on promoted to 2 projects as a backend developer where I used to take care of data administration such as databases and network nodes such as name servers and mail servers.
Vo : tell me about your course curriculum?
Me: yes officer, the university in the field of cybersecurity is offering me courses such as applied analytics and ethical evidence decision making which would give me an insight about graduate courses and are offering foundation courses such as cyber security principles and cyber threats and defenses divided between theory and practical which makes it easier to adapt.
Vo : why masters?
Me : masters in us has high international reputation towards the practical applications, moreover the professors are knowledgeable in their field with many years of research and experience which would help me to gain hands on experience on how actually things work from the foundation levels.

Vo: what do you want to do after masters?
Me: after finishing up my masters I want to come back to India and join a cybersecurity firm as there is a huge demand for cybersecurity specialists and analysts in india.

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My undergraduate is different from master's stream. But make sure you are well updated on the course curriculum and pose confidence.

They mostly look at your body language, so make sure you know how to get on with it.
(Watch suits s01e01 it may help you out on how to look)
There are lot of rejections in the morning, make sure you tell people who's appointment in the morning to speak clearly. Give gap between word to word in the sentences like American accent it improves your acceptance rate a lot. Body language is No 1 thing in chennai