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COMMONF1VI
SAQ&A’
s

NOTE:

Quest
ionsmar
kedwi
th‘
***
**’
aregener
all
yaskedt
otr
yandt
rapt
heappl
i
cant
.Bewar
yoft
hese
quest
ions.

1.Whatcour
sear
eyouappl
yi
ngf
or?Why
?

Answert
othepoi
nt.For‘
why
’youcananswerasoneoft
hef
oll
owi
ng:

Iam passi
onat
eaboutt
hat*
subj
ect
*andwantt
ogai
nmor
eknowl
edgei
nit
.
Therear
enotmanyexper
tsi
nt hi
s*f
iel
d*inI
ndia,
Theknowl
edgeIgai
nedwhi
l
est
udy
ingi
n
*col
l
egename*wil
lhel
pmest andoutonceIr
etur
ntoNepal
.

Thi
sisanupcomingfi
eld,
ther
eisashor
tageofexper
tsi
nthi
sfi
eldi
nNepal
,sot
hiswi
l
lhel
p
mycareeronceIr
etur
n.

2.Whyar
eyouswi
tchi
ngf
iel
ds?(
Ify
ouar
e)​

3.Whydi
dyouchooset
hisuni
ver
sit
y?

Dosomer
esear
chont
his,
Listoutt
hepr
osoft
heUni
ver
sit
y.

Forexampl
e:

Thei
rCSdepar
tmenti
sver
yreput
ed;
theyhav
emanyi
nter
nat
ional
publ
i
cat
ions.

Iam abi
gfanof*
thi
spr
ofessor
*(l
i
stouthi
sachi
evement
s),
Iam exci
tedt
olear
nfr
om hi
m.

*
thi
suni
ver
sit
y*i
swel
lknownf
orr
esear
chi
n*y
ourf
iel
d*.

4.Whataboutschol
arshi
ps?Di
dyougetany
?

Answert
othepoi
nt.YesorNo.

5.Di
dyoucont
actanypr
ofessor
s?Whatar
ethei
rnames?

Behonest
,don’
tli
e.

I
t’
sgoodt
oknownamesofy
ourpr
ofessor
s,ev
eni
fyouhav
en’
tcont
act
edt
hem.

Youcanrepl
yasfoll
ows: Iknow*prof
essorname*,heisanexperti
n*fi
eld*,
hehasmany
publ
i
cati
ons.Ihav
en’tcontactedhi
m per
sonall
y,butIam exci
tedt
olear
nf r
om hi
m.
6.Hav
eyoubeent
otheU.
Sbef
ore?

AnswerYesorNo.

7.Whydon’
tyoust
aybackandst
udyi
nNepal
?

Again,i
tsgoodt
odoal
i
ttl
eresear
chony
ouruni
ver
sit
y,cour
se,
andpr
ofessor
s.Youcananswer
asfoll
owing:

Forexampl
e:

*
Univer
sit
y*hasawellknown*deptname*
,Theydoal otofr
esear
chandhavealotof
i
nter
nati
onalpubl
i
cat
ions.If
eelt
hisisagr
eatoppor
tunit
yformetolear
nfr
om t
heseprof
essor
s.

Want
edt
ogetgl
obal
exposur
e.

Coursewor
kfor*
yourf
iel
d*i
sfarsuper
iori
n*y
ouruni
ver
sit
y*,
compar
edt
owhat
’sav
ail
abl
e
her
ei nI
ndi
a.

8.Whatar
eyourpl
ansaf
tergr
aduat
ion?

Nev
erment
ion:
Iwantt
ost
ayi
ntheUSandl
ookf
oraJob.

Youcananswerasf
oll
owi
ng:

Wil
lcomebackandt
akeupaj
ob,
mydegr
eewi
l
lhel
pmest
andout
,andi
twi
l
lbeeasyf
ormet
o
getajobher
e.

9.Howmanyadmi
tsdi
dyouget
?Whi
chuni
ver
sit
ies?

Answert
othepoi
nt
10.Whatwasy
ourGRE/
TOEFLscor
e?

Answert
othepoi
nt

11.Whyi
syourscor
elow(
ify
ouhav
eal
owscor
e)?

Youcananswerasf
oll
owi
ng:

Forexampl
e:

Myunder
graduat
ecour
sewasv
eryheav
yfort
hef
inal
2year
s,soIf
oundi
thar
dtof
ocusonGr
e.

Myfocuson*ment
ionproj
ect
*,t
hiswasagr eatl
ear
ningexper
iencef
orme,
Iwasdedi
cat
edmy
ent
ir
etimetoi
t.
Thi
saffect
edmypr epar
ati
on.

12.Whoi
ssponsor
ingy
ou?

Answert
rut
hful
l
y.

13.Whati
syourpar
ent
’sannual
income?

Answert
rut
hful
l
y.

14.Whati
syouri
ncome(
Ify
ouar
ewor
king)
?

Answert
rut
hful
l
y.

15.Howmuchmoneywi
l
ltheybepr
ovi
dingy
ouwi
th?

Expl
ainy
ourf
inance,
Howmuchofi
tist
hel
oanandhowmuchofi
tisy
ourpar
ent
s/per
sonal
money.

16.Ifyourf
atherspendsmostofhi
ssav
ingsony
oureducat
ion,
whatabouty
ourf
ami
l
y’s
expensesinIndi
a?
Youcanmention:
Apar
tfr
om t
hebankbal
ance,
yourpar
ent
shav
eot
herasset
ssuchaspr
oper
ty,
pol
ici
es,
etc.

17.Yourbankst
atementshowsthatal
ltheent
ri
eshav
ebeenmader
ecent
ly.Wher
edi
dthese
fundscomefrom suddenl
y?*
***
*

Answert
rut
hful
l
y.

18.Whydoesy
ourpassbookhav
eonl
y1pagef
il
led?I
sthi
sanewaccount
?**
***

Behonest
;Youcant
ell
thi
sist
hef
ir
stt
imey
ouar
etr
avel
i
ngabr
oad.

19.Whati
syourt
uit
ionf
eeoft
heUni
ver
sit
yyouwantt
ojoi
n?

Answert
othepoi
nt.

20.Whatabouty
ourl
i
vingexpensesandaccommodat
ionf
ee?

Youri20showst heenti
reamountf
oroneyeari.
e.,cour
sefeepl
usli
vi
ngexpenses.Youshoul
d
havearrangedforthi
smoneytobeinyourbankstatementbef
orey
ourint
erv
ieweitherf
rom
yourparentsorbankloan.

21.Doy
ouhav
erel
ati
vesi
ntheU.
S?Who?

Answert
rut
hful
l
y.

22.Wher
eisy
ourUni
ver
sit
ylocat
ed?Howwi
l
lyour
eacht
her
e?

Answert
othepoi
nt.

23.Whatabouty
ouraccommodat
ion?

Answert
othepoi
nt.
24.Doy
oupl
ant
owor
kint
heU.
Swhi
l
eyoust
udy
,maybeon-
campus?
***
**

Youarel
egal
l
yal
l
owedt
owor
kfor20hour
son-
campus.Youar
enotal
l
owedt
owor
kof
f-
campus.

Youcananswerasf
oll
owi
ng:

Iam notkeenonanon-
campusj
ob.Iwantt
ofocusonmycour
sewor
k.Iwoul
dli
ket
otr
yfora
TAorGA.

25.Howmanymember
sofy
ourf
ami
l
y?Whatdot
heydo?

Answert
othepoi
nt.

26.Sohowcomey
oudeci
dedt
obecomeanEngi
neer
?

Youcanment
ionwhaty
oul
i
keaboutengi
neer
ingandpeopl
ewhoi
nspi
redy
oudobecomean
engi
neer
.

27.Consi
der
ingt
hecur
rentU.
Seconomy
,whydoy
ouwantt
ogot
her
e?

USj
obmarketdoesn’
thav
eanef
fectonme;
Iam onl
ygoi
ngt
her
etost
udy
.Iappl
ywhatIhav
e
l
ear
nedher
einIndi
a.

28.Mostappl
i
cantsl
ikeyout
urnouttobepotenti
ali
mmi
grant
s.Whatabouty
ou?Doy
oupl
an
tocomebacktoIndi
aonceyoufi
nishyourcour
se?

Yes,t
hereisahugeshor
tageofski
l
ledlaborherei
nIndi
a.Ther
eareplent
yofwell
-payi
ng
opport
unit
iesher
eformyquali
fi
cat
ions.
Myent i
ref
amilyi
shere;Iwouldmostdef
init
elycome
back.

29.Tel
lmeabouty
ourgr
adesi
nyourunder
graduat
ecour
sei
nIndi
a?

Theanswert
othepoi
nt.
Bet
rut
hful
.
30.I
fyour
unoutofmoneyi
ntheU.
S,whatwi
l
lyoudo?

Ihav
eenoughmoneyt
ocov
ermycour
sef
eeandl
i
vingexpenses.
Sot
hissi
tuat
ionwon’
tar
ise.

31.Wi
l
lyourr
elat
ivesi
ntheU.
Sgi
vey
oudol
l
arst
ohel
p?*
***
*

No

32.Whydoy
ouseem scar
edandner
vous?

Beconf
ident
.Ther
eisnot
hingt
obescar
edof
f.

Ift
heyaskyouthi
squesti
on,
youcananswerasfol
lows:
No,Off
icerIam notscar
edorner
vous.
I
am ani
ntrov
ert
,don’
ttal
kmuch,maybethat
’swhyIcameacr
osslikethat
.

33.Ar
eyourpar
ent
ssuppor
ti
veofy
ourdeci
siont
ost
udyi
ntheU.
S?

Yes,
thear
ever
ysuppor
ti
ve.Theyf
eel
itwi
l
lbeagr
eatexper
ienceandIcanl
ear
nal
ot.

34.Whati
syouropi
nionaboutt
heU.
S?

Theyhav
egr
eatuni
ver
sit
ies,
someoft
hebestr
esear
chi
sdoneher
e.Thebestpl
acet
ost
udy
.

35.Wi
l
llanguage/
communi
cat
ionbeapr
obl
em f
ory
ou?

No,
Engl
i
shwastaughtt
omesi
nceIwas5y
ear
sol
d.Al
lmycour
sesar
einEngl
i
sh.
Ial
soscor
ed
wel
li
nmyToef
l.

36.Hav
eyouv
isi
ted/
browsedt
hroughwebsi
tesr
elat
edt
othi
sint
erv
iew?
***
**
Icameacrosssever
alwebsi
tes,
butsinceU.
Strav
eldocsdecl
aredt
hati
t’
stheof
fi
cial
websi
te
forv
isas,
Ifol
lowedther
ulesofonl
ythatwebsi
te.

37.Onceback,
whatki
ndofj
obwi
l
lyougeti
nIndi
a?

Doy
ourr
esear
ch.Checkwhi
chj
obsy
ouar
equal
i
fiedt
oget
.

38.Whatsal
arywi
l
lyouget
?

Ment
ionagoodsal
ary
,sayof1-
1.5l
akhspermont
h.

39.ButinU.
Syouwi
l
lgetmor
e,whydon’
tyout
hinkoft
aki
ngupaj
obt
her
eaf
tery
our
educat
ion?*
***
*

No,oppor
tuni
ti
esi
nIndi
aareequal
lygood.Iwi
llbequali
fi
edt
ogetawel
l
-pay
ingj
obher
e.My
ent
ir
efamilyi
sset
tl
edhere.
Iwoul
dn’twanttoworki
nt heUS.

40.Wher
ear
eyoupl
anni
ngt
otr
avel
andwhatl
ocat
ionswoul
dyoul
i
ket
ovi
siti
ntheU.
S?*
***
*

Ihav
en’tthoughtaboutthi
s.Mypri
maryfocuswill
bemycour
se.
Thiswil
ltakeupmostofmy
ti
me.Imighttrav
elabitduri
ngthesem breaks.
ButIr
eal
l
yhav
en’
tthoughtaboutt
his.

TOPREASONSWHYVI
SASGETREJECTED

Noti
ntendi
ngt
oret
urnt
oyourhomecount
ryoncey
ourcour
sei
sov
er.

I
nsuf
fi
cientf
inancest
osuppor
tyoureducat
ionandl
i
vingexpenses

I
nsuf
fi
cientf
inancest
osuppor
tyoureducat
ionandl
i
vingexpenses

VI
SAI
NTERVI
EW TI
PS

BeasNATURALasy
ouar
e.

DON’
Ttal
kwi
thanaccent
.Justt
alkhowy
ounor
mal
l
ytal
k.Thei
nter
viewerwi
l
lunder
stand.

TheFol
l
owi
ngQ&A’
sar
eonl
ytogi
vey
ouanadv
ice.DONOTmemor
izeby
-hear
tandr
epeat
.

Dr
essWel
l
.It
’sani
nter
viewaf
teral
l
.Don’
tov
erdr
ess.Si
ncey
ouar
east
udent
,dr
essl
i
keone.
Don’
tgoi
nabusi
nesssui
t!Don’
tgoi
nashor
tsandt
eeaswel
l
!

Beont
ime.Beear
lyi
fpossi
ble.

Keepal
lyourdocument
sinor
derandneat
lyf
il
ed.

Readall
abouty
ouruni
versit
yandy ourcour
se.I
ftheint
erv
iewerasksy
ousomet
hingabouti
t,
i
t’
sniceify
oucananswerinsteadofsayi
ng‘Umm I’
m notsure.
’

EATFI
RST!Don’
tgowi
thouteat
ing.Thepr
ocessi
sgoi
ngt
otakeawhi
l
e.

Eatwel
lthepr
evi
ousni
ghtt
oo.Don’
tconsumeal
cohol
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east24hour
sbef
oret
hei
nter
view.

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DENT!Don’
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tey
ournai
l
sorf
idgetar
ound.St
aycal
m.