H-1B Visa Interview Questions About Your Employer

Company and employer questions appear in roughly 20% of all H-1B stamping interviews — but that average masks significant variation. If you work at a large, well-known employer (Microsoft, Google, Amazon), the officer may skip employer questions entirely. If you work at a consulting firm, staffing company, or startup, employer questions can dominate the entire interview.

From our analysis of 1,081 real H-1B interview questions, employer questions are among the most consequential. A vague or inconsistent answer about your company is one of the most common triggers for administrative processing — the indefinite hold that can delay your visa stamp for weeks or months.

This guide covers the exact employer questions consular officers ask, with specific strategies for consulting, staffing, startup, and remote work situations. If you have not reviewed the full question set yet, start with our complete H-1B interview questions guide.

These are the top employer and company questions in H-1B stamping interviews.

What does your company do?

🟡 Asked in ~20% of H-1B interviews — more common for lesser-known employers

Describe the company in one or two sentences: what industry it operates in, what products or services it provides, and roughly how large it is. Officers do not need a company history — they need a clear picture of what the business does.

For large companies: "Amazon is a technology company that provides cloud computing services, e-commerce, and digital streaming. I work in the AWS division, which handles cloud infrastructure."

For smaller companies: "TechBridge Solutions is a mid-size IT services firm with about 200 employees. We build custom enterprise software for healthcare companies."

Who is your employer / Who do you work for?

🟡 Asked in ~8% of interviews

Name your petitioning employer — the company listed on your I-797. This question becomes critical if you work at a client site. The officer wants to confirm that the company on the petition is your actual employer, not just a middleman.

How many employees does your company have?

🔵 Asked in ~5% of interviews

Officers use this to assess the company's ability to pay the offered wage and to determine whether the company has a genuine business need for an H-1B worker. Small companies are not disqualifying, but they receive more scrutiny.

Where is your company's office?

🔵 Asked in ~5% of interviews

Your answer must match the worksite listed on your LCA. If your company has multiple offices, specify which one you work from.

Who is your direct supervisor / manager?

🔵 Asked in ~3% of interviews

State your manager's name and title. If you work at a client site, clarify that your performance reviews, work assignments, and compensation come from your petitioning employer — not the client.

Do you work at your company's office or at a client site?

🔵 Asked in ~3% of interviews

Be direct. If you work at a client site, explain the arrangement clearly: who the client is, what project you are on, and how your employer maintains oversight. See the special situations section below for detailed strategies.

Officers interview hundreds of applicants. They do not have time to parse jargon or long corporate descriptions. Use this framework:

Template: "[Company name] is a [size descriptor] [industry] company that [what it does]. I work in the [department/team] on [what your team does]."

Examples:

• "Deloitte is a global professional services firm. I work in their technology consulting practice, helping financial institutions modernize their IT systems."
• "Acme Analytics is a 50-person data analytics startup based in Austin. We build predictive models for retail companies. I lead the engineering team that develops our core platform."
• "Wipro is a large IT services company with over 250,000 employees. I work in their banking and financial services division, developing software for US-based bank clients."

Notice the pattern: company name, what it does, your specific role within it. Three sentences maximum. If the officer wants more detail, they will ask.

Strong answer: "Cognizant is a global IT services company with about 350,000 employees. They provide technology consulting, digital transformation, and outsourcing services to enterprise clients across industries. I work in their healthcare technology practice, building electronic health record integration systems for US hospital networks."

Weak answer: "It's an IT company. We do software." — Too vague. Forces the officer to ask multiple follow-up questions and signals that you may not understand your own employer's business.

"Who do you work for?" (consulting scenario)

Strong answer: "My employer is InfoSys. They petitioned my H-1B. I currently work on a project at JPMorgan Chase's office in Jersey City, but InfoSys is my employer — they pay my salary, conduct my performance reviews, and assign me to projects. My manager at InfoSys is Priya Sharma, who is a Senior Project Manager."

Weak answer: "I work at JPMorgan." — Technically incorrect if InfoSys is the petitioning employer. This creates a fundamental inconsistency with the petition and is one of the most common reasons for administrative processing holds at H-1B interviews.

"How many employees does your company have?" (startup scenario)

Strong answer: "We have 15 full-time employees. The company was founded in 2022 and we have raised $8 million in Series A funding. Our clients include three Fortune 500 retailers. I am the lead data engineer responsible for our analytics pipeline — we needed someone with a master's degree in computer science for this role because the work involves advanced statistical modeling."

Weak answer: "About 15, I think. We're small but growing." — Misses the opportunity to address the officer's underlying concern about whether a 15-person company has a legitimate need for an H-1B worker and the financial capacity to pay the wage.

Employer questions are where H-1B interviews go wrong most often — especially for consulting and staffing company employees. A clear, confident description of your employer and the employer-employee relationship can prevent an administrative processing hold.

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