INTERVIEW!!!! PLEASE HELP

[hpmkc]

DEAR ALL,

I APPLIED FOR TIER 1 ENTREPRENEUR ON 3RD JULY.

CATEGORY - 200K FROM INDIA

BUSINESS - RETAIL AND WHOLESALE STORE OPERATOR (TELECOMMUNICATION)


YESTERDAY I GOT A CALL FOR AN INTERVIEW ON 29TH JULY.

ME AND MY TEAM MEMBER BOTH HAVE TO ATTEND.

SO PLEASE HELP WHAT SORT OF QUESTIONS CAN I EXPECT?

HOW LONG NORMALLY INTERVIEW TAKES?

AFTER INTERVIEW HOW LONG DOES IT TAKES TO GET THE RESULT?



WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY HELP.

THANKS.

[sabuj263]

DEAR ALL,

I APPLIED FOR TIER 1 ENTREPRENEUR ON 3RD JULY.

CATEGORY - 200K FROM INDIA

BUSINESS - RETAIL AND WHOLESALE STORE OPERATOR (TELECOMMUNICATION)


YESTERDAY I GOT A CALL FOR AN INTERVIEW ON 29TH JULY.

ME AND MY TEAM MEMBER BOTH HAVE TO ATTEND.

SO PLEASE HELP WHAT SORT OF QUESTIONS CAN I EXPECT?

HOW LONG NORMALLY INTERVIEW TAKES?

AFTER INTERVIEW HOW LONG DOES IT TAKES TO GET THE RESULT?



WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY HELP.

THANKS.

Hi,
Team of 2
200k
Third party funding.(abroad)
Applied on 12 dec 12.uk
Biometric on 22 jan
Applied from student route.
Only one team member got interview call on 15 April.
Interview on 30 April.

My partner had interview today.

They asked him about
Any supporting documents?
his immigration history?
where does he works?
About partners visa status?
How you know each other?
Did she studied same cource as yours?
What is your partners job role in business?
Why did she not come to the interview?
who is funding you(third party)?
Where are the funds?
how is he related to you?
What's your business?
What's your job role in business?
How many employees will you hire?
What will be their wages?
How did you do your market research?
Who are your competitors?
Name them?
How many competitors (number)are there?
Have seen any place for your business?
Where is that place?
How much will be the investment?(detail investment for deposit to rent etc)
How much profit will you make in first year?
How are you going to divide the profit?why?
What insurance you need?
When you get visa how long will it take to start the business?
Do you want to add anything more to the interview?
She wrote everything on answer sheet herself.
He (my friend)did not take any business plan or latest bank statement.
She said she will write to us if the caseworker need it.
It is not difficult if you know everything about you business.
The interview finished in 40 mins.

Note: Copy from another post.
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[xyz12345]

hi hpmkc
can i know from which city did you apply in india
did you applied through 3rd party funding or showed money in your account

[hpmkc]

DEAR XYZ12345,

I HAVE MONEY IN MY ACCOUNT.

I AM FROM CAPITAL OF INDIA.

[xyz12345]

Thanks for replying
Below are some of the questions that were asked to someone applying from Pakistan

Questions

1) What was the last time you traveled to UK?
2) What was the last time you exited the UK?
3) What was the purpose of stay?
4) Do you have any relatives in the UK?
5) Who helped you put up the application?
6) How many consultants you consulted?
7) Who wrote the B.Plan?
8 ) What is your current occupation?
9) What is your position in the company?
10) What business does this company do(deals in)?
11) Who is funding your business?
12) What understanding do you have towards the investment with the investor?(what will you pay him in return)
13) Will the payment be paid before audited accounts or after?
14) When will you return the investment obviously its not given to you forever?
15) What is your business plan about? (explain the business)
16) Why this business?
17) Do you have any experience in the relevant field?
18 ) What part of UK do you intend to establish this business?
19) Why specifically this area why not somewhere else?
20) How many employees do you intend to recruit at the start of business?
21) What salaries and wages do you intend to pay them?
22) Will your premises require security?
23) What type of security? (CCTV or guard)
24) What will you pay the guard?
25) What will you pay the security company?
26) Do you require a manager for company ?
27) They don't come cheap what salary would you pay him?
28 ) Where did you come up with these figures?
29) What type of business premises you require?
30) What dimensions would your premises have?
31) Would you mortgage ,Lease, freehold or Rent it?
32) What is the Business rate , explain the business rate for your chosen business and area?
33) What sort of Insurance do you require for your business?
34) How much will be the Insurance?
35) How much will your utilities cost monthly and yearly?
36) Please state the break down of the utilities?(How much for what)
37) What is the running cost of your business?
38 ) Will you register your business?
39) Where and what bodies will you register your business with?
40) Will you register your company with companies house?
41) Would you then sell its shares to public and for how much?
42) What is high tax?
43) What is VAT threshold?
44) Your company requires movement of items?
45) How will you manage that?
46) What will you pay to logistics company?
47) Will you be importing and exporting goods?
48 ) How much is the freight to China from your nearest port?
49) What will you pay your freight company for transferring goods from your premises?
50) What will you for the container of 40ft to be sitting at delivery point?
51) How much business would you generate in first year?
52) This is a new business I take the forecast is assumptions rather then projections?
53) There is serious competition is the specified business area, there are people doing business brilliantly, What makes you think you will survive or thrive?
54) What advantage or edge would you have over them?
55) How would you purchase your goods?
56) Will you collect them?
57) How will you sell them offshore?
58 ) There are figures I cant understand, how have you come up with them, What do you have to say about that?
59) Where do you see Yourself/Business in three years time?
60) That is all for the interview, Do you intend to add something more to that?


There are few more questions I cant recall them yet but When I remember them I will update them.

I drank a lot of water throughout the interview it lasted an hour and my throat was killing me.

I hope the questions stated above will help people in preparations in future here and abroad?

Thanx for taking time to read this and wish me luck for administrative review.