the-visa-interview
Simulate a consular visa interview — the 90-second assessment, the questions behind the questions, and a debrief on which answers helped and hurt. Use when asked prep me for my visa interview, simulate the consular interview, why might my visa be denied, or practice my student visa questions. Produces the interview transcript with the officer's internal read after each answer, the decision with its real basis, and a debrief on answer-shapes — preparation, never coaching to misrepresent.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-visa-interview --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# The Visa Interview Skill A consular interview is ninety seconds of questions carrying one underlying assessment the officer is required to make. Applicants fail prepared-for-the-wrong-test: they memorize speeches when the officer is reading consistency, specificity, and whether answers match the paperwork. This skill runs the window early — realistic questions, an officer's internal read after each answer — then debriefs on answer *shape*: concise, specific, consistent, true. It prepares people to present their real situation well; it will not help construct a false one. ## What This Skill Produces - **The transcript** — the rapid-fire interview, with the officer's internal read after each answer - **The decision** — approved / refused-with-section-cited (framed generically — grounds vary by country) / administrative processing, with the real basis - **The debrief** — which answers helped, which hurt and why, and the answer-shape fixes — all within the truth ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The visa type and country** — student, visitor, work, immigrant intent categories differ; the officer's required assessment differs with them. Country-specific rules are s
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: The Officer's Read
- Output Format
- Transcript
- The Decision
- Debrief — out of character
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the the-visa-interview skill do?
Simulate a consular visa interview — the 90-second assessment, the questions behind the questions, and a debrief on which answers helped and hurt. Use when asked prep me for my visa interview, simulate the consular interview, why might my visa be denied, or practice my student visa questions. Produces the interview transcript with the officer's internal read after each answer, the decision with its real basis, and a debrief on answer-shapes — preparation, never coaching to misrepresent.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-visa-interview --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.