US IT Interview QA

(A)  Personal:

1. About yourself

2. Reason of leaving job

3. Roles & responsibilities of last job

4. Past employment history

5. Comm. Skills/Accent/MTI

(B) Interview:

1.  Clients details:

Ally financial, Intuit, Net App, Humana, Expedia, 

1. Ally Financial - Finance Company, Detroit, Michigan, Troy MI, Austin TX, Charlotte, NC

2. Intuit: - Business and financial software company that develops and sells financial, accounting, and tax preparation software and related services for small businesses, accountants, and individuals.

HQ -  Mountain View, California; San Diego, CA ; Mountain View, California

3. Humana - Louisville, Kentucky

4. Expedia Group - travel company/ar rentals,l HQ - Bellevue, Washington, Seattle WA

califo, torronto canada

5. NetApp, Inc.  Devops - Cloud data services and data management company, Sunnyvale, California

 NJ, MA, CA, Chi, NetApp - cloud DevOps

6. Humana Inc. - Health insurance company, Louisville, Kentucky

7. ACT - Crook Missouri MO

8. Bayer monsanto Creve Coeur, Missouri,Monsanto is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Bayer-Monsanto,Whippany, New jerseyGerman drugs and crop chemicals company Bayer has won over U.S. seeds firm Monsanto /Seeds and Pesticides Company

2.  Starts, Interview & Submissions  nos. ?

1. Hassan taher, Financial analyst, Ally Financial, Detroit, MI, $35 financial analysis, Sap, tableau, reporting, advance excel

2. Tonyce Martin, UX designer, Intuit inc, Mountain View, California

$45 HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery, Adobe creative suite, agile environment

3. Jason dane -  Devops/aws engineer Net App inc., Sunnyvale, California

3. Positions/Requirements/Skills

4. Job description, Skills, Tools, Certifications, BR/PR/Markup, Boolean String

(C) Process:

1. US Visas : Visas type, filing process, validity, verification, USCIS

2. 1099, C2C, W2 tax terms

3. Process Ques. (Per-diem, Employee benefits – (Health Insurance, Dental, Vision), 401k Plan, Paid time offs PTOs

Federal leaves, Holidays, Sick leaves, Week offs)

4. US : Time zones, no. of states n names, day light savings, VMOC, VMS, MSP, SSN, BR/PR/Mark-up/Non-Markup/GP Calculations

5. U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), State & Federal law, USCIS

D) Technical:

1. Technical Skills

Part A - Technical:

1. Start details:

 Nos., Candidate names, Client, location, Position, and technologies/ skillset, string

2. Clients name and location

3. Type of positions, Skillset, Strings

4. Basic Terminology:

C2C Questions:

1. C2C, C2H, 1corp/One man Corp, Implementation Partner (IP), Prime Vendors, Bench sales

2. H1- B Visa detailed Process: H1-B filing, H-1B Visa Transfer, Sponsorship Validity/ Employer details

3. H1-B  / DL fake check ?, I-94 / US Entry Check i94 check in  travel history via passport no

4. Fake resume check, Candidate Validation, Pay rate negotiation

5. H1 filter, Vendor list, I-797 form: receipt

How do you identify if the candidate is fake or genuine?

By seeing his landing in US. His education completed, Experience and skill match and while talking to him if mentioned skills are not his proficiency

Implementation Partner (IP)

Is a mediator Company between client and 3rd party Vendors, It takes full responsibility of the client project.

CSC, Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL

Prime Vendor

Is also a mediator between client and 3rd party companies, It doesn't take any responsibility of the client project.

Prime vendors: KForce, Addeco, Experis, Computer future, Princple solutions, starpoint, Etalant network,Syncreon, Tescra, volt inc

I-94 : Arrival and Departure form

I-797 form: receipt

When you submit any USCIS application, you will receive an I-797, also known as a receipt letter, 

Form I-797A : change of the person’s status has been approved, stay is approved

Form I-797B :  petitions had been approved but that the COS or Extension of Stay had not been approved. 

Form I-797C: The I-797C form is only a copy of the already approved petition and is given to the applicant’s employer for their reference file.

An I-797 is a form issued by USCIS.  It is typically used by USCIS to communicate with customers or to convey an immigration benefit. It is commonly called a Notice of Action form. The I-797 is not the type of form that you fill in. Instead, it serves a variety of purposes such as confirming receipt of a petition, requesting additional evidence or notifying the customer of an approval.

For example, USCIS will send Form I-797C, Notice of Action, to a customer in order to communicate information related to notices of: receipt, rejection, transfer, re-open, and appointment (fingerprint, biometric capture, interview, rescheduled).

Other Types of I-797 issued by USCIS include:

I-797, Notice of Action: Issued when an application or petition is approved.

I-797A, Notice of Action: Issued to an applicant as a replacement Form I-94.

I-797B, Notice of Action: Issued for approval of an alien worker petition.

I-797D Accompanies benefit cards.

I-797E, Notice of Action: Issued to request evidence.

I-797F, Transportation Letter: Issued overseas to allow applicants to travel.

US IT Recruitment

1. Acretix

2. Infotree

3. OSI

4. Mindlance

5. Tekfortune

6. Vertisystem

7. Lance soft

8. K-tech

9. Net2source

10. Diaspark

11. Yash Technologies

12. SGS

13. Ubertal

14. NYTP New york technology

Workers Classification:-

What is a Consultant/Freelancer or Contractor ?

A consultant, also referred to as a freelancer or contractor, is a business or individual that provides professional services or advice to a client or company in exchange for compensation. A consultant generally specializes in a particular area or industry, such as marketing, human resources, engineering etc.

Consulting Agreement /Consulting Contract/Business Consulting Agreement/Independent Contractor Agreement/Freelance Agreement

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conduct regular company audits with the goal of finding employees who have been misclassified as contractors.

The consequences for such misclassifications can range in severity depending on whether or not the misclassification is intentional, unintentional, or fraudulent.

Workers Classification:-

1) Employees: on Clients W2

(Direct Hire/Direct Staffing/Direct Placement/Full time)

2) Contractors:

1099 workers or Independent contractors or Self Employed or Business - Pay their own taxes

(for specific job for ex. Book keeping which doesn't require full time work, few hours if work in a month etc.)

3) Temp Staffing/Contract

Temp to Hire/Contract to Hire

C2C

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#Companies provide a Form 1099-MISC to independent contractors that they work with, and employers file Form W2on behalf of their employees. 

#If an employee is misclassified as an independent contractor, you could be subject to costly fines and legal fees. And W2 workers who are misclassified as independent contractors can sue your business for benefits they were denied, such as health insurance, overtime pay, and the minimum wage.

#1099 workers can also choose to hire their own workers to help them deliver the product or service that you hired them to provide. In other words, independent contractors assume the risk for their own profit or loss when they carry out their jobs.

#Since your level of oversight over independent contractors is relatively low, your level of financial and legal responsibility is low, as well. 1099 workers pay both employee and employer self-employment taxes—so, if you choose to hire an independent contractor, your business doesn’t need to pay payroll taxes. And, as their own business owners, 1099 workers aren’t eligible for the benefits you might offer your W2 employees, such as health insurance, paid time off, and overtime.  

In most cases, a company can let an employee go for poor performance or any other valid, non-discriminatory reason. An independent contractor, on the other hand, works and receives pay according to the terms of a signed contract between the parties. They also pay their own taxes.

Benefits like health insurance, retirement contributions, and flexible spending accounts are available to all qualifying employees in a business. As we mentioned earlier, benefits aren’t available to independent contractors doing work for a business.

IRS or Department of Labor audit you and find that you’ve misclassified workers. Because when it comes to 1099 vs. W2, the IRS is stringent: They can can levy back taxes and penalties of more than 40% of the contractor’s pay. And the DOL could require you to pay wages going back three years.

Less legal risk to your business –

Lowers business costs You don’t have to provide a minimum wage, overtime, or benefits to independent contractors. There is another interesting W2 vs. 1099 tax difference as well: Since you don’t have to withhold income taxes or pay payroll taxes, there’s also less of a paperwork burden on your company when you hire independent contractors.

 You can hire 1099 workers for specific projects, but you can’t control when or how they complete their jobs. You’re not responsible for covering their Medicare and Social Security taxes, and you won’t provide them with the same benefits as you would for a W2 worker. This may be a less expensive option.

W2 workers, on the other hand, require a regular salary, certain benefits, and more intensive management. The financial costs of hiring W2 employees may be higher than 1099 workers.

The best practice is to consult an employment attorney and tax professional before making your final decision about how to consult your business’s workforce.

S-Corp VS LLC:-

LLC - Limited liability Company

by default, a single-member LLC is taxed as a sole proprietorship while a multimemberLLC is considered a partnership. ... An LLCtaxed as an S-corp means the owner's salary will be a business expense so the owner will report salary and other business profit on their personal income tax return

However, LLC owners can choose to be taxed as an S-corp. By doing so, business owners can often reduce their self-employment taxes.

registering their company as an LLC and electing S-corp tax status. This gives the business owner the legal and organizational benefits of an LLC, but the IRS treats the business as an S-corp for tax purposes.

Corp to Corp

With corp to corp, you're a normal contractor. You have to be an S-corp or LLC,

you will be responsible for quarterly tax filings. You might be paid month-to-month; your S-corp or LLC invoices the company,

1099

In order to work as a 1099 contractor, the first step is to create a business that is not incorporated. This business entity will not exist independently of you, so you don't need separate bank accounts. If a 1099 contractor doesn't pay taxes, the IRS may go after the employer and hold the company liable for the tax requirement.

The major difference between C2C and 1099 is that with C2C, you don’t have to pay self-employment taxes on your income.  However, you do have to pay yourself a salary and with it both employer and employee taxes.

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Difference Between W-2, 1099, and Corp-to-Corp Workers?

W-2: A Contracted Employee

1099: An Unincorporated, Individually Owned Business

Corp-to Corp: An Incorporated Contractor

If you’re using a corp-to-corp relationship with someone, it just means that you’ll pay an LLC or corporation for services rather than the individual worker. (That’s where the name comes from — your “corp” will be paying the worker’s “corp.”) A contract worker under a corp-to-corp agreement must own an LLC, a corporation, or an S corporation.

Similar to a 1099 independent contractor, the contracted worker under this arrangement is responsible for all taxes, which will be at a higher rate because of the business’s obligation to pay into Social Security and payroll taxes like FICA.

Time Zones:

In US there are four time zones and they are as follows

1.       Pacific Time Zone (PST)

2.       Mountain Time Zone (MST)

3.       Central Time Zone (CST)

4.       Eastern Time Zone (EST)

1 hour is difference between every time zone.

Example: if time in EST is 6:00PM then the time in CST is 5:00PM, MST 4:00PM, PST 3:00PM

corp to corp :

It is the Parole run between two incorporations (Pvt Ltd.)

H1s are eligible. US Citizens & GCs may also eligible provided he/she has incorporated company.

1099

In this tax term the consultant himself pay his parole taxes.

US citizens $ GCs are are eligible. No H1s.

W2

W2 is of two types and they are classified as follows:

First type- W2 is with benefits. In this case the consultant will get insurance, paid vacations and travelling expenses.

Second type- W2 is without benefits. In this case the consultant will get only parole taxes.

US Citizens and GCs are applicable.