Kim Berry's Greencard Recruitment Survey - July 1996

I had a strong resume including four years developing factory control systems in 1996 when I applied for a software developer position with Objective Systems Integrators. Recall that this is before we carried cell phones.

I risked my job at NEC by taking an extreme long lunch for an interview at Chevy's Mexican Restaurant. A month later they called me for a second interview, this time at Sushi Restaurant. Each time I was met by 3 interviewers. At the second interview I made the joke, "So do want to hire me or just date me?" - but it didn't work. Both times the interviews tried to scare me with the long hours they were putting in. One of the interviewers was a black from Africa, and another was a Canadian who told me he was hoping to get a green card! I was probably interviewed by the person who was being sponsored.

I never head from OSII again. About 6 weeks later I received the following survey in the mail. I filled it out and sent it back to the State of California EDD, clearly indicating that I was qualified for the position, including my resume. When I heard nothing after another six weeks I sent a copy of the form in asking for confirmation that it had been received. I got my form back with an unsigned yellow sticky, indicating receipt. EDD never told me the outcome. I never heard from EDD or OSI again.

Unfortunately the only copy I can locate is the marked-up response from EDD.

OSI has since moved from Folsom to Roseville, and probably are still running PERM fake recruitment: http://www.osi.com/