> Not always; the job I'm in now I was up against four others who were
> already in the US (one USC, one Belgian and two Chinese all already on
> H1Bs) and they flew me all the way from Newcastle for an interview,
> offered me the job, spent money getting the visa and were even patient
> enough to wait from January to May for me to start, even the USC could
> have started work the next day. That said I work for a university so
> the H1B limit doesn't apply.
>
> I'm not sure if the VWP lets you job-hunt (I did all the searching and
> applying on the internet anyway) but an interview is OK, so long as
> you're able to prove you will go home. I didn't mention it at the
> airport though.
I think it is important to realise that academic H1b positions at
universities are an entirely different ballgame and cannot be compared
to commercial hiring.
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