F1 visa rejected (214b)
From India, above 8 cgpa, good scores in GRE and IELTS, 8 Admits(including CMU), 1 Reject, 1 Pending, Over 3 yrs of experience as Software Engineer.
Interview Experience:
When did you graduate? Me: "June 2023 ......... and working"
What have you been doing since then? Me: "I'm a Software Engineer at xyz(fumbled a little here but corrected it later), .... at xyz"
why do you wanna go BACK to school? Me: "Sir, my ambition is to become a software architect at zomato in INDIA and for that I want advance systems engineering knowledge which Master of Software Engineering at San Jose State University provides."
Do you feel threatened coming back to India? (Officer fumbled 2 times and asked this question in total 3 times) Me: "Not at all. I can give you few reasons to come back to INDIA" Officer: "It's okay, not required". (or "It's okay, not needed")
Then he pause for 20-30 seconds, TYPING something, (didn't even look at me meanwhile) and after the pause, rejected me and handed me the 214b slip.
Side note:
My Visa Officer looked very serious unlike other VOs who appeared curious.
Need help understanding what went wrong and any suggestions how to reapply. Please help.