Was conditionally approved on August 21. At the time, earliest interview in the vicinity was Newark late October. A few days later, there were a few slots that opened up in September so I grabbed one. Two days ago, I snagged an interview slot for today (August 27) at JFK! Think I was extremely lucky Interview took less than 10 minutes, received email notification less than 15 minutes after that.

So seriously, keep checking back for interview slots opening up! The interview availability opens up to the first available appointment so I was checking a few times a day to try my luck.