From: Atlanta CCIE (atlantaccie@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:17:00 ARST
Tough luck Michael. At least you are being positive about it. Do you know if
you failed due to openended questions or the lab? Once again its not about
the CCIE# but the knowledge that comes while going for the # :) Good luck on
your next attempt!
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Michael Dorion <m.dorion@live.com> wrote:
> Well, no dice in Sydney. Another close attempt. I'll get em' next time I
> guess. Great trip though, the proctor in Sydney is awesome and everyone
> just
> kind of wanted to hang out after the exam. I don't think I got bashed too
> much for being American. He was about as cryptic in answering some
> questions
> as the RTP and San Jose proctors were so it's not like it's easier in one
> site than it is in another. I went down a day early and I got to meet
> other
> proctors from different sites (they happened to be there). They were pretty
> cool also, and I got to pick their brains about the exam a little bit.
>
> About the written questions, they wouldn't talk about points and percentage
> grading, so I guess I can't talk about it either, but basically if you have
> taken the exam before you can throw your point strategy out the window.
> (like how IE and NMC says you want about 15 points per target hour). This
> is
> not to say you shouldn't keep track, just kind of read the exam first and
> wing it. They did say, however, if you don't pass the open ended part, but
> you do pass the lab, then you fail. They have already seen a couple cases
> of
> this and it had just started a few days before.
>
> Also, the exams' questions haven't changed, you just have less time to do
> it
> now with the written part. It's not the SATs don't spend more than a couple
> minutes on the entire thing. I think I wrote the whole command reference of
> one question which was a big waste of time. Also, DON'T STUDY FOR IT. At
> all. Just work on your speed for the lab as you have even less time now.
> Like one guy said, if you have to study for them, you shouldn't be taking
> the exam anyways.
>
> Another interesting note: Proctors read the forums! (at least this and the
> IE forum) so don't say anything bad about them. They are the ultimate
> masters of the universe anyways. ;)
>
> As far as traveling to take the exam, it seemed like a good idea in San
> Jose
> (from Boston) but traveling halfway around the world is probably not a good
> idea for performance. I definitely felt sluggish all day taking the exam,
> even after giving myself 2 days to recover. On the bright side, it was hard
> to be bummed about failing since I was in Australia and all. I went to
> Sydney, Perth, and Melbourne and they were all amazing. I think I'll stick
> to RTP for the next attempt.
>
> -Mike
>
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