RE: Sob Story

If everyone could or would pass the lab, what would the point of the test be? I can't comment on your test taking conditions, but I would have to concur with Andre and Jojo. Haven't you ever been on a colo floor with a console cable hooked up to a device, troubleshooting while the sh*t is hitting the fan and your eyes are completely dried out because you're in the cold inlet, getting pumped with air? The exam is psychological; your environment (a small LCD with a jacked up keyboard in a small cube when you're used to 24" monitors) and time are all working against you. Why should things be made easier now when plenty of people are still able to pass?

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:10 PM
To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Sob Story

Thought I should share my sob story with fellow sufferers.I passed the CCIE
written in Mar 2007 and then took my first Lab attempt at Sao Paulo.All
through the first attempt the proctor kept on talking over the telephone and I
was not able to focus.Cisco charges an obscene amount for the Lab isnt it
logical they should provide a Test environment which is quiet and necessary
for a 8 hour battle.Perhaps we should file a PIL so that the company wakes up
and realises they are not fulfilling their obligations by not providing the
required Lab environment.My experience in my subsequent two attempts were
hardly any different.Ideally there should be sound-proofed cubicles for each
test-taker and take my word for it ear-plugs and ear-muffs DO NOT work.What I
found from my subsequent desperate research is even if you use ear-plugs/muffs
speech gets conducted through the head bones and of course they will not allow
you to play music to drown out the speech.

Also when I took the written test there was no rule stating that one had to
take the Lab at least once a year or the written exam would become
invalid.Again perhaps a PIL...

Very frankly if the correct exam environment is provided and the company didnt
keep on playing with the exam format/contents etc. there would be many more
CCIEs.Which is obviously why they resort to these nasty methods.What is the
logic of introducing MPLS VPNs when the topic is already covered in the
Service Provider track?

PIL anyone...?

Just in case my language is as convoluted as that of Cisco by PIL I mean
Public Interest Litigation.
Received on Tue Aug 18 2009 - 13:49:28 ART