Re: Just taken the lab

Hi Bradley!

Reviews like this are very important and mean a lot for candidates that have impending first attempts. It was so awesome of you to take the time to share this with GS.

We are holding out great thoughts for you regarding your score report, and if you are to miss, it is clear you are already on your way to passing in the very next attempt. If you do need to revisit the lab, remember that Cisco will do a very good job of "mixing it up" from what you experienced this time, especially in the Configuration section where they have the most flexibility. The official blueprint, or the various expanded versions, still need to be your guide.

Thanks again for the review, and for goodness sake, vinegar on chips????

:-)

Warmest Regards,

Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
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On Mar 27, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Bradley Freeman wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I took the CCIE R&S lab yesterday in Brussels and had a couple of comments that you might find interesting, now some of this came from the proctor over lunch and I may have misheard him, got confused so please don't take it as gospel;
> - All the CCIE labs are graded remotely at other CCIE lab locations with the exception of Voice which requires the person who marks it to be physically there. This is how they can mark the exam out of hours.
> - I asked the proctor about the exams at the Person professional testing centers and he said that the idea would be that they are not mobile labs and you will connect to equipment remotely and they are intended to eventually run proctorless, although he mentioned that a proctor would be available in the early stages while they test the exam in these locations if needed, I asked if this would be via telepresence and it was a no.
>
> Comments on the lab;
> - The proctor was brilliant, I asked quite a few questions and at one point thought I had a bug and he said "I think this is something you need to fix yourself" which was when I realised they were trying to play mind tricks on me.
> - There was 8 candidates taking a variety of tracks
> - For both the troubleshooting and configuration you are presented with a topology diagram which when you click on the device icon opens up a Putty window to the device
> - I had enough space, the big monitors were just enough for me organise and I could easily view 3-4 putty windows and the relevant items of the topology. Although 2 smaller monitors may have suited me better if I could snap the topology diagram and questions on one side
> - I read about candidates taking ear plugs in the past so I took some but they weren't needed it was a quiet environment as the equipment was in another room.
>
> Other comments;
> - The food at Cisco is amazing, I had a steak with chips and veg, cooked how I liked it while I waited, although continental Europeans looked at me strangely when I mentioned I was looking for vinegar to put on my chips.
> - Not really associated but when a continental European hotel says they do a cooked breakfast, its nothing like an Englishman's idea of a cooked breakfast. Bacon should not be cut up into 1inch squares..
> - I stayed at the NH Brussels Airport hotel, its directly outside the Diegem train station and just the behind Cisco. Expensive at 155 Euros advance rate for B&B but worth every penny as its so close.
> - Brussels has a great train network if your in Europe on a Eurostar line I highly recommend travelling with them, as a single change at Brussels Midi takes you directly to the hotel/testing center, so no worrying about Shuttles/Taxis/Buses/Trams.
>
> Personal note;
> I havn't got the marks back yet but I think I just missed out on the Configuration section, will definitely nail it next time its just a mind game.
>
> Hope this helps, and please don't bother unicasting me asking for the material on the lab.
>
> Cheers
>
> Bradley
>
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