Re: My first LAB attempt

Maarteen,

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Thanks
Kambiz Agahian

CCIE Instructor/Consultant
CCIE# 25341, CCSI# 33326, MCSE, MCSA

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Maarten Vervoorn <mr.vervoorn_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Brad,
>
> I follow the complete 360 program and completed all assesment lab, followed
> the two workshops.
> The stupid thing is that there wasn't a technology I did not know. it was
> just my time management and stress from the troubleshooting section. Next
> time I know what to do and to expect. I will work on my time management and
> some topics I wasn't very good at.
>
> I will take all your advices and prepare for my next attempt the best I
> can.
> I know I can do this. When I look back at the exam I know I could have
> (maybe) passed it. If I just be calm and take it step by step, follow my
> stratagy
>
> Thanks
>
> Maarten
>
> 2010/7/14 Brad Ellis <brad_at_ccbootcamp.com>
>
> > Maarten,
> >
> > Hi! Sorry to hear you didnt make it. You mentioned "panicking" several
> > times below. That's probably one of the worst things you can do during a
> > lab exam (or any exam for that matter). If you panic, it will through
> > you off your game, you won't think straight, and you'll make extra
> > mistakes. If you calmly try to think through the problem and solution, I
> > think you'll find much better results. The key to not panicking or
> > stressing about a situation is proper preparation and knowing what to
> > expect. Since this was your first lab attempt, there's typically a
> > little learning curve involved when it comes to the unknown of the lab
> > exam...think of it this way, at least you know what to expect next time
> > - this should help calm your nerves. Good luck in your continued
> > preparation. You should check and see if there is a Cisco 360 provider
> > in your region and take a few practice graded labs. :)
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> > Brad Ellis
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Maarten Vervoorn
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:39 PM
> > To: Cisco certification
> > Subject: My first LAB attempt
> >
> > 30 june, my first lab attempt.
> >
> > The day before 29 june. Tried to relax, have a nice diner and went to
> > bed
> > early.
> >
> > Next morning 30 june I woke up early I needed to drive 1 hour to
> > Brussels. I
> > took 2:15 hours for it. I arrived at 7:30 and talked to some other
> > candidated who arrived early, one whas from kenia he did wireless, and
> > one
> > from norway. I didn't spoke to the other ones.
> >
> > About 8:10 the proctor arived and brought us to the exam room. He
> > explained
> > the rules and gave us our rack numbers. I put all my things in the
> > lockers
> > and sit down on my chair. I look arround to make my self as comfortable
> > as I
> > could. Nice big screen. I had a bit worn keyboard. I think there were 7
> > candidates in total, most of them did R&S. After everybody sit down the
> > proctor explained the last exam rules and made everything very clear,
> > Than
> > we could start.
> >
> > Troubleshooting section:
> > I started off with the troubleshooting section the questions were very
> > clear
> > and good to understand. When I got at question 2 I couldn't solve this
> > instantly I spended much time on this and kind of paniced out here. I
> > went
> > to the next questions. I whatched the time and noticed I didn't got very
> > much time left I rushed a bit and started to worry about failing in
> > troubleshooting. I knew I had one question wrong. Then the time ended.
> > Wtih
> > worries in my head I started at the configutation section
> >
> > First question paniced me out I couldn't solve instantly what they were
> > asking. I spended to much time thinking what was wrong here. After 20
> > minutes (way too long) I continued. I knew those things I configured,
> > configured and configured at some point I looked at the time I had and
> > then
> > how may questions I needed to do. I kind of scared out of the many tasks
> > I
> > still had to do. So I stept a way from my stratagy (very wrong to do) I
> > went
> > on question by question just to finish the exam. I didn't verify well
> > enough
> > and didn't reboot my routers. I finished every questions but didn't
> > verify
> > it well enough and hadn't time to read it over again.
> >
> > The proctor tells us to finish the exam and save our configurations.
> >
> > I went back in my car thinking and thinking(....troubleshooting went
> > bad,
> > finshed configuration, not much time, didn't verify well enough...) I
> > thought maybe, maybe I did it. When I arrived with my wife I talked it
> > over
> > and thought maybe is not well enough you need to be sure.
> >
> > Next day logged in to Cisco
> > Troubleshooting pass
> > Configuration Fail
> >
> > So I paniced out on troubleshooting which I passed and screwed up my
> > configuration part. This first time added lots to my experience. of the
> > real
> > exam and what to expect.
> >
> > I was dissapointed about the configution result I thought I did it
> > better
> > then that. I think the lack of verification and carefully reread of the
> > question is the cause of this because I knew the technologies and what I
> > needed to do. Well I need to go on.
> >
> > What I learned for the next time.
> > - Take a hotel near the Cisco building where no driving is required.
> > - Stay focused and keep calm during the exam, skip TB question after 10
> > min
> > - Just stick to my stratagy
> > - Verify verify and verify
> > - Read the question, read it again and once more to verify your
> > configuration meets the requirements
> > Planning to do the next on 7 Oktober.
> > I planned 250 hours of studing in between now and the lab date. I'm
> > still
> > thinking what my study stratagy shall be. I think doing for about 13
> > labs
> > and study on technologies which I am the least good at in the evenings.
> > During the practice labs I will try a couple of different strategies and
> > look which one best fits me. I especialy want to practice in reading the
> > questions well enough and verify every requirement.
> >
> > Any new good advise for my second time are very welcome. Also some good
> > advise in my study approach is welcome
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Maarten Vervoorn
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