Re: Should I request a reread?

I have no opinion about whether you should attempt a reread, but I
will say I had a similar experience in San Jose. The proctor gave me a
bit of bad information. In my case it made no difference at all. The
15 extra minutes I spent realizing his information was incorrect would
not have turned my fail into a pass. It was a bit
disturbing/disappointing though because I didn't feel like he gave my
question much thought at all though.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Josiah Chonko <josiah.chonko_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I took the CCIE R&S in San Jose on Monday and walked out knowing that
> I had passed. During the TS section I completed all tickets and
> verified them 100% with 30 minutes to spare. I spent this 30 minutes
> double, triple checking every part of every ticket, reviewing the
> rules and restrictions to verify I did not violate anything. Come to
> find out, I failed the troubleshooting section and passed the
> configuration. I could not believe that I failed the troubleshooting
> and it took me some time to figure out why I failed but I believe it
> was because of misinformation from the proctor. I had asked the
> proctor a question regarding one of the tickets which I believe he
> gave me the wrong information on. Due to NDA I can not tell you what
> the ticket was or what the misinformation he gave me was. It was
> simple clarification question on what the end result of a question
> should be. It had nothing to do with my technical knowledge but
> interpretation of the question. Our conversation is below:
>
> Me: "Is the question asking me to do A or B?"
> Proctor: "Can you make B happen?"
> Me: "Yes"
> Proctor: "Then do that"
>
> Looking back on that conversation and the ticket itself, I realized
> that he gave me the wrong information. I was supposed to do it the
> other way which is why I missed that question. If I had done it the
> other way, I would have received credit for that ticket and therefore
> would have passed the exam. He seemed to be a little unsure himself
> about whether I should do it one way or another. If he had graded the
> lab himself, I believe he would have gave me credit for it since he
> told me to do it that way.
>
> So my question is: Should I request a reread or just reschedule for
> another attempt? Has anyone done a reread and is this the type of
> thing that would take a grade from FAIL to PASS? I noticed on the
> page that when you request a reread, they provide you with a place for
> comments where I could describe, in detail, this same scenario and
> hope that they would talk to my proctor who could confirm our
> conversation.
>
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