RE: CCIE certification value.

Shekhar,

Thanks for bringing up such an interesting topic. Let me ask you of the
value of CCIE. From what you are describing these candidates were - in your
opinion - CCNP caliber. Let's say - for the sake of the argument - there is
a CCIE applicant that satisfies your most stringent requirements. He
remembers, knows, designs, implements. How much is he/she worth to you, the
employer (USD annually on top of the average CCNP)?
You are in a fairly unique position in this distribution list: we have the
knowledge you buy - you buy the knowledge we have. So - if we could partake
of the experience from the other side of the table - what's the CCIE
certification value?

Regards,

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
shekhar sharma
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 3:27 AM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: CCIE certification value.

Hi All,

First of all , before sharing anything , I want to say that I mean no
offense to anybody or any certifications.

Just want you people to share your views on CCIE certification value.

I am very upset with my experience with 3 CCIE certified candidates

I was interviewing 3 CCIE candidates for my company requirement, although I
am not a CCIE ...am preparing for the LAB,just cleared the written.

Out of three , two guys are CCIE(R&S) Lab certified and one is dual CCIE(R&S
+ Service Provider).

The first candidate was average on theortical knowledge on various
technologies that I didn't expect form a CCIE .But the main part is that he
doesn't have any practical knowledge on the actual implementation in real
world.

The second candidate was below average on theortical knowledge ,not able to
answer even few OSPF questions and forget about the practical part. He too
was zero on it.

Now the third candidate who is dual CCIE .He is working in Cisco. I was
expecting a lot from him. He was good on the technical knowledge ...not as
good as I expected......but again on the implementation part he was zero.

Don't you guys think that Cisco certifications have become a ediucation
buisness.I could be wrong in saying that but... i think the trend has
changed now ....and everyone is running for just certification not becoming
actual IE.

And this is affecting a lot the value of CCIE certification .....

Again I mean no offense to anyone who is preparing for CCIE...I am too
preparing for LAB ,,, and some of the assumptions I have made could be
wrong.

Regards,
Shekhar

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Received on Mon Jul 02 2012 - 07:57:24 ART