Re: Failed R&S Today

Thanks for sharing George. Your positive attitude reminds me that if
I fail on my 1st attempt - that its ok. Most do. So thanks for that.
You prob took some edge off my 1st lab.

Good luck to you on your next shot.

Tim

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Good spirit, George.
>
> Staying positive is already half of your battle to a pass. Now that you've seen the Grand Prize Show, you've gotten that shock and awe out of the way.
>
> Keep it up!
>
> Regards,
> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (RS)
> Sent from my iPhone 5
>
> On Dec 10, 2012, at 5:11 PM, George Daly <george.daly_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm mostly a lurker on this list but thought I would give a quick feedback
>> (obviously without disclosing technical content) on my first attempt at R&S
>> lab today.
>> The TS section was actually not quite as tough as I thought it would be - I'm
>> still awaiting the grading but I'm hopeful I may have scraped a pass there.
>> The scenarios were pretty well phrased (for a Cisco exam!) and it was
>> generally clear what the objectives were. The graphic in the TS section
>> pinpoints which area of the topology we need to focus on, which is helpful.
>> There were a couple of questions which were definitely time sinks, which I
>> left until the end. I completed 8/10 questions including a 3 pointer.
>> The Config section I found to be very tough indeed - there weren't many
>> "stupid router tricks", instead you had to have a really good grasp of a wide
>> variety of the blueprint, which is as it should be. I found myself
>> referencing the DocCD way too much (didn't it find it particularly slow), and
>> I realised a couple of hours in that I wasn't going to make it this time. I
>> really struggled with maintaining focus and speed past this point TBH.
>> One think which I personally need to work on is the pyschological aspects of
>> the exam - I found myself continually thinking "I'm in the lab!! Wow this is
>> really hard!! I can't see myself passing this one!!" Rather than really being
>> "in the moment" and totally engaging and focusing on the job in hand.
>> Difficult to recreate that outside of the lab environment IMO.
>> In summary I thought it was a very good, fair and balanced exam, albeit
>> extremely difficult :)
>> Cheers,George
>>
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