Unfortunately I didnt make it. When I walked out I thought I nailed it. The exam it self was quite easy, but I obviously missed some important detail. I cant believe it, is what I’ve been saying for the last hour. I genuinely can not believe it. I will have to accept it quickly and get a strategy to take it again as soon as possible. The test is easy, to the point, its not an IQ test, its more of a accuracy test. Thats my take on it. Why and how I lost points I have no idea. I can guess on one or two questions that I might have missed something, but on one particular section I have no idea how it could have been wrong. Looking at the score report, I have to say that I can genuinely not believe it. I will think about asking for a remark, but for now I will take a break for a few days.
Another sad part is that I travelled 10 000km to take the exam while this very week cisco has a mobile lab right on my doorstep. I found that out when the proctor asked “where you from?”. The trip to here was a bit of a desaster, due to a bomb scare we missed our flights to brazil and we arrive at the hotel at sao paulo with the lab starting in 12 hours. I had a feeling of sea sickness during the lab that I dont quite know what it was, that didnt help, but I dont think this was the reason for the failure.
On the bright side, now I have a chance at getting ccie 21337, which would more than make up for one failure. I will write some more about the lab in a few days when I get back home.
I am really sorry to hear u did not make it … but dont give up … my experience on this is you have to take a couple days off and go back again to the workbooks. Please let me know when you have some plans, it could be similar to the ones I have. You can unicast me to my email jorger_vazquez@hotmail.com
Comment by Jorge — June 12, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
Sorry to hear you didn’t make it. Good luck with your next try and don’t give up. Look forward to reading about your next strategy
Comment by dh — June 12, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
I”m goint for the LAB exam next week !!
what was the questions ???
Comment by Raool — June 12, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
Hi mate, Comiserations. If it is any consolation, I failed my lab in Brussels on Monday 9 june 2008 as well, and I felt exactly the same as you have wrote, thought I had nailed it. It is gutting, takes a lot out of you, and so frustrating. Only today have I got over this, and are now building for the next attempt sooner rather than later.
All the best.
davidchances@yahoo.com
Comment by David Chances — June 13, 2008 @ 6:14 am
Lol Raool, trust me you dont need the questions to pass, they are all in the workbooks. Consentrate on making your configuations as complete as possible.
David, hope you make it next time round. Dont get to disposed, walking out thinking you nailed it means you knew the answer to the questions and technology. The way I see it is that if I feel I passed the lab, sooner or later Im going to be right. I know the lab did not beat me on understanding the technologies.
Comment by antoniehenning — June 17, 2008 @ 2:00 am
What are your plans for the next attempt? Will you take some time for rest or have you already retaken the workbook labs?
Comment by Jorge — June 17, 2008 @ 6:16 am
preparations for take 2 starts today
Comment by ahenning — June 17, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
Keep your head up! Take some time to really think about the questions that you got. There might have been a little nuance that you missed at first glance. When I was doing my lab, there was one question that if you didn’t get the meaning of a particular word it might have made all the difference. Next time hammer the proctor if your not sure about anything. This is what really annoyed me the most, a lot of it was more question interpretation rather than configuration.
Good luck mate!
Comment by Arden — June 19, 2008 @ 2:25 am