Monday, August 3, 2009

Well...

I failed, due to the open ended questions. Quite the bummer, but there is nothing I can do. I'm tired and it's been a really long day. I'll post more in a few days, but for now I just want to back away and spend some quality time with my family.

Thanks again for the support everyone.

Remember, there are only 20,000 in the world, if this were easy, everyone would have those digits.
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12 comments:

  1. ZacAugust 4, 2009 at 1:20 AM

    That is a bummer. Seems like those OEQs are hurting all the wrong people. Did you at least do okay on the rest of the test? And look on the bright side - now you get to learn MPLS. That's possibly going to be the most useful thing on the test in the future.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 4, 2009 at 6:07 AM

    OEQs - Everyone's biggest fear! The good news is you know that you can pass. You proved you have the ability/knowledge/skill to beat the lab.

    -Dan (From bootcamp)

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  3. metooAugust 5, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    What you said in the previous comments about never seeing the scenario in any of the vendors stuff or on the DOC cd is really disheartening. Defenders of the OEQ's always state that the question are very basic and that every CCIE candidate should know them. The fact that two stinking questions can you fail you is miserable. If they aren't going to be as basic as CCNA\CCNP then there should be more of them so that you could miss a few but still let a strong knowledge show through.

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  4. UnknownAugust 5, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    Yes, it is disheartening and I would approve of the open ended questions if there were more of then - but then what's the point of the written test? I just want to see them go away. Troubleshooting will be a much better way of analyzing a candidates knowledge.

    I wish I could tell you the question I had, but no need to break NDA before I even get my CCIE. I am 100% sure though that this scenario, or "keyword" is NOT in the DocCD.

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  5. ZacAugust 7, 2009 at 2:20 AM

    Took the test today. Failed on OEQ and passed the rest of the exam. I knew I missed one of them bought thought I answered the other 3 correctly. no idea what they didn't like about my answers. See you on the mpls train.

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  6. metooAugust 7, 2009 at 3:31 PM

    I just read Darby Weaver's post about opening support tickets for the CCIE lab if you have an issue or believe something isn't fair, maybe you should try it. I'd say if you can prove the keyword is not in the DocCD then you have a case.

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  7. DanAugust 9, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    In light of what happened, do you guys recommend any material above the Doc CD to prepare for OEQ?

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  8. UnknownAugust 11, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    I don't know what to recommend other than the DocCD and lots of reading (CiscoPress, Doyle, Etc.). In my experience, even all the reading can still leave you unprepared. In my instance, if I had only missed the one "new undocumented feature" related question, I would have been ok.

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  9. zacAugust 14, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    I just wanted to let you know if you think one of your questions was unfair or poorly worded it is definitely worth your time to open a case with the ccie support team. If nothing else it will make sure they know that these questions are not always good ones. I am in the process of doing the same thing and they're actually receptive and listening. The more feedback they get the better. If nothing else you might get a second opinion on your OEQs. Worth a shot anyway!

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  10. Darby WeaverAugust 28, 2009 at 11:01 PM

    Hmm...

    1. Cisco Wiki
    2. Internetworking Handbook
    3. Any Cisco Press Book
    4. Cisco Online Documentation and Tech Notes.
    5. Know how the protocols work and interoperate on a per-link basis for example - read the RFC to understand this level of knowledge.
    6. Blogs - you might find some stuff there.
    7. Groupstudy and other lists/forums - people are asking questions like crazy everywhere.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    If you can't find it in the doc double check the IOS version you are searching. I'm finding technologies in the version 12.4T that are not in the mainline.(Zone Based Firewalls, IPV6 EIGRP. etc..)

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  12. shivlu jainOctober 6, 2009 at 12:22 PM

    Its not a failure actually you a chance to others.

    regards
    shivlu jain
    http://shivlu.blogspot.com

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