In conversions with a friend about my recent success I told her that while I was happy to have passed that I wished I had done better. A Doctor! She was right! Although I did not pass by huge margins like I had dreamt, I still worked my butt off and passed, and I should be proud of that and not be disappointed.
A pass is a pass. Full pass attendees get a free shot at an exam as long as they can be at the temporary Pearson Vue testing center on the Cisco Live campus. It was the choose your own adventure of exams. The object was to troubleshoot the entire topology to determine where the issue was.
Each answer had a possible list of sub-answers, which had even more sub answers possible. It was impossible to guess your way through this thing and eliminate enough other answers in a timely fashion to make it through the entire exam in the time allotted.
The end result, I failed, and that was okay. The new certifications would essentially be shallower in depth, but wider in content. This would better prepare candidates for a wider variety, rather than just having someone deeply skilled in Routing and Switching, Wireless, or Collaboration, it would allow more of a network generalist: ready for anything.
The real depth would occur at the Professional level exams. The big kicker was the addition of Automation and Software-Defined topics in the new blueprints, and an entire line of new Cisco DevNet Certifications.
The clock was now ticking in my eyes. To make a long story short over the rest of I would attempt t-shoot two more times and route four more times. I studied hard, I read, I watched videos, I felt confident… and then I failed the exam. But every time I came closer and closer and closer. Despite living in a somewhat populated area in Northern Vermont there was only one testing center close to me, about a 30 minutes drive, the rest were nearly two hours driving time away.
The closer center, however, had poor availability more often than not. On a few occasions I came so close to passing the exam I immediately rescheduled for the following week. However, in order to land a spot so soon I had to accept a time at the exam centers that were further away.
Driving for two hours before an exam you can really get into your own head second-guessing your knowledge and capabilities. And driving home for two hours after a failure will kill your self-confidence.
On more than one occasion I made the fatal mistake of trying to just studying those things I felt like stumped me on the exam, and not the entire blueprint as a whole.
Feeling prepared walking into the testing center on my next attempt I was thrown the curviest of curve balls and got questions I did not fully prepare myself for. Remember, anything on the exam blueprint is fair game, and there are hundreds if not thousands of questions in the exam pool. Make sure you study everything and not just the areas you feel stumped you on that particular attempt. After walking into the exam center feeling more and more prepared to face these exams but continuing to fail my confidence was shaken.
I started having these awful feelings of self doubt come over me whenever I sat down to study. For a while, I avoided studying as a result. Then when the scheduled exam drew near I went into cram mode, but failed again.
I haven't seen what the time frame is to complete the CCNP track. I may have just missed where the information is at. Does someone know this timeframe to complete with the new exams. CCNP have a 3 year window from the day you pass the 1st exam to the day you pass the last one. So let me see if I understand this correctly So does this mean that the clock on one's CCNP starts to tick as of the successful taking of the last exam in the four or three serieses?
Does this mean my old CCNA is recertified as well? Please clearify and thanks for the info. First question: despite the fact my CCNA reflects the 3 years extension on cisco. Second question: having passed the Switch exam format, does the same rule of three years to pass all three CCNP exams applies?
However, it could take a few days approx business days for the certificate fulfillment purchase system to update with the most current details. Once the system has been fully updated, candidates will see the updated expiration dates in the fulfillment tool. This is due to the fact that each Professional level exam is valid for exactly 3 years from the pass date. Does it apply to all CCNP level paths?
I am interested here in CCNP security. I have already passed 3 exams but the very first one I've taken back in March I am not sure if I will be certified if I will take 4rd one last after the period of 3 years since the first exam. Yes, each individual exam from every professional level certification has a validity of exactly 3 years. You would need to retake and pass the current version of the exam. Since your first exam has expired, you will now have 3 years from the pass date of your second exam to complete the remaining requirements.
Correct Vrushali! You have 3 years from the day you pass your 1st exam of CCNP. Yes, that's correct. If you are unable to complete the requirements on or before Feb 15, , your ROUTE exam will expire and therefore you will need to retake and pass it again.
In the certification tracking tool I can see i have passed both. Due to these factors, more and more students are pursuing technology-based subjects.
For pursuing these kinds of subjects, different tests are taken. It is always better to have a gap between giving two competitive exams. Simultaneously giving exams can result in more mistakes and leads to unsatisfactory results.
The gap is important, it helps the person taking the exam, gather all the information required to appear for the exam. It is a difficult exam and includes a wide range of essentials of IT careers, based on the newest technologies and software development roles which helps improve the job roles.
On the other hand, CCNP is an exam based on internet networking. It also helps to work in voice, wireless, videos, and security advancements. Every exam requires at least a minimum of preparation before a person can appear for it. The 3 months are used properly by a person, who is planning to appear for the CCNP exam. In those 3 months, he or she buys books, gather intel, join classes, training, studies, and practice for the upcoming exam.
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