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I HATE exams - Phill - 02-16-2011 04:41 PM
Last week I had the pleasure of sitting the ITIL V3 Foundation course. We did it as a 2 and a half days course, with quite a few Mock exams and homework. The exam for it was on the Friday afternoon.
I was literally "bricking" myself at the thought of an exam, and wasn't looking forward to it at all. Despite the fact that I passed all the Mocks, my confidence was rock-bottom.
Given that I'd not done anything like an exam in over 15 years I wasn't relaxed at all.
I attempted the exam, and walked out of the exam room after 5 minutes. That was after answering all the questions, and re-reading through my answers.
We were told we'd get the results in 10 days, which should have placed it as roughly next Wednesday, but they came in today.
I reluctantly logged in to see my result, and saw the magic word of "PASS". I was SO relieved to see that.
I'm not gonna say what score I got, but I didn't just pass, I got a few points over the pass mark.
The best part is that passing this gets my employer and the place I work at off my back, plus it's something else on my CV.
PhIll
Re: I HATE exams - quartz - 02-17-2011 08:33 AM
Congratulations Phill. I remember my first exams after college which were my IT certifications and I was bricking myself as well as I tend to always struggle in exams but I learnt if I came out feeling I did poor often that meant i did well. Its knowing everything comes down to those moments, its still horrifying. What I find worse is when you complete an exam really quickly, I find I go into panic mode and start re-reading everything several times over then I start second guessing myself as I figure I shouldn't have done it so fast. Though in the past any changes i make then i believe tend to be wrong.
MY last exam I did was in 2009 which was for the ZCE and I completed it really quickly and felt like something was wrong. Though I did feel like I had gotten the questions right, which it turned out I had.
Anyway, congratulations again on passing the exam, but does anyone actually find exams non-stressful?
Re: I HATE exams - X-Bot - 02-17-2011 04:24 PM
great job philly PHILL!
Re: I HATE exams - Sunstreaker - 02-17-2011 07:39 PM
Well played Double 'L'!
Does this mean payrise?
Re: I HATE exams - Phill - 02-17-2011 08:13 PM
Sunstreaker Wrote:Does this mean payrise?
You must be kidding.
Right now I'm STILL sitting at less pay now than I had as a temp back in 2002.
Unless you're specialized in something in IT nowadays, you're just totally undervalued. Add in that I'm essentially a permenant contractor at the place I work (9 different employers in roughly 7 years) and I'm getting paid peanuts.
Still it pays the bills and gives me some spending money.
Cheers all for the Congrats.
Phill
Re: I HATE exams - Sunstreaker - 02-17-2011 08:31 PM
The qualification thing can become addictive!
I'm thinking about either doing an MA or MSc through the Open University... or maybe another BA or BSc.
Re: I HATE exams - thegreatdestroyer - 02-19-2011 10:25 AM
Phill's qualification I understand and applaud, need it for job so go for it and congrats on passing but voluntary, that's precious anime/gaming time being used up there.
Re: I HATE exams - Phill - 02-19-2011 12:50 PM
thegreatdestroyer Wrote:Phill's qualification I understand and applaud, need it for job so go for it and congrats on passing but voluntary, that's precious anime/gaming time being used up there.
It wasn't exactly voluntary, and it was during work time. Only the homework dug into my time, and I did most of that on the bus to and from work.
My certificate turned up today, so I'd say it's an official pass now.
Re: I HATE exams - Sunstreaker - 02-19-2011 02:04 PM
Qualifications are getting more and more important now that everybody has them.
I had a student last year with 4 GCSE's at A* 6 at A and 1 B, and she only was turned down before interview at McDonalds.
Employers can really afford to be picky.