Passed CISSP Today Oh boy!!! :(

micon55

I am delighted to have passed of course......

I passed CISSP exam today after 5 gruelling hours! I'm not sure what to make of it to be honest. It was more a test of my English comprehension skills, than my knowledge of the 10 domains.

I haven't sat an exam yet where the questions were worded in such a way where they were almost opaque. I understand the need to test one's understanding, but at times I found myself laughing at the deliberate ambiguity, (and confusion), of the questions. I had a 50/50 on something like 50% of the questions, so lost heart and began to 'best guess', which doesn't seem right to me.

I should feel elated, but can't help feeling a bit flat as I don't really know what swung it for me. The worst part of this is that if I hadn't have passed, I really don't know how I could have studied any better for a retry.

Onto CISM for December, so we'll see if that feels any fairer......

cyberguypr

Welcome and congrats on the pass.

5502george

Congrats!

I agree, I remember telling myself about 3/4 of the way through that if I failed I would not retake the test because all of the studying and memorizing crap only helped for maybe less than 10 percent of the test.

It always makes me cringe when I see people studying 4 or 5 different materials and memorizing pages of info for the test.


I felt the same way after the test. I almost felt that I could have just taken the test with no studying and been in the same boat. Although I will say that studying (however ineffective for the test) did help me in my current job.

Spin Lock

Congrats on passing!

impelse

Congrats, what's next?

PabloEscobar

Congratulations! What materials did you use to study for it?

micon55

Thanks for the replies.

Study materials used:
Eric Conrad, Transcenders, cccure (paid), VCE, loads of youtube videos on weaker areas, some Shon Harris, Combined Notes, McGraw Hill web based practice questions.

I wish I could say which one of the above was most useful, but not one of the above prepared me adequately for the question format.

I followed a pretty standard study path tbh, Eric Conrad book, followed by various test engines. The number one reason I passed was that despite feeling very glum about the experience, I made myself stick it out. It's 6 hours of my life and a lot of money to lose if I gave up.
Especially when I forgot the exam date completely for an earlier booking, but that's another story.

Good luck everyone embarking on this.

nawanis

Test of English, you are dot on it as I am using Wordweb pro to read meaning of words i don't understand in practice questions

nawanis

Any feedback on transcenders? Quality v/s questions on exam?

nawanis

Forgot to congratulate you on your passing