Done with ONT

Forsaken_GA

Passed ONT about an hour ago, scored a 912.

Study Materials were the Cisco Exam Cert guide for 642-845, and Transcender

I'd actually felt like I overprepared for the exam, and judging by my score, I may have, but it sure didn't feel like it during the exam. My impression is that it felt harder than either ISCW or BCMSN, but of the three, BCMSN is the one I scored the lowest on (just shy of the 900's). The wording of some of the questions on the exam made me pull up short and go 'what?'. I finished with about a half hour (out of 90 minutes) left, so I was able to take my time and work through the questions I couldn't immediately answer.

Since this exam is almost entirely theory based, I had to change my study habits. I normally don't take alot of notes when studying for an exam, getting hands on practice will generally allow me to extrapolate the answer for any question thrown at me, but I took lots and lots of notes for ONT, felt like I was writing the cert guide at times.

The Cisco Press book teaches you enough, though at times I felt like it was going a little too in depth, and Chapter 7 in particular made me want to slap the author, as it felt like he was padding it out just to get the page count up and saying the same things over and over and over. While I probably could have passed on the Cert guide alone, the Transcender was a valuable tool. Those guys are almost as sneaky as Cisco, and preparing with them put me in a mindset to deal with tricks and traps, so I highly recommend it.

All in all, I think ONT was a fun exam, though I still think ISCW is the most fun I've had taking a Cisco exam. Now I just need to take the new BSCI and I can finally get the damn CCNP over and done with. I'm hoping to take and pass it within a month, month and a half at most. Last time, it was a six month prepare fest and I passed by the skin of my teeth. I'm hoping most of it comes back to me and allows me to significantly cut down on my prep time.

kalebksp

Congrats!