cissp exam nyc 2/5/12

timrvt

first post:

sat for the CISSP exam this past saturday in NYC

attended the sans mgmt 414 cissp prep boot camp in jul 2011
I had passed the giac gcih in jan 2011 & the giac gisp in sept 2011 as prep exams

I studied using the eric conrad cissp study guide for a few months(6) and various online test questions/sites

to be honest by jan of this yr I was sick of looking at the domains

Took the bus down friday from Vt to NYC and settled in

Good advice was to get relaxed have a good dinner and not look at the books/questions...I opened up
my notes and quickly put them away..I either knew it or didnot at this point

Sat morning ..got a good hearty breakfast and made my way up lexington ave (I stayed a few block from the site hotel)
It was a sunny morning and I didnot feel nervous..at this point I resigned myself to relax and be cool and confident..it helped

36 other testers ..all but 2 for the CISSP
4 proctors

Room was fine ..water in the back and temp comfortable

Clear liquid containers allowed on the test desk table

Seats were assigned

Exam started promptly at 9:00
The initial question I was like "oh this is how its going to be"

After a brief hesitation I was able to start focusing..and the questions rolled over me

The domains were not evenly represented in my test questions..some areas were hardly touched and topics I had fretted over for months were not even addressed

I felt pretty good at the 3 hr mark and took a break

At the 4 hr mark I was done all the questions

At this point I started back to review the questions ...but I just had enough
I didnot want to see another ALE scenario or anything like it

I was out of there quickly...

We will see...


advice: good rest,good breakfast ,snacks ,pencils ,erasers(the ISC provided pencils were blunt tipped)
be cool and confident

next up: ccnp route.
cheers
tim

cyberguypr

Welcome to TE. Thanks for the review. Best of luck.