Last week I was in class trying to add another MicroStrategy certification under my belt. I had a week long class for Platform Administration certification with a test on Friday.
I was confident in class and knew a lot of the answers that the teacher was asking, but that did not have me prepared for the class exam. In fact, I was more nervous about the test because MicroStrategy does not test you on using the application but on theory and terminology. You hardly ever discuss theory and terminolgy with coworkers on a day to day basis.
During the week we had several reviews and I did not do so hot. I had to study Thursday night. Aya usually helps me and quizzes me. This time she said I knew everything. Uh-oh. Not a good sign, because I don't want to go in over confident. You need a 75 out of 100 to pass. Basically that means you can only miss 7 of the 45 questions.
I breezed through page 1 of the exam but page 2 had me all messed up. I couldn't do answer any on that page so I skipped ahead. I did well on the other pages but then I started thinking about all the questions I was unsure about. Sure enough, 8 questions had me stumped. That means I would have to get ALL the other questions right and then get 1 of the 8 right to pass. Unfortunately I was not confident that I had ALL the other questions correct.
On the 8 questions I was unsure about I always narrowed it down to 2 possibilities. After a while I just forget it...I am not going to stress about failing...someone has to fail sometime...unfortunately this time it is me. I turned my exam in, got my parking validated and I was prepared to leave as the pathetic person to fail a MSTR certification exam. It is so nerve racking to test after being out of school for 12 years.
When I got back the instructor congratulated me and handed me my certification as I got 91 out of 100. I guess I really did know all the other answers and I must have guessed right on half of the 8 questions! Woo-Hoo!! One more thing to add to my resume!
5 days ago
5 comments:
nerve racking?? school for you? i don't see why it woudl be nerve racking. you didn't study in school and graduated. i would assume since you studied for these tests, passing would be a forgone conclusion.
nerve racking?? school for you? i don't see why it woudl be nerve racking. you didn't study in school and graduated. i would assume since you studied for these tests, passing would be a forgone conclusion.
Good job man...Test questions are annoying and I imagine this particular module would have quite a few absurd ones that you only would know if you read the damned manual/course book or if your instructor isnt obliging enuff to give you pointers! :)
So are you going to MSTR World???!
jeff-
well since i didn't study in college it was nerve racking to study AFTER college. plus, i have more peers doing what i do, so it would be super embarrassing to fail.
sunil-
i am not going to world. at least not of today's date. no budget. i guess i will be a worker just like you!
All the more reason for you to become an independent contractor and then sponsor 'ME' the worker! hahahha!
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