Passed my CCIE R&S: my experience tips, and thoughts

More and more people, including many engineers, want to improve their abilities in the system integration industry and want to transfer to the IT industry from other industries, especially in order to find an ideal career after graduation (mainly in terms of salary). The college students who are working are all involved in the examination of IE, but often feel that IE is not able to start. The following is my experience, I hope to help everyone.

If you want to pass the CCIE R&S certification, you should go through the following steps:

Passing the CCIE R&S certification.Step 1: Finding a good training course system

 last time I chose SPOTO.This step is essential. The last time from the NA to the IE course, as you learn more, your understanding of the network will deepen, and under the guidance of the teacher, you will not take a detour. The network concepts and models that you build in your mind are correct. It is worth mentioning that some companies have to listen to the scorpion to attract people, in fact, it is not necessary, as long as the class according to the Cisco standard, there is sufficient experimental time, master the technology is no problem. Listening to this thing takes time and effort because the content is the same. The important thing is to work immediately after training (training). Certificates without practical experience are useless. The training institution you choose must have its own well-established laboratory. The network is out of touch with the actual operation.

If you feel that your ability to understand is very strong, self-learning ability is super strong and there are equipment, then you can self-study (NA only, individuals rarely have money to buy NP, IE experimental equipment, too expensive, and the equipment is not good after the test Shots, after all, there are professional CCIE technical instructors with learning speed is always better than their own consideration. I have seen several self-learning NAs and then went directly to the NP direct training. As a result, the two directly connected interfaces were configured with IP addresses that were not on the same network segment, as this happened due to the confusion of the self-learning NA concept. The mistakes that affect the progress of learning are really worth the candle.

Pass the CCIE R&S certification step 2: Seriously read a few reference books

If the class is to lead yourself to the IE on the right track, seriously reading the reference book is to catch the fast train to learn IE, this process is very difficult. Formal learning can form a holistic conceptual system in your mind, which is equivalent to setting up a skeleton, but the detailed content depends on your own reading.

Textbook: Cisco original English material "Cisco Student Guide"

The time to read a book is about a month. If you have the knowledge system accumulated in class, you will find that reading is also very easy. If you are self-study, you can only read the book in such a short period of time. You can only read the book to familiarize yourself with where each part of the content is spoken. It is convenient for future inquiries. It takes about half a year to learn from the book. It is entirely possible to make choices based on your own considerations of time, energy and money, but be sure to read the book. For more information, please contact SPOTO club.

Pass the R&S CCIE certification step 3: Take the CCIE written test

The CCIE exam is a two-step exam. You must pass the written test before you can qualify for the test. The written test can be tested at the Prometric or VUE test centers in major cities in China. CCIE's written test time is 2 hours for English language countries and half an hour for non-English language countries, so you can complete your test in 2 and a half hours. There are 100 objective multiple-choice questions in the written test, about 20% of multiple choices, 100% of the scores, 70% of the passing scores, and a wide range of topics covering all the topics required by the Written Exam Blueprint on the Cisco website. It is recommended to do more related simulation questions when preparing.

Passing CCIE R&S certification Step 4: Do a lot of experimentation

The CCIE exam is called the most demanding exam because it requires candidates to have strong practical skills. The average person who has passed CCIE has to do about 200 hours of experimentation, how many or less, depending on personal ability and energy. You must practice 150 to 200 hours of the experiment before the first exam, mainly to practice the small experiment on the CCIE experiment guide, and then you can practice ccbootcamp or expert (simulation questions from two foreign training institutions), and finally prepare the experiment. Practice some exercises that are more powerful. This will take at least 180 hours to calculate, and if the first exam is not (very normal, Cisco will control the pass rate), then you will spend a lot of time on the second experiment. It takes about 150 hours. In this way, I have to do about 350 hours of experimentation. Do you have doubts? Please consult SPOTO.

Pass the R&S CCIE certification Step 5: Take the CCIE Lab exam

The CCIE Lab exam will be taken within 18 months after the written test. If the test is overdue, the written test results will be void. After passing the written test, Cisco will send you a confirmation letter within ten days, so that you can make a reservation for the CCIE Lab exam.

The CCIE Lab exam requires you to pay the fee 28 days before the scheduled test date. It is recommended that mainland candidates pay in Beijing. First, you can use RMB to pay, save you the trouble of changing dollars, and the second is Cisco's bank. Paying cash can save the transfer fee.

On the day of the test, you will arrive at the Cisco CCIE test room before 9:00 in the morning. The test time is from 9:00 to 11:45 in the morning and from 8:15 to 17:30 in the afternoon for 8 hours. The time mentioned here may not be the same as the actual day. The specific start time is determined by the examiner, but it is guaranteed to have 8 hours of experimentation. At 9:00, the examiner will briefly introduce you to the test rules and some things. There will be half an hour of eating time at noon. Time flies quickly. Then, you have to wait for cisco's E-mail to inform the test results. On the evening or the early morning of the 2nd day, if you receive an E-mail of "Congratulations",  you have already passed the CCIE certification exam.