[thelist] Brainbench Certification

jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Wed Nov 8 03:00:20 CST 2000


bruce,

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: From: Bruce Heerssen
:
: Yes, you can re-take the exam. However, the
: previous results will still be available. There does
: not seem to be a way to specify which exam's
: results to make public - its an all or nothing deal.
: So if you do take the exam multiple times, a
: prospective employer can view the results of
: each exam (should you make them public).
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

in your account administration you can simply check the test scores that you
wish to be displayed in your public transcript.

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: I guess that means that although you can take the
: exam multiple times, doing so may not be to your
: advantage. Would you hire a guy that had to take
: the HTML exam six times before getting a reasonable
: result?
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

you can decide which test scores are public and which are not.  i view that
as a good thing since you can't count on your first attempts at a test to be
your best efforts.  i would personally suggest that you take the test not
for your best score the first time, but simply to get comfortable with the
format and question style.

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: Moral: study hard before taking the exam. Have your
: reference manuals handy and know where to look in
: them for specific info before you start the exam.
: Although the tests do not seem to be too hard, there
: is an excellent possibility that they will cover some
: areas that you have yet to explore.
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

even if you're very experienced in the subject matter, you *will* encounter
something you're unfamiliar with.  i have taken 3 of the tests, all 3 of
which i rated as a high-scoring master and still found 1 or 2 questions that
covered something that i was uncertain about.  this is where research skills
get tested.

good luck,

.jeff

name://jeff.howden
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