I passed the exam!
I was very confident I would pass the exam in flying color, so today.., I didn’t expect much drama. The exam started at exactly 12 noon. Upon login (it was a computerized exam) I was not so sure anymore whether I would pass the exam, the questions were not as straight forward as I thought it would be.
An hour later, I was still scratching my head, there were a few questions I had not been able to find the answers. I am super positive I calculated everything correctly but my answer is not listed as one of the four choices. 20 minutes ticked by and I was still stuck at the same question.
Frustrated I tembak the answers and jeng je jeng.. the moment of truth.. will I pass or will I fail?. I nervously click on the ‘Finish Exam’ button and my eyes glued to the monitor… suddenly a big red blinking sentence appeared! I gasped for air! OMG!.. did I fail? No!.. please.. no!.. I waited too long for this!
To my relieve the system was merely asking for my confirmation whether I really want to submit my answers as there will be no turning back. I clicked ‘Yes’ and then a window popped up saying ‘Congratulations.. you passed the exam.. blah blah…‘. hehe.. what a huge relieve.
The computer then printed my result and I went out of the examination room a confident man once again!
I will be getting my 007 agent code in a week!
Edit: To put things into perspective, 5 of us (from my team) sat for the exam just now, only 3 made it, another 2 failed and will have to sit for the exam again (and wait for another months or so). So it is not a ‘guaranteed pass’ examination. If you are into this career, do not take the exam lightly.