I had the same idea but was warned that such a test may not be legal...just verify in your state On Jul 6, 2011 6:44 PM, "Combatant 101" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Doing some consultancy work for a customer and got chatting about my CCIE > studies and talked about GNS3. > > To cut a long story short, The client commissioned me to implement GNS3 and > design a GNS3 technical test. > > They are currently recruiting for a 2nd line support engineer and really > wanted a tool that HR can administrate to help gauge the technical > competency of their candidates and based on their result, they would then > decide if the candidate is to be moved up to the next stage of the interview > process. > > I've designed this 'workbook style lab' to be a walk in the park for any > competent CCNP engineer and even very doable for some of the rusty CCNP > engineers and maybe a highly proficient CCNA guy - Basically it should catch > out the brain dumpers and blaggers and help make the HR process more > efficient. > > It the first time I've done something like this and would like to know what > you all think, particularly the guys who have heaps of experience in writing > workbooks etc. > > I try to design it so that each tasks is some what independent e.g. if they > cant do task 3 it does not mean they can no longer do task 4, 5, 6 etc > > As it is my first time, I'm also very happy to here some criticism etc (no > ego, always happy to learn from mistakes!) > > Is it too difficult for the audience being targeted? Is it too easy? Is it > doable but not within 45 minutes? Any feedback would be appreciated. > > I made the pass mark 7 out of 11 (there a bonus task which if successfully > completed can override the pass mark - each 'exam' is assessed individually > with a script I've written that checks for the result of show commands and > looks for certain configuration that can only be done in one way etc if they > can't be bothered to look at the configuration of each device themselves - > Though it something I've said I'm happy to do). > > I may even look to assign a weight against each task and score that way as > some tasks are very easy than others... > > The test can be viewed here: http://myitgeekblog.wordpress.com/ > > The .NET files and pre-config can also be downloaded from there. > > It's designed it to be a 30 - 45 minute test max. > > Look forward to your comments, > > Cheers > > Combatant101 > > http://myitgeekblog.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
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