I recently attended this
CCIE Community Webcast held on 14th April 2014. You may need to
register to view recorded session. Following were the speakers of this
event
1. CCIE/CCDE Written Exam
At the moment candidates who fail their written exam must wait 5 calendar days before they can take the written exam again. According to revised policy, candidate must wait 15 calendar days before re-taking the exam.
Also, currently there is no maximum re-takes for a written exam. But according to new policy maximum number of attempt for written exam limited to 4 attempts per year.
2. CCIE Lab Exam
As per the current policy, a candidate must wait 30 days prior to re-take the CCIE Lab exam & it does not vary depend on which attempt you are taking. According to new policy this waiting time vary depend on the number of failed attempts.
30 days wait time policy for the first two lab attempts only
90 days wait time policy for greater than 2 fail attempts & less than 6 failed attempts
180 days wait time policy for greater than 5 failed attempts
Which means if you fail CCIE lab first time, then you can go for the 2nd time with 30 days wait. But for the 3rd attempt you need to wait 90 days since your 2nd lab date. If you are going for 6th time, then you need to wait 180 days from your 5th lab attempt date.
3. Re-evaluation of Lab exam result
Currently a reread can be requested only for Routing & Switching lab exam or Service Provider lab exam. This involve another proctor load your configuration & completely re-mark & if they found any discrepancy & you have earned passed mark you will get successful outcome. For any other tracks no option of doing any re-evaluation.
According to new policy, Cisco will introduce a “Review Policy” for other tracks. You can request for review your exam result through CCIE Online Portal. It will involve a 2nd proctor to verify your answers any applicable system generated debug data saved from your exam.
4. Rescheduling Lab exam.
As per the current policy, you cannot re-schedule a CCIE lab exam if you are within 90 days for your scheduled exam date. According to new policy you can reschedule the exam even within 90 days period, but for a fee.
5. CCIE Emeritus Exception
If you are a CCIE with 10 years & your CCIE status become inactive (due to not fulfilling every 2 year re-taking a CCIE written exam) , Cisco will give you a one time opportunity to make your CCIE status active & move onto Emeritus Status where you do not want to re certify it in every 2 years. To do that you have to obtain “Cisco Business Transformation Certification”. Yes it is a new certification.
references
http://mrncciew.com/2014/04/17/ccie-policy-update-2014/
- Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, Vice President and General Manager of Learning@Cisco
- Dave Mallory, Chief Technology Officer, Learning@Cisco, CCIE
- Yusuf Bhaiji, Senior Manager, Global Certifications, CCIE
- Bruno van de Werve, CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Program Manager, CCIE
1. CCIE/CCDE Written Exam
At the moment candidates who fail their written exam must wait 5 calendar days before they can take the written exam again. According to revised policy, candidate must wait 15 calendar days before re-taking the exam.
Also, currently there is no maximum re-takes for a written exam. But according to new policy maximum number of attempt for written exam limited to 4 attempts per year.
2. CCIE Lab Exam
As per the current policy, a candidate must wait 30 days prior to re-take the CCIE Lab exam & it does not vary depend on which attempt you are taking. According to new policy this waiting time vary depend on the number of failed attempts.
30 days wait time policy for the first two lab attempts only
90 days wait time policy for greater than 2 fail attempts & less than 6 failed attempts
180 days wait time policy for greater than 5 failed attempts
Which means if you fail CCIE lab first time, then you can go for the 2nd time with 30 days wait. But for the 3rd attempt you need to wait 90 days since your 2nd lab date. If you are going for 6th time, then you need to wait 180 days from your 5th lab attempt date.
3. Re-evaluation of Lab exam result
Currently a reread can be requested only for Routing & Switching lab exam or Service Provider lab exam. This involve another proctor load your configuration & completely re-mark & if they found any discrepancy & you have earned passed mark you will get successful outcome. For any other tracks no option of doing any re-evaluation.
According to new policy, Cisco will introduce a “Review Policy” for other tracks. You can request for review your exam result through CCIE Online Portal. It will involve a 2nd proctor to verify your answers any applicable system generated debug data saved from your exam.
4. Rescheduling Lab exam.
As per the current policy, you cannot re-schedule a CCIE lab exam if you are within 90 days for your scheduled exam date. According to new policy you can reschedule the exam even within 90 days period, but for a fee.
5. CCIE Emeritus Exception
If you are a CCIE with 10 years & your CCIE status become inactive (due to not fulfilling every 2 year re-taking a CCIE written exam) , Cisco will give you a one time opportunity to make your CCIE status active & move onto Emeritus Status where you do not want to re certify it in every 2 years. To do that you have to obtain “Cisco Business Transformation Certification”. Yes it is a new certification.
references
http://mrncciew.com/2014/04/17/ccie-policy-update-2014/
