I would say to anyone sitting the exam though that you will have absolutely no idea how you got on after leaving the exam. When doing mock papers I was feeling really shaky on it all. There were several people who were doing a lot better than me. When I did the actual exam however I felt at the time that I was getting on a lot better than the mocks. Speaking to people after the exam however they all said that they thought it was a lot more difficult than the mocks. (I was completely clueless by this point what was going on).

Guess there are two morels to take out of this:

1. Don’t talk to other people after the exam about the exam. This just gives you means to worry about the exam.
2. There is nothing you can do about the result of the exam after you have finished so don’t worry about it and just wait till the results arrive. Who knows… you may be pleasantly surprised.

The Foundation exam is a memory exercise really. There’s not a great deal of application of the methodology and some effort taken to do the reading required should see you through the exam reasonably easily.

The Practitioner is another story! This is a 2.5 hour (or 3 hour – depending no the version of the course you sit) that tests your knowledge of applying the methodology to a case study. That is quite intense!

I think I did OK but only time will tell if I’ve actually passed.

Watch this space.