Another CISSP success story
Passed the CISSP exam today!
I decided to take it in person at a test center because online proctoring is always a nightmare with room conditions and strict rules.
During the test, I faced several questions that I had never seen before and had absolutely no clue how to answer. I just tried to apply my best logic. When the exam stopped right at question 100, my heart sank. I thought I failed miserably and that the adaptive system just shut down because there was no way for me to recover.
My pacing was all over the place too. Some questions took me 10 seconds, while others had me staring at the screen for nearly 3 minutes. Total exam time was 1 hour and 10 minutes. Walking up to the desk and seeing the paper say I passed was an incredible feeling.
As for my study resources, my company paid for the exam, so I used the official ISC2 online interactive learning content. I also bought a one-month Udemy subscription and ran through all of Jason Dion's practice exams. Whenever I missed a question, I fed it into Claude to break down the logic, explain why I was wrong, and highlight the most important concepts for that topic.
I am really happy right now. I studied about one month and I have almost 4 years of experience, so I will officially submit my endorsement this September when I hit the 4-year mark, using my degree/other certs as a waiver. I also hold the ISC2 CC, CompTIA Sec+, Microsoft SC-900, and PECB ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, which definitely helped build a good baseline.
Good luck to everyone studying. You can definitely do this!