Passed CIA Part 1 first attempt using Gleim
Hi everyone, l recently passed by CIA part 1 and l think reading everyone’s experience on here really helped
l used Gleim only, l was a bit anxious going in because most of the people who failed their first attempt said they used Gleim, l’ve been in the profession for only about a year and l managed to pass considering l’ve studied for 4 months, l had to go in extra prepared so l repeated every question on each section atleast twice and never passed a section without atleast getting a 80-85%
I didn’t use any videos or other providers to be honest, but l did find a CIA game (l’d put it in as a reference but l lost the post and don’t use reddit much) from some other reddit post which helped alot in terms of getting the difference in wording and even went through the standard right before l started studying and at the end of my studies
All in all after seeing peoples advice on understanding the difference in each exam l’d say if you’re using gleim make sure you do understand what is being said because the questions are much different to what you get on Mocks and practice questions, because the structure is completely different especially for the independence and objectivity questions, but the are some familiar questions you find here and there
l didn’t get the mock IIA exams l felt as though the price was unreasonable so l just went in
Good luck to everyone on to Part 2, if anyone has advice on how to approach it please do share. Thanks.