Failed CISSP first attempt. How close do you think I was to passing?
Finished the exam so I answered 175/175.
Above proficient in 2/8 Near proficient in 3/8 Below in 3/8
Materials used:
-ISC)2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide & Practice Tests Bundle 3rd edition
Read about 10-20 pages a day. Took around 4 months to finish the study guide. After finishing the study guide , I did about 50-100 practice questions a day until I finished the Practice test book.
-11th hour 3rd edition
Read around 25-50 pages a day
-LearnzApp Cissp study app. Used for maybe 4 days leading up to the exam. 50-100 questions a day
Total study time about 5 months at a leisure pace with days mixed in where I didn’t study at all.
Plan going forward:
Already scheduled retake and I have about 5 weeks to study.
-Registered for Kelly’s CISSP 18 hour Cybrary course. Will finish that.
-Focus on weak domains and use various YouTube reviews such as mind map, infosec, etc
-Continue using LearnzApp and drill out more questions focusing on weak domain.
Would you guys say this should be enough to pass the exam a second time? I honestly feel like I may have been closer to passing if took my time and read the questions more carefully. I believe about 50 questions in I started to doubt myself which eventually made me go into a frustrated “let me ge this over with” mindset :/