Just a thread to find out who out there took the CSWP exam and why? Also did you pass? Any comments?
For me, I have been using SW now for over 5 years and this was the first time I have attended SW World. Since they were offering more than half off to take the exam, I had thought this would be a good time to take it to see if I really could handle the SW challenges that they themselves would throw at me. I often trouble shot models at my company and am the first to help anyone with the "how do I do this" question. Sometimes I even think I may be a little ahead of my tech support, because most of the time when I call them, which is rare, they can't figure out what I am doing or say its not possible, or I will have to call you back on that one.
But anyway, I finished the test 3 hours early, you have from 8 to 5, there were people finishing it by lunch and about 10 others finished before me. Like I said, I guess I took it to see if I was really good by my standard or SW's, and apparently, SW thought I was good also, because I passed! It was very exiting to read that.
A few comments, I heard most people fail in general, but it looked like that most people at SW World passed, were there a lot retaking it? Or do most at SW World pass and everywhere else they are failing it? Also, the part of the test that dealt with modeling, where I got points deducted, I thought I had them right. I mean, in my mind, I thought, "well, I did that" but of course, since there is 100 different ways to stuff in solidworks, they way I did it apparently didn't hold well to the design intent of the model even though I tested it to do so. I may be emailing the proctor back to ask exactly what was wrong on some, because I know on some for sure I did do exactly what I was told and I checked it. It seems that on some questions about the model, it boils down to a matter of interpretation. I don't know if it's a big deal since I passed but a higher score would be even nicer, don't you think? In the end, for anyone who is going to take it, take your time, go back, once, twice, three times, if you have 2 hours left, go back a forth time, test every question regarding the design intent on the model. Check them off one by one, make sure you understand clearly what is being asked, I should have asked some questions on some of the modeling but I wasn't sure if that was allowed, I am sure it would have been ok to make sure you understand what is being asked of you. It was a fun time, and passing the test the first day made it a much better experience!