Hello guys, just a story about what happened on the exam day.
I had a cold and sneezed a lot. I was planning to take tissue paper with me, but the proctor at the check point did not allow. “No , papers!” She said, pointing at the tissue paper in my left hand. “But it’s allowed by the exam policy.” I try to reason with her. “No, no papers. I can’t let you in.” She insisted. Well, I don’t know how many pair of eyes were looking at me, I asked “Is there washrooms inside? Can I take tissue paper there?” “No, you can’t take any paper with you other than the exam ticket.” Ok, I will probably being reported as not cooperating with the proctors if I don’t put my “paper” away. So most time during the exam, I was struggling among three options: 1) go to the washroom to clear my nose; 2) answere the questions with a stuffy nose; and 3) sneeze into my cloth sleeves. Not pleasant experience.
There have been many posts here arguing that proctors should be made aware of CFA exam, such as how much effort we have put on it, and what does it mean to a candidate if being “accused” or even found “guilty”. Instead, they know nothing. One more thing I learnt from a proctor was that there was not even a single person from CFAI in the test center, and they don’t know how to find one either.
I think there may be some reasons behind the proctors’ low awearness . Because they know nothing about CFA exams, they are more likely to report a candidate if there is anything suspicious. Then PCP investigators will go through all the cases and decide which ones they want to dig deeper, and which ones are just wrongfully accused. However, when there is a dispute, all CFAI can really rest on are the proctors testimonials, and some of the testimonies are really sketchy. Why not have some cameras in the test toom like they did in the accounting designation exams? What if the proctor is hallucinating?
Fingers crossed you don’t meet your ex as your proctor.
I had a cold and sneezed a lot. I was planning to take tissue paper with me, but the proctor at the check point did not allow. “No , papers!” She said, pointing at the tissue paper in my left hand. “But it’s allowed by the exam policy.” I try to reason with her. “No, no papers. I can’t let you in.” She insisted. Well, I don’t know how many pair of eyes were looking at me, I asked “Is there washrooms inside? Can I take tissue paper there?” “No, you can’t take any paper with you other than the exam ticket.” Ok, I will probably being reported as not cooperating with the proctors if I don’t put my “paper” away. So most time during the exam, I was struggling among three options: 1) go to the washroom to clear my nose; 2) answere the questions with a stuffy nose; and 3) sneeze into my cloth sleeves. Not pleasant experience.
There have been many posts here arguing that proctors should be made aware of CFA exam, such as how much effort we have put on it, and what does it mean to a candidate if being “accused” or even found “guilty”. Instead, they know nothing. One more thing I learnt from a proctor was that there was not even a single person from CFAI in the test center, and they don’t know how to find one either.
I think there may be some reasons behind the proctors’ low awearness . Because they know nothing about CFA exams, they are more likely to report a candidate if there is anything suspicious. Then PCP investigators will go through all the cases and decide which ones they want to dig deeper, and which ones are just wrongfully accused. However, when there is a dispute, all CFAI can really rest on are the proctors testimonials, and some of the testimonies are really sketchy. Why not have some cameras in the test toom like they did in the accounting designation exams? What if the proctor is hallucinating?
Fingers crossed you don’t meet your ex as your proctor.
