Thanks, Becks! I feel like it went well – but, of course, I won't really know until I get my score back. :o)
I don't think that the exam was dramatically different than before. It definitely took longer than the previous test. Maybe this is because it is adaptive now, I'm not sure. I certainly hope that's why! I would take that as a sign that I did well. 🙂
I was definitely surprised by my written communications topics. I thought that they would ease in to the new format, I was wrong! My topics were really tough. I had planned on spending approximately 45 minutes on every testlet. This was a comfortable amount of time for all of the multiple choice, but I felt rushed during the written communications. I ended up not editing all of my answers and just clicked “submit” for the test with 23 seconds to go. I was not expecting that at all!
Some of the multiple choice were challenging, but as a whole, they did not seem too different than before. It was obvious that they were following the new topic guidelines that they released and that they have embraced the international aspect of business, but I definitely saw a few questions straight out of the Becker materials.
Also, in case you haven't read it elsewhere on here, there is a lag while loading the written communications. If I hadn't read about this, I would have been freaking out! The screen went completely white and looked like it was malfunctioning. There was probably a lag of about a minute while loading the entire written communications testlet, then about 30-45 seconds while clicking between the tabs. Once you clicked on a tab, that was it for the lag, though. If you had loaded all of them once, you could move between them with no lag. I just wanted to make sure you are both aware of that because I am really glad that I was.
I hope that my ramblings have helped both of you understand a little bit better what you are going to be facing. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to answer them.
Good luck!!
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