Brainbench?

[OceanPacific]

How do you guys feel about Brainbench? Ive got a few myself. I found the site and thought it would be good, free training with tests similar to the A+ and N+. Although it did seem it was a little "too" easy, but maybe I just doubt myself

I dont know, what are your thoughts? I want to know.

[greenbrucelee]

I have not heard of them so I can't say if they are good or not. But certgaurd say they are are fine.

Maybe get a couple of different practice exams so you can get your confidence up. If you want another site thats free and safe proprofs offer a couple of free practice exams one of them was written by BrotherBill who is a member here.

There are a few questions on it which relate to the A+ 2003 objectives but those concepts are good to know anyway.

[OceanPacific]

Actually, brainbench are not practice exams. They are their own independant certification authority. They will certify you in everything from "networking fundamentals" to Autocad 2007.

[wagnerk]

I have to say that I like Brainbench, however they are more along the lines of assessment certification rather then qualification certification.

A few companies actually use Brainbench for pre-employment testing.

-ken

[greenbrucelee]

so its a way of testing your knowledge without gaining the piece of paper?

[OceanPacific]

No, you get a piece of paper, but it costs you $14. I guess thats cheap compared to the $299 I paid for my N+

[BosonMichael]

Brainbench is fine for companies that are too lazy to develop their own exams, but want to assess potential employees. However, they're not very useful to improve a candidate's resume/CV... their "certifications", if you can call them that, are not widely recognized in the industry.