中国CCIE考试8月27日起增加10分钟英文面试

邮件原文如下：

On August 27, Cisco will introduce a pilot for the CCIE Routing and Switching lab exam in Beijing, China. The pilot will add a 10-minute interview that will assess the candidate's ability to apply expert-level networking skills and knowledge to networking problems that are encountered on the job. After the lab orientation, a panel of three experts will conduct a verbal interview with each candidate, asking a series of expert-level networking questions (questions and answers will be in English). The ability to correctly answer these questions will affect the exam score. After completing the interview, the candidate will have the entire 8 hours to complete the lab portion of the exam. These scores will then be calculated and then combined for a total score which will decide a pass or a fail.
Our goal with this email is to let you know that your day will extend beyond the normal testing day by approximately one hour. The additional hour will be at the end of the day. We hope you find this interview process enlightening and helpful as we continue to strive for the standard the world has come to expect from CCIE.

[51CTO.com参考译文]8月27日，Cisco公司会在中国北京的CCIE交换和路由考试中推出一个新措施：增加一个10分钟的面试，用以评估考生的专业网络技能和知识，以及在工作中处理网络问题的能力。由三个专家组成的小组会对每一位考生进行口语面试，提问一些专业的网络问题（问答必须用英文）,回答这些问题的结果将影响考试的分数。面试结束后，考生将有8小时完成考试的实验部分。所有分数的总分决定考生是否最后通过。
这封邮件的目的是让你知道你的考试时间比此前的正常考试时间多大约一小时,多出的时间会在考试之后顺延。我们衷心希望你能认同这个面试程序对我们持续推动CCIE考试的全球标准化是有价值的。

得到以上资料后，51CTO.com记者27日下午第一时间联系了Cisco中国公司教育经理韩江先生。韩江介绍，中国没有CCIE认证的负责人，因此他本人也是刚刚通过网络了解了本消息，无法提供更多的消息。此外据他所知，这项措施已经开始实施了。

韩江同时对51CTO.com记者表示，此项措施的推出，有利于Cisco技术人才的继续选拔，更完善考试认证体系，对此前通过背题等方式通过考试的“应试人才”来说增加了难度，对真正的人才是更合理的。

此外，据51CTO读者提供的信息，Cisco在线咨询回复也确认了上述消息：

Thank you for contacting Certification Support.
Yes, that's true. The pilot will add a 10-minute interview that will assess the candidate's ability to apply expert-level networking skills and knowledge to networking problems that are encountered on the job.
If you have further questions regarding the CCIE Certification Program, please visit www.cisco.com/go/ccie or visit the CCIE Instant Answers at www.cisco.com/go/certsupport.
Kind regards,
Certification Support Center