Checkpoint CCSE Plus - 156-515

[klapczuk]

Hello,

Has anyone taken this exam lately? What is the diffuculty level comparing to the 156-510 (NG AI). What should I learn deeply or in great details? Are there any materials to learn from (beside the courseware and documentation)?

Best regards,

Krzysztof

[EdinburghKev]

I am also sitting this exam at the end of November and would be keen to get some feedback regarding content & study material. I am going on the NGX III training course before the exam.

Is the 156-510 exam prep relevant to this exam?

[betski]

I'm thinking of taking this exam but there doesn't seem to be any jobs advertising this specific qualification in the UK. Is it really worth doing ??

[northlandboy]

The ATRG used to be useful information for exam prep, but there is no NGX version of that available yet. It should still cover many of the topics though.

If you can get the course notes for the MIII course, they are the best thing to have, as they cover all the sections you need.

Regards whether it is worth getting, I have seen a few contracts listing it as a desirable. Mostly it's just CCSE though. However just because you haven't seen any jobs specifically requesting it doesn't really mean a huge amount. It doesn't necessarily mean that it won't look good on your CV. I actually found that the CCSE+ cert has the most relevant information for my job, but I guess it depends on what you do.

I don't think that you should be doing those certs purely to get a job though - I find that studying the material teaches me new stuff, and helps me solve various problems I'm faced with. Sometimes doing the cert is just to focus your study. Doing a certification can be useful if you want to change your career direction a bit though - e.g. if you work with Check Point and a little Cisco, but want to do more Cisco work, then doing Cisco certifications could help get that new contract with a different direction.

If you only do a certification to get a job paying a certain amount, then you're going to find it pretty boring. I like to at least have a bit of interest in what I'm studying.

[betski]

Excellent post, NB. I'm facing impending job redundancy so i'm forced to look and re-evaluate my career and which certs\areas to focus on but i'm unsure of the market for CCSE's especially in Yorkshire but as you say companies don't always advertise specifically.

[nandushankar]

Please make sure for your debug commands there are many questions on the same. There are couple of scenario based questions also, would request you to emphasize on clusterXL and High Availability

[michraz]

Originally Posted by nandushankar

Please make sure for your debug commands there are many questions on the same. There are couple of scenario based questions also, would request you to emphasize on clusterXL and High Availability

Are 156-510 Q&A a good preparation material for 156-515? Is the courseware a good material?

Thanks in advance,
Michael