was not hard - but i think i cant do the fixed income and alternative on the PM exam and Quant (not good enough) - but the rest are fine. so guess I am failing now.
A little difficult due to time constraint plus I didn't cover one topic. Still, I'm not giving up. I'm excited to receive the result but if I fail, I'm not sure how frustrated I would feel.... seriously.
It was a challenging exam, and as a 2nd time taker (band 9 in 2010), i found that there were a lot of subtle aspects that could throw someone off course.
I thought it was a pretty fair test overall. Tested the concepts that were in the book, and I think if you really read the book closely, you would have done well.
I thought it was easier than mocks. But I may have just fallen for the traps. Who knows...
I'd say a little difficult. Easier than I expected but by no means easy. I thought the FSA/Corporate Finance/Equity stuff was a breeze but the derivatives and fixed income stuff tripped me up a lot.
Overall- Medium leaning on Tough ( only because the question were tricky and several imp sections were not tested )
My own thoughts Band 8-9. Ran out of time on the last section in the Am section and had 15 mins to spare on the PM section.. as I guessed several questions.
Moving forward do mostly EOC questions as Q bank and Prep course question only give you basic and CFA test the extreme.