As there are not many combined technology papers, it is recommended to do some of the older papers to practice. In particular, it is good to practice exra old papers in the least familiar technology. The selected papers below tend to be more “C-like”, avoiding chemical formula in the claims and also avoiding the very…
In October, the EPO & epi arrange an annual meeting of EQE Tutors and members of the EQE Committees (EC’s). Information & views are exchanged to help Tutors prepare Candidates for future exams, and to influence how future exams are made and marked. It is a good opportunity to learn about how each paper is…
The results for the EQE Main Exam 2018 are here. Congratulations if you passed at least something – none of the papers are easy, especially when you take into account the stress. There were many comments in the Candidate’s survey this year that the extra 30 minutes seems to have been cancelled out by the increased…
I am proud to be joining the team in Maastricht to help with their EQE Paper A B C D and Pre-Exam Training Courses. The team are: Cees Mulder, Nyske Blokhuis, Natasja Duhayon and Isabelle Surdej. I am part of the AB team – together with Natasja and Isabelle, we are preparing an exam methodology and step-by-step training…
Today I did papers A and B. This is the second year that the technlogies are combined, so as expected a combination of electromechanical and chemistry skills were required. If you want to look, here are the official copies of the A and the B papers. I think these papers were nicely balanced and they…
Every year, the Examination Committees rely on papers from “benchmarkers” to help fine-tune the marking. These papers are made by people who have already passed the EQE, and ideally they are looking for people who can get around 50 points. The benchmarkers take the exam at the same time as everybody else under the same…
The Examination Committe’s have published their Examiners’ reports containing a good “possible solution”, some alternatives and comments on how the papers was actually answered by candidates. A: Report, B: Report, C: Report, D: Report If you unfortunately didn’t pass, you should be able to get some idea what you missed using your marking sheet (which is sent by…
The EPO has published the results for the EQE Main Exam 2017 here. Congratulations to all those who passed at least something – none of the papers are easy, especially when you take into account the stress. The missing scores at 43, 44, 49, 50 are due to the extra check that is done –…