Just got my score back. So close it hurts.
I felt okay going in but clearly there were gaps. Looking back at my prep, I spent a lot of time on "DRI" but I think I underestimated how deep they go on DRI exam.
The weird thing is I scored fine on the concept questions but tanked on the application ones. Like I understood the theory but when it came to scenario-based questions I kept second-guessing myself.
For anyone who's failed and then passed — what changed? Did you switch study materials? More practice tests? Different time of day?
Also curious whether the DRI score report tells you which sections you were weak in. Mine just shows an overall score and I have no idea where exactly I lost points.
Worth mentioning: the free dri business continuity planning covers exactly the areas people tend to struggle with most.
Quick data point: I spent 9 weeks studying, 2-2 hours a day, and passed with a 74%.
The section on DRI exam took me the longest to feel confident about. Eventually I just drilled practice questions until I could answer them without hesitation.
What testing center did you end up booking? Some of them have much shorter wait times than others right now.
Passed DRI 5 months ago. Happy to share what I remember.
On the "DRI exam" stuff specifically — I found the practice tests here were actually harder than the real exam on those questions. Which was great because going in I felt more prepared than I needed to be.
The time pressure is real though. I came in with maybe 8 minutes to spare and that was after skipping the ones I wasn't sure about and coming back.
Don't try to cram the night before. Seriously. Last-minute stress makes you second-guess things you actually know.
For anyone finding this later: DRI is passable with consistent effort even working full time. I studied 41 minutes a day for 13 weeks. The free dri business continuity planning kept me honest about my actual gaps.
The advice about understanding why wrong answers are wrong — not just memorizing right ones — is genuinely the best DRI advice in this thread. Rebuilt my prep around that and it made a real difference.
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