Day 1 of the exams for P1 and first up were FMV and OB1. Can't say I was particularly worried about either of them since I pretty much get the hang of FMV (and I'm generally comfortable with math) while OB1 was a group exam so there's not much that you can really prepare for it except getting a good night's sleep and taking a chill pill to prevent things from getting heated in the discussion.
Nothing much to report about on FMV. It was a tough paper and tricky in parts but I'll be fine. As for OB1 though, that was a new experience for me. I'd never taken a group exam before where we have to answer a set of questions as a group within a fixed amount of time. We all get the same grade. It's definitely an interesting dynamic trying to get the discussion to move along especially with time pressure. I'm glad we took some time last week to discuss our "plan of attack" and to give rough allocations of time to various activities. I believe we came up with a more comprehensive answer, but at the same time the overall process took a lot longer than if each of us were taking the exam individually. I do feel that the lessons learnt from OB1 are probably the most relevant regardless of the job that we find ourselves in in future. Whether it's about building effective teams or influencing people, appreciating differences in personality or displaying transformational leadership, we're definitely going to encounter these concepts again and again.
Now for Accounting tomorrow... O_O
Let's just say that the library was packed when I left this evening.
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