Sat in London.
AM was a bit of a shocker timewise but I felt that on balance it was a tough but fair paper. I kept glancing at my watch and made sure that I stayed on my target times for each question but still only finished with about 2 minutes to go. This was strange for me because in Level 1 & 2 I always finised with at least 45-50 minutes to spare in AM and PM.
I like the way CFA always throw a few curve balls into what should be standard questions. The reality is that it helps to show you can apply your knowledge and while it may suck for us having to do it, it only adds to the value of the Charter. I felt I was well prepared using the Schweser and Questions from CFAI text and was overall positive coming out of it.
PM - was so nice to go back to multiple choice format - relatively it’s so much easier than the essay format. I though I did really well in the PM section. I was done in 2 hours. A few head scratchers which I made an educated guess on. Think this was about 5 questions. The rest I felt were pretty straight forward and there did not seem to be any intentional word-tricks in the questions. Again there were a few clever ones that tested your overall knowledge and application of the curriculum which I liked again for the same reason as before.
On a final note - I sat in London. Same place I sat for Levels 1 & 2. On both those previous occasions there were plenty of seriously hot chicks around. The CFA seem to have weeded most or all of them out by Level 3?
Anyway overall it was a tough but fair exam. I gave it my best so just have to get on with life know and see what happens in August.