I passed my NEBOSH because I summarized my notes on my phone, learned them every day while commuting to work, during lunch break while at work, while relaxing at home, and at literally every spare time I had. I made learning more flexible and convenient by creating more time to study. I also did a lot of “mining” where I stayed back in the office after work to study and left for home at 9 pm every day and 10 pm sometimes. This approach inadvertently helped me to cover all the topics and brought them to my fingertips. I was also in the era where we could leverage past questions, not like the currently open book exam. So I solved a lot of past questions. Usually, I like to give myself ample time to prepare for an exam. I used 6 months for each part; i.e. I summarized my notes on my phone in 3 months and studied my notes for 3 months while solving lots of past questions. A day before the exam, I do quick brainstorming over all my notes and the solved questions; the morning of the exam I spend time on the solved questions; and few minutes to the exam, I try to recall answers to possible questions. My main trick has always been to learn everything so that I am not taken by surprises and to answer all questions as required to the best of my ability. This is how I passed all my NEBOSH exams on the first attempt.
