What is the basic sequence when I take the balance of the interpreter exam?

Candidates who complete the simultaneous section successfully will be asked to return on another day to take the sight and consecutive sections of the exam. These test sections are also highly structured and administered the same way to every examinee. The basic process you can expect is as follows: A. The proctor will escort you into the testing room after securing all your belongings in the designated locked closet. B. You will be asked to sign the NCSC Test Candidate Agreement sent to you with your appointment letter for review. C. The proctor will read general test instructions and then instructions for the sight section of the exam and ask if you have any questions. D. The test’s English-to-foreign language portion will be administered following explicit instructions. E. After a brief pause, the foreign language-to-English portion of the test will be administered following explicit instructions. F. After a brief pause, the proctor will read instructions for the consecutive section and ask if you have any questions. G. The consecutive section of the test will be administered using a laptop. The proctor will play an utterance in English, pause the laptop, and the candidate interprets that utterance into the other language. Then the proctor plays a response from a witness or party speaking another language and pauses the laptop for the candidate to interpret the response into English. This is the usual pattern throughout most consecutive exams; but in some cases, there may be two or more back-to-back utterances in English or the other language. You have approximately 22 minutes to complete this section. H. The proctor will read information about the test grading process and timetable and then escort you from the testing room to a public area so you can leave.