[didibus]

How many hours was spent on that month prior per given exam prep?

Did you have any prior exposure to comp sci? Had programmed before? Had spent a lot of time on math? Read about comp sci, blogs, articles, books?

What does 1st class marks pulled down to a 2 mean?

How qualified do you feel you are now compared to your coworkers who followed a more traditional style?

Do you think you could have done this one month prior exam cramming 12 months in a row with equal success and without losing the motivation to keep it going?

[michaelt]

  What does 1st class marks pulled down to a 2 mean?

He means "I got a B+ overall, but I got an A+ on everything I turned in, I just didn't turn in some graded assignments" and his degree was graded using the British classification system [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_c...

[walshemj]

Seems a bit silly to blow of the course work and not get a first - also not a terribly good indicator that they will adapt well to the workplace.

Obvs if its a former Polly the difference between a first and a 2.1 isn't as important as an Oxbridge First.