Thread: NHE Certification Interview

Originally Posted by fitnfive

Hi,
I'm studying for the Master Trainer exam now. I bought the study guide, and I'm a little scared. The information seems so vague. If I know the study guide front to back am i okay? I mean is the test straight from the study guide or should I go into more depth on the subjects with my other books? I really want to be prepared but i don't want to waste time if the study guide is all I need.

My partner and I signed up to take the NHE fitness nutrition program last month and I recently got my certificate in the mail. I purchased the NHE study materials and thought they really helped. I have other certification study materials too but I didn't really have the time to study all of the books and materials I've kept over the years and so I just read the NHE materials. I think you don't really need to use other books because the materials you get from NHE are plenty and plus they are exam specific. If you haven't taken their fitness nutrition program, I recommend it. It is instructional and raised my nutrition game to a more professional level. I already knew a lot about nutrition, but the NHE program teaches you more about the bio-chemistry aspects of clinical nutrition, which let's me explain to my clients why things work during metabolism.

Anyway, good luck on your exam. You can expect a very challenging test!

This is all great info guys. I really appreciate the input. I have been studying there guide for a while now and am looking forward to the challenge of the exam. I am hoping to get to work for them.
Would anyone care to share how the questions are formated? Multiple choice, matching, short answer, essay?

Multiple choice, true and false and a lot of IQ type questions. It's a challenging exam, but not impossible to pass, like some people try to make you believe. There are a lot of people taking the NHE exam that really have no business even attempting it.

You look like you know fitness and so you should be fine.

Took the NHE Master Certification Test Level 3 this morning. It definitely was not easy! One definitely has to know his or her stuff. What I didn't foresee was the amount of time it took to answer most questions. Nearly every answer needs to be written out and explained. It was very time consuming and I finished maybe 215 questions out of 230. With another 30 minutes, I could have finished all questions and gave more thorough answers. I think it went well, but impossible to tell what they are looking for exactly. I'm hopeful the amount of detail was sufficient and demonstrates some command of the subject material. Just have to wait and see.

Also, while the study guide did help, there were a number of questions that were even more specific. A knowledge of anatomy and physiology definitely came in handy! I also pulled out some of my old health and anatomy books a few weeks ago and went through those a couple of times before the exam.

If you're going to take it, I definitely advise studying!!

Originally Posted by DrMike

Took the NHE Master Certification Test Level 3 this morning. It definitely was not easy! One definitely has to know his or her stuff. What I didn't foresee was the amount of time it took to answer most questions. Nearly every answer needs to be written out and explained. It was very time consuming and I finished maybe 215 questions out of 230. With another 30 minutes, I could have finished all questions and gave more thorough answers. I think it went well, but impossible to tell what they are looking for exactly. I'm hopeful the amount of detail was sufficient and demonstrates some command of the subject material. Just have to wait and see.

Also, while the study guide did help, there were a number of questions that were even more specific. A knowledge of anatomy and physiology definitely came in handy! I also pulled out some of my old health and anatomy books a few weeks ago and went through those a couple of times before the exam.

If you're going to take it, I definitely advise studying!!

I agree. All of their programs are designed well and the thing I like most is that you have to know what the hell you're talking about before you get certified through them.

To my delight, I was notified last evening that I passed the Master Trainer Certification Level 3 Exam that I took Saturday! Praise the Lord! I was told it might take 10 days to hear, but it was a very quick result. Hopefully that's a good thing and it will lead to some future job prospects (writing primarily).

Originally Posted by DrMike

To my delight, I was notified last evening that I passed the Master Trainer Certification Level 3 Exam that I took Saturday! Praise the Lord! I was told it might take 10 days to hear, but it was a very quick result. Hopefully that's a good thing and it will lead to some future job prospects (writing primarily).

Very cool! Congratulations!

Thank you Quad! Not sure where I go from here. Guess I'll just need to be patient and wait to hear from them.

Originally Posted by DrMike

Thank you Quad! Not sure where I go from here. Guess I'll just need to be patient and wait to hear from them.

Yeah, unfortunately, the exam is only a fraction of what they look at. Your other criterion are going to have to be tight too. Just passing the exam doesn't grant you an automatic pass. Your score means a lot too. They don't provide that to you for recruitment purposes, probably because once everyone knows the exact formula, they have the power to manipulate the system. But say for example, you passed but barely, you may get passed over for a guy who scored 90.

Beware folks. The NHE certification most likely is a scam. I do believe the hype surrounding the certification is primarily to get folks worried enough about the exam to buy their study guide. It's a significant source of income for them if enough people buy it. After doing everything asked of me, taking the exam and passing it, I heard nothing despite numerous calls and emails. After a month I finally wrote a very long email to the top guy who responded by telling me I would not be hired because my Career Profile responses were too short and that was the primary basis for my not being hired. This means they knew they were not going to hire me before I bought the study guide and took the exam. First, there was no indication that length of answers on the career profile was important. Second, they knew they were not hiring me, yet they still allowed me to buy the study guide and take the exam even though it meant nothing.

They are a very non-professional operation evident by the fact that it's nearly impossible to get a hold of them. That should be a warning to anyone thinking of taking any of their exams. I probably have more professional writing experience than anyone on their staff, yet they didn't hire me because my career profile responses weren't long enough? Ridiculous. Stay away from this group - they won't be around much longer.

Originally Posted by DrMike

Beware folks. The NHE certification most likely is a scam. I do believe the hype surrounding the certification is primarily to get folks worried enough about the exam to buy their study guide. It's a significant source of income for them if enough people buy it. After doing everything asked of me, taking the exam and passing it, I heard nothing despite numerous calls and emails. After a month I finally wrote a very long email to the top guy who responded by telling me I would not be hired because my Career Profile responses were too short and that was the primary basis for my not being hired. This means they knew they were not going to hire me before I bought the study guide and took the exam. First, there was no indication that length of answers on the career profile was important. Second, they knew they were not hiring me, yet they still allowed me to buy the study guide and take the exam even though it meant nothing.

They are a very non-professional operation evident by the fact that it's nearly impossible to get a hold of them. That should be a warning to anyone thinking of taking any of their exams. I probably have more professional writing experience than anyone on their staff, yet they didn't hire me because my career profile responses weren't long enough? Ridiculous. Stay away from this group - they won't be around much longer.

Right, and had you gotten the job your take would have been completely different. I've seen your posts on other sites man and it sounds to me as though you were pestering them (like us) to death! You should have just relaxed and not called them everyday.

Look, unless the 'guy at the top' sold you a study guide himself, he wouldn't even know you had one. More than likely the reason you didn't get hired has very little to do with your career profile. But I see your point, if you claim to be a writer but you submit a below standard career profile, you are basically self-contradicting. People who love to write and can...do. It's sounds as though you had the attitude that you were a shoe in and that there was no way they could pass you up. I know when trainers walk into my club and act like that, I don't care how good they really are, I send them on their way because the attitude is just as important as the level of qualification. People who think they are 'the shit' are too hard to work with because they act like they know everything. When you try to tell them different, they resist and it causes friction and a bad working environment.

I think the reasons companies don't tell you want you need to do in order to get a job is because if they did, everyone would do it. I don't tell people want I look for. I wait and see if they have it or not.

It must have been something you did or didn't do, something major that turned them off. If they wanted to scam you, they would have never let you pass the exam in the first place. That's they easiest way to deny someone a job there. The fact that you passed and they told you that you passed, says they are legitimate. But again, I hear where you are coming from. It's a common theme... people who get hired praise them and the people who don't think it's a scam. It's the same old tired story...

Well Quad, as many do, you speculate a lot, as though you know me. You don't and assume what you shouldn't. Do you work for or have you ever worked for NHE? Do you know for a fact they are a legitimate company that hires based on merit and skill and not their own personal "emotions du joir"?

I've never seen the lack of "approachability" nor lack of response as with NHE with any company I've ever applied with or worked for. Their professionalism and attention to detail leaves much to be desired. It's simply a warning to others who may be lured into spending money for a study guide that proves to be for naught.

Your posts are bullshit is all I'm saying. One minute you're praising God for passing the exam and the next you are warning people about taking the exam. The only reason you are warning people is because they didn't hire you. Like I said, I've seen your posts on other sites. It's all bullshit. If you got hired, you would not be warning anyone. You would still be praising God.

Let it go brother and get over it.

Originally Posted by DrMike

Well Quad, as many do, you speculate a lot, as though you know me. You don't and assume what you shouldn't. Do you work for or have you ever worked for NHE? Do you know for a fact they are a legitimate company that hires based on merit and skill and not their own personal "emotions du joir"?

I've never seen the lack of "approachability" nor lack of response as with NHE with any company I've ever applied with or worked for. Their professionalism and attention to detail leaves much to be desired. It's simply a warning to others who may be lured into spending money for a study guide that proves to be for naught.

Thanks for the tips but I'll pass. You're only bitching because they turned you away. The fact that you are now bad mouthing them only proves they made the right decision.

I hate it when some outsider tries to tell me what to 'look out for' in my industry. Do the people on this site seem like people who don't know what they're doing? Give me a fucking break.

This reminds me of the skinny fucking ACE trainer who walked up to me the other day and offered me a suggestion on how to do db biceps curls just because I was swinging a little. He tried to stress the importance of perfect form. My arms are 20 inches and his were about 14 inches. What a prick!

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