The Computer-Based Test (CBT) for the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) officially commenced on Wednesday, November 12, with several candidates taking to social media to share their experiences, ranging from smooth participation to unexpected technical issues.
According to the CDCFIB, candidates are advised not to minimize, close, or leave the exam page after a successful login until the test is completed and submitted. The agency also emphasized the need for a stable internet connection throughout the exam. “If you encounter a technical problem, follow the provided instructions, or alternatively contact CDCFIB,” the board stated. Candidates are required to log in through https://exam.cdcfib.gov.ng/.
However, reports from applicants suggest several technical challenges. A candidate, Muhammad Sani Haruna, expressed frustration, saying, “The system submitted my profile automatically after I waited for more than 10 minutes for the exam questions to come up and then I tried to refresh and was automatically submitted. If we are not ready for anything as a country, we shouldn’t be wasting people’s time.”
Others shared similar concerns. “I only got to answer 24 out of 40 questions. Where did the remaining go?” wrote another user. A candidate identified as Malam Abdul said, “I just got to fill 14 out of 40 questions and I didn’t see any other questions. They showed me to submit, and it’s showing results of the 14 questions! I used my smartphone to do the CBT. What’s our solution now please?”
Despite the challenges, some candidates reported successful experiences. Victory Isong posted, “Thanking God for successful entry and exit.”
The CDCFIB CBT examination uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to monitor participants’ behavior, including camera activity, login attempts, and test duration. The system automatically flags suspicious actions such as early logins, repeated access attempts, or failed camera verification, which can lead to automatic disqualification or submission.
Candidates are therefore urged to carefully follow all instructions, maintain internet stability, and only log in during their scheduled time to avoid being flagged by the AI monitoring system.
I was unable to do anything and then it tell me, exam already done
Why can’t show all the questions please
i answered 27 question out of 40 I was frustrated so do network issues… again I didn’t see picture when writing the exam
they only gave 14 question
hope am save
I was not allowed to login yesterday duty to time.
are they going to fix another day for us
They only give me random questions not all I only answer 21 questions out of 40
And I can’t go back to the logging again and now it’s my time please 🙏 do something about it
on logging in, I was told that the exam is submitted just like that, have been trying since then yet nothing
WHAT IS HAPPENING MINE IS TELLING EXAM ALREADY COMPLETED
I login and they said exam already completed
and I have been trying it and the time is over
what are my to do now
I was only able to answer 14 questions out of 40 in just barely 15minutes and then I received exams already completed. is unprofessional technically
what is going on with the cdcfib cbt exam.
I login and they said exam already completed
and I have been trying it and the time is over
what are my to do now
i faced similar situation i was seeing 28 questions answered out of 40 but i could not access the remaining 12 question to complete the exams so i submitted like that and i scored 60/100 may God help us what every God destined for us will never pass us bye.
How did you see your score?
I logged in the exact time immediately it opened without showing any question it closed and says exam already completed…. is obvious Nigerian system remains the same as the poor masses we kept attempting to get jobs even though we knew the probability of securing jobs is 1:100 because we dont have connections…. at least breathing and water is free we can still survive insha Allah
Samson,has I login into my portal ,I saw already completed submitted,I try serval times no response,since there is traffic error or system error,what is our hope in that one.. please kindly fine solution
Just submitted immediately
I was able to do just 11 questions,it jumped from question 10-31,wen I submitted,I was logged out automatically, within the allotted time just 14 minutes after the exam starts and later showing exam already completed,plz there should be transparency…
I login and they said exam already completed
and I have been trying it and the time is over
what are my to do now
I login and waited for long and questions refused to display, then i tried again and it showed me 2/7 question the next thing was exam already completed while i did’t answer anything yet. hope they will give us another date to take the exam
I submitted mine but it was just showing exam submitted, I didn’t see any score.
hello please I didn’t get any notification on short listing, please I really want to participate in the exam
my sister just log in before face verification, it shows exams submitted, she tried UpTo three times showing the same thing.
i was on the page when my exam start and suddenly it log me out saying exam completed
I was on the page since 8:30am, and it did not show anything till 9:22am, immediately I refresh the page, it shows exam completed
I was given 14 out of 40 question
the next is to submit, why it does not show the remaining question, hope this cbt test is not scam now
After I log in to the exam portal, it just summited immediately (exam summited) I did not even write the exam yet ooh! I just wonder what is happening.
My exam was fixed yesterday at 11am
When I logged in, I met a blank screen with no question, it was like that for long time. When I decided to login again as time was going, it showed the same page. And I did not see a single question to Answer I hope many too experience same issues.
Please kindly help us see how we can retake the exam again, infact I have been preparing for the exam for about a week now. I don’t want to miss this opportunity.
I can’t log in o. What am I to do?
kai this is wrong, i haven’t done anything the next thing was exam completed
I login at the scheduled time for the Exam then the questions pops up and automatically submitted. pls whats the next thing to do ?
I was only given 14 of 40 questions to answer, the page refuses to scroll and bring the remaining questions. I was only able to answer 14 questions. This is so frustrating fr
I am unable to log in
I just login and immediately it’s showed exam completed, I didn’t even do anything.
What should we do now, I login as instructed the questions pop up immediately exam completed
please what is this Federal Govement of Nigeria a comon youth can’t benefit anythin from it own Govement sense the day i here about this recruitmenti have been working hard please there minister of interior sir you are a young man that no what is goin on in this courtry Nigeria i have spend alot money and time for this day to come hear are my hope less now Nigeria we need to do alot stop chiating innocent peaple
Same thing… I logged in 30mins before time and was in the waiting room for good 28mins when it was 1minute to my time my screen went blank and went it came back it just showed me exams already summited, when it wasn’t even time yet🤦♀️ Nigeria is just something else
The portal keeps rejecting my NIN/PHONE NUMBER saying it’s invalid even when it is valid. I checked many times to see if it’s correct and it is but I wasn’t granted access even for verification.
Same issue
I was just shown 14 questions out of 40 pls you all should consider me
Dear sir.am trying to login my examination but is show me that my NIN and PHONE is incorrect.pls help me how I shall do now it’s my time.
hello please I need help I input all my details exactly 30 minutes to the exam time and when it was 10 minutes past time there was no question I try to refer the system told me that I have already completed the exam, when I did not even see any questions
i thought am the only person been frustrated about this exams, after login 30minutes before the exact time of the exam and i waited for 25minutes without even showing me where to enter my exam number the screen was just blank, the next thing i saw 5minutes before time was EXAM SUBMITTED, how now? exams that i did not write…
I was having technical issues so it somehow affected my exam, making it look like am switching tabs
this is bad, I was in for more than ten minutes no questions and I tried to refresh it just said exam already submitted…. this is so disappointing
this is so messed up. it is so not fair. I logged in to the exam, waited for up to 30mins and no question came up, tried to refresh only for it to say I ave completed the exam
Mine I logged in 15minutes after the start. I was expecting to do verification but it took me to the exam straight and asked me to allow camera which I did but after answering questions it will show internal server error and later when I was done with all questions and submitted, it just submitted.
I don’t understand I’m really scared because there wasn’t verification.
Same thing happened to me,wen I logged in was verified,after dat all I could see was a blank page for more Dan 20mins nd wen I tried to refresh it said exam submitted…pls I nid some help.
please who experienced server error while writing the exam?
Oh my God what happened to me today, immediately I logged in….the very next thing was ‘EXAMS SUBMITTED’. This should be worked on and the exams should be reschooled for us.
Their exam is just camouflage, they already know those that they want to recruit. How can you see just 14questions out of 40? If they are not ready to grow to the point of doing test online, then, they should go back to their physical test jejely.
I j just log in before face verification, it shows exams submitted, i tried UpTo three times showing the same thing.i stayed from 3-5pm still showing exams submitted when I haven’t seen questions yet .pls sir do something about this
Portal was already closed over here in suleja, I didn’t get my exam date
my issue is that I just log in and to start it’s telling me exams already submitted I have not started anything
I also couldn’t log in..it saying invalid NIN and phone number which is valid..I pray they should look into it and reschedule it for us
I logged in 20 mins before the exam, entered my NIN and phone number, it didn’t even ask for my Exam number, no face verification, and it wrote exam submitted. This is so bad, I hope the board can reschedule the exam for the affected candidates because it’s a Glitch from your side, you simplify stated that we should log in at least 30 mins before the exam time.
My name is Aderoju jamiu Adeseun I log in to the portal and my face was verify and I was to answer 40 questions but the exam questions don’t come up on till the time reached we need help for this
out of 40 questions but mine was not up to 15
hope they will consider us
i did not even get to answer any question and its saying exam already surmited its not fair now
after all the preparation now everthing goes to waste
out of 40 questions I just did 4 questions and unable to do the remaining and later it told me the exam have already completed
I came 25 minutes before my time I log in and it validate successfully but I log in at the exact time I suppose to write but unfortunately is login in I try several times it didn’t.
I logged in 30 mins before and i was waiting for the questions,got logged out and told me exam already submitted
I only see 15 questions out of 40 and when my time done I saw exam submitted
DEAR SIR, I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT I OGUNDIYA IYABO ALAKE HAVING ISSUES WITH MY EXAM AS THE PORTAL IS CLAIMING THAT I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE EXAM WHILE LOG IN TO START MY EXAM. KINDLY RESCHEDULE ME FOR ANOTHER TIME. THANKS IN ANTICIPATION.
I Logged in on time today 18th November and while waiting for my questions, the questions didn’t pop up only for them to tell me exam completed hmm,is there any hope for us that have the same issue
I saw all the 40 questions complete but there was no way to answer them all, some of them came up without objectives while some looked like it was subjective (fill in the gap) but there was no way to interact with the questions. I answered 30 questions to the best of my knowledge. I thank God for the exam.
You used your mobile phone? You should have switched your browser to Desktop mode to see all questions. The CDCFIB portal developers did a terrible job. The portal isn’t mobile friendly.
I just logged in and was told Exam already completed just like that.
Please what do I do?
I miss my exam because of bad network I regret it very much. I am writing to appeal for a reschedule of exam
My name is Adebisi Adewumi Joshua, an applicant for the ongoing CDCFIB recruitment exercises with the application CD-2025-0000**2788. I had some challenges while taking my exams slated for 2-3 pm today, being the 18th of November 2025. Eleven questions appeared with no option or provision to type the answers. My network was stable, yet this was my experience. This has forced me to answer 29 out of 40 questions, thereby limiting my chances. Please, I want my issue to be handled so I can be on the same competitive stage as other candidates.
Thank you in anticipation of a favourable and prompt response.
I feel pained right now. I sat watching my laptop’s camera for almost an hour without seeing a single question. I tried refreshing, only to be told that I have completed the exam. This is injustice. raising people’s hopes and dashing it at the same time.
This is sad. Write this email info@cdcfib.org.ng
I took my exams today and I was only able to answer 30 questions..the other 10 had no options. that’s not fair