从2009年2月1号起，CCIE路由交换全球增加面试，会问四到五个在考试大纲范围内的问题。如果准备好了，回答这些问题是不会太难的，考试时间仍是八小时。实验和面试都达标了才能通过整个CCIE认证的考核.其他的CCIE考试，会在未来一年(2010年)之内做变动.
从2009年2月17号起，CCIE的笔试也会有两处改动。第一，考生不会再有机会检查或回退，一道题做完会有提示进入下一题，不能再返回上一题重新修改。第二，笔试的分数是从300到1000分，考分的改变不会影响现在的考试难度。
英文原文：
Changes to CCIE Lab and Written Exam Question Format and Scoring
Effective February 1, 2009, Cisco will introduce a new type of question format to CCIE Routing and Switching lab exams. In addition to the live configuration scenarios, candidates will be asked a series of four or five open-ended questions, drawn from a pool of questions based on the material covered on the lab blueprint. No new topics are being added. The exams are not been increased in difficulty and the well-prepared candidate should have no trouble answering the questions. The length of the exam will remain eight hours. Candidates will need to achieve a passing score on both the open-ended questions and the lab portion in order to pass the lab and become certified.  Other CCIE tracks will change over the next year, with exact dates announced in advance.
Effective February 17th, 2009, candidates will also see two other changes in CCIE written exams. First, candidates will now be required to answer each question before moving on to the next question; candidates will no longer be allowed to skip a question and come back to it at a later time. Second, there will be an update to the score report. The overall exam score and the exam passing score will now be reported as a scaled score, on a scale from 300-1000. This change will not affect the difficulty of the current set of exams and will assure CCIE written exams will be consistent with Cisco’s other career certification exams.