False. The DSA state that all examiners are trained to carry out the test to the same standard and that they don’t have pass or fail quotas. Every examiner does have to be within 5% of their centre pass rate and 10% of the national pass rate or they are likely to be investigated. So whether your examiner seems warm and friendly towards you or a bit cool, it’s not going to make any difference to whether or not you pass. However, one off-the record instructor did admit, ‘The fact that all the examiners have to pass a percentage within a certain range could mean that if an examiner has had a run of good test candidates and given lots of passes then they might be a bit more critical with the next one because they need to get their average back down. Though of course it can also work the other way in that if they’ve had a run of failures then they’ll be keen to get back on track by passing someone’.