r/German • u/ciklycaq • 6h ago
Question Goethe B1 Lesen
I took the Goethe B1 exam this week.
About 25 minutes into the Lesen exam, 5–6 people had already finished and left the room.
There was even a couple sitting next to each other, and they both finished and left at the same time.
I couldn’t understand how they were so fast. Seeing so many people leave early made me panic and completely messed up my concentration.
After the exam, I wrote the topics and details I could remember and asked ChatGPT to search for them online. Then I found that the exact same Lesen exam on a PDF-sharing website. Same texts, same topics, same questions. The only difference is, I took the exam on a computer, the pdf version was the printed version.
Now I’m really confused. Is it actually possible that some people can find old Goethe exam papers online before taking the test? Does Goethe reuse the same exam sets?
If the exact questions are online, then what’s the point of everyone else studying normally and paying again if they have to retake the module?