Setting the Standard for
Professionalism: The CQRID Exam

The CQRID Exam

The Council for Qualification of Residential Interior Designers (CQRID) qualifying examination is offered to residential interior designers who have the drive, ability and dedication necessary to achieve professional status in their chosen field. For those of you who possess these qualities, passing the CQRID examination places you among a select group of residential interior designers nationwide who have chosen to attain this high level of excellence and achievement. The CQRID testing program is the symbol for excellence in residential interior design and is your key to enhanced professional stature among your customers and peers.

The two-part examination fully conforms to established testing standards and is administered by the Center for Credentialing and Education, an independent not-for-profit outside testing company. The exam is given quarterly in every state.

Part One of the exam consists of 150 items that use the four-option multiple choice format. Three hours are allowed to complete this section of the exam, which is computer-scored.

Part Two of the exam consists of one or more practical design problems based on client profiles. These design problems require candidates to demonstrate basic drafting skills, knowledge of barrier-free design, the ability to perform space planning, draw an elevation, and complete a lighting plan. Six hours are allocated to complete this section of the exam, which is juror scored.