Hey,
I passed the PMP and this community helped me a lot, so I’m giving some info back 🙌
I studied around 100 hours (~1.5 months)
People: Above Target Process: Target Business Environment: Above Target
Background:
I come from a small company where I basically wore multiple hats (CEO/PM/etc.), but there wasn’t a clear methodology in place—neither Agile nor Waterfall. So my professional experience helped in some ways, but also not that much when it came to structured PMP thinking.
That being said, you can definitely pass the exam even without many years of “by-the-book” experience.
PS: English is not my first language
What I used:
- Andrew Ramdayal’s Udemy course (very helpful, especially for PMI application tips & tricks)
- Some YouTube resources:
- PMP Mindset – 50 Principles & Questions (Andrew Ramdayal) → great at the beginning to set the mindset (very important)
- 200 Ultra Hard PMP Questions
- 63 Project Management Tools Explained – David McLachlan
- 100 PMP Drag & Drop Questions
- 150 PMBOK 7 Scenario-Based Questions
- Most important: Study Hall
- version with 2 full-length exams
- did all practice tests ~2 times (some even 3 times)
- scores between 60–90%
- 2 full exams: 71% and 73%
- IMPORTANT: reviewed all wrong answers to understand why
Exam:
It felt a bit easier than Study Hall. Language was clear, but there were still some tricky questions.
Time management:
- 3 sections
- took both 10-minute breaks (recommend)
- ~20 questions marked for review per section
- finished right on time (1 minute left 😅)
Question types:
- 2–3 drag & drop / graph questions per section
- identify a spike on a graph
- match risk responses: mitigate / escalate / accept / avoid
- choose the right approach when requirements are unclear but you still need to deliver value
Traditions:
- wore blue for luck 🔵
- celebrated with cake after 🍰
My advice:
Don’t procrastinate (I delayed it for almost a month) and do as many practice questions as possible. Knowing theory without applying it = useless.
Feel free to ask me anything <3
I have an Excel with my study plan, links to learning resources, and other stuff (I’m organized 😅), so I can help with any kind of questions.
EAT THAT FROG 💪
