Passed on 1st Attempt (huge thanks to this community!)
I feel like it’s time to give back to this community.
Background:
I have 4 years in IT Audit. I’m also a CPA, so I come from a non-technical background.
Resources that helped me:
- CRM (latest edition) + Prabh Nair (YouTube):
Since I come from a non-technical background, I found certain parts of the CRM, especially starting from Domain 3, Part B, quite challenging. That’s when I began supplementing my reading with Prabh Nair’s YouTube videos, which significantly improved my understanding of the concepts.
And yes! I read the CRM just to challenge myself since I mostly read here that its very dry and difficult to grasp which I really agree 10000% 😂
Practice after each domain - After completing each domain using CRM and the Prabh’s YT videos, I worked on the corresponding QAE questions. My scores were around 65–77% across domains.
So in my second round of study - I added Pete Zerger’s YouTube content and Hemang Doshi’s Udemy course to reinforce my knowledge. (This time I am scoring mostly 70% to 80% across all domains.
Final Prep - I added CISA this much free contents in YT. And I took the mock test/practice test of QAE. Here, I am scoring around 90%.
And of course, chatgpt, gemini are our bestfriend when things get tough.
Note: I only use the old edition of QAE. Not the database one. I studied since January and took the exam 1st week of April.