Hey everyone, I'm just incredibly happy with the result of my PMP exam. I passed with AT/AT/AT with only 4 days of actual review, more than 60 mins to spare, and I'd like to share how I did it.
What worked for me:
- Mock exams - I can't stress this enough, SH is your best resource for this. In my experience, SH was harder compared to the actual exam. My scores were 75%,74%,75%, including expert questions (I didn't take the 4th and 5th mock, as suggested by other users here).
- DM's videos on PMP mock exams (Waterfall & Agile) - Really helpful because of the explanation
- AR's Mindset video - Helpful getting you into the proper thinking process and how to answer.
- Not over studying - However, this might just be me, once I did a once over of AR's Udemy while doing other activities, I didn't really get much from that course compared to the people here but to each his own I guess.
- Relying on experience - I admit I don't have the most experience but having experience in a lot of agile projects really helped me understand and know what to do.
What didn't work for me:
- AR's Udemy course running in the background - TBH I didn't really get that much value from this, I though this would be more helpful since it is widely recommended but I guess I wasn't paying attention to much.
- Reading the PMBOK 7th ed - I stopped before even getting to page 10.
I didn't have much predictive approach experience but I think that passing the PMP is more on the mindset of what makes a Project manager.
I took the exam online, and I had some troubles, which is I think is my fault lol. I relied too much on the diagnostics and didn't read the actual requirements of what should be and shouldn't be on your desk (I have lots of magnet pictures on my desktop unit).
- I didn't remove my extra monitor - I though just disconnecting it would be fine (nope).
- I had an extra microphone - My webcam has a microphone but not the best quality so I had another one, which, as you guessed, isn't allowed.
I think that confidence plays a huge role in answering the PMP.
I know that this post may sound haughty, I apologies if it comes across that way. I just wanted to share how my journey went.
Be confident in yourself, you can do it.
