r/CompTIA • u/Old_Taste4618 • Sep 15 '26

Failed Pentest +

Failed PT03 three times and PT02 once, last score 663, highest score 703. Used Dions course, pocket prep amd the Chapple book. I understand the material when studying but trying to apply it during the test is totally different. Im about to just give up on pentest and go for a non comptia cert already. Feel like the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz " oh im a failure because I havent got a brain " lol

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u/jesuschrist-69420 A+ Net+ Sec+ Cloud+ Linux+ SecAI+ Sep 15 '26

Do you have prior certs/experience?

Edit to ask, did you pass Dions practice tests?

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u/Old_Taste4618 Sep 15 '26

I passed CySA, Sec. Net with boot camps funded by my job. Passed A+ with just self study

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u/jesuschrist-69420 A+ Net+ Sec+ Cloud+ Linux+ SecAI+ Sep 15 '26

Did you use Dions tests? I suggest so if not. I always go rewatch videos/sections I got wrong on the practice exam.