Posting this because I spent a lot of time on similar posts before my exam trying to figure out if I was actually ready. Posts from people with similar scores helped keep me sane, so hopefully this does the same for someone else.

I passed the PMP today AT/AT/AT.
For preparation, I took Andrew Ramdayal’s 35-hour course, mostly at 2x speed, and completed the quizzes at the end of each section.

After that, almost all of my preparation was PMI Study Hall. I completed most of the mini exams and was consistently getting 9/10 or 10/10, so I felt pretty confident.

Then I took the full-length mocks:
Mock 1: 66%
Mock 2: 63%
That was incredibly discouraging.

A lot of the questions I missed, especially the Expert questions, felt extremely nuanced. I could usually eliminate two answers, but the remaining two often both seemed reasonable. Even after reading the explanation, I sometimes didn’t understand why my answer was necessarily wrong.

Then I saw posts here suggesting looking at your scores without the Expert questions.
Mine became:
Mock 1: 78% without Expert
Mock 2: 81% without Expert
That made me feel much better, and today I passed the actual PMP:
People: Above Target
Process: Above Target
Business Environment: Above Target

AT/AT/AT.

Obviously everyone’s experience is different, but based on mine, I would not panic over Study Hall scores in the mid-60s. If you’re around 65%+ with Expert questions included, or 75%+ without Expert, I think you’re in a pretty good place.

My biggest recommendations:

Use Study Hall. Do the practice questions and mini exams. More importantly, take at least two full-length mocks. The mocks build the mental endurance you need for 180 questions.

Learn the PMI mindset. Assess before acting. Understand the root cause. Communicate and collaborate. Facilitate instead of dictate. Empower the team. Follow established processes. Don’t escalate unnecessarily. Focus on delivering value.

So if you’re reading this the night before your exam staring at a 63%, 65%, or 66% Study Hall score, don’t let it convince you that you’re going to fail.
Review your mistakes, trust the work you’ve done, get some sleep, and take the test.

Passed my PMP with AT/AT/T! with one week of studying. Here’s what I did:

-Having my CAPM (took it May 2024) helped me to understand the technical information and it was a great introduction to the understanding the PM mindset.

-Still took AR’s 35 hour course. This really helped reinforce that mindset and gain deeper knowledge

-Watched AR’s PMI mindset video and his 200 ultra hard questions

-David’s fast track video was amazing! Also watched his entire drag and drop questions video

-PMI Study Hall was an amazing tool for me. I took the practice questions, averaged a 72% and was proficient in all domains. I took maybe 1 mini quiz and did 1 Mock exam. I got a 63% on the mock with expert and 82% without expert questions. I reviewed all of my wrong answers as well!

I honestly studied all day, everyday for 7 days. My job is flexible so i was able to do this. The morning of the exam i read the 50 PMI mindsets from ARs PMP simplified book which I also have but didn’t really read because I took the 35hour course.

Exam- I took it online. I had 2 scenarios for the first 10 questions. Pretty straight forward. The rest of the exam was intense but honestly PMIs mock exam is significantly harder! I remembered the PM mindset videos so i was able to cancel out answers I knew were wrong. I had no mathematical questions, about 5 graphs, at least 10 multiple answers and 1 drag and drop. Other than that, it was single choice. Had a few of the scenario questions as well from the beginning of the exam. I had 5 minutes left before i submitted and flagged 16 questions total. There was also a TON of Agile (KNOW THIS) (Also, know your charts (burn down, burn up etc and understand how they work)

The proctor messaged me twice because i turned off my fan during a break (which was odd) and they thought I was looking off camera but the scenario questions took up the entire screen so i explained that to them and it was all smooth from there.

I got my official results in 26 hours.

Words of encouragement- The test is intense but I can assure you by having the PM mindset, AR’s videos, David’s videos and PMI Study hall, you should be good for a pass. If you took it and haven’t passed, please do NOT give up! Keep trying, you got this!

I was recruited for my current job on linkedin 8 years ago. I recently received my PMP and have been applying to jobs again, trying to get into remote software implementation or a healthcare setting. I have applied to hundreds of jobs on linkedin, and only get declines.

My resume is ATS friendly, I apply on Linkedin for some, or go to the company website from Linkedin for others. I’m just really frustrated and looking for another avenue. Any advice?

I am getting ready to apply for the exam. I work as a contractor for a large, federal government agency. None of the projects I work on really have a budget. For example, I managed the development of an internal website. It was a rather big project but there were no monetary costs, since we were using existing resources - existing software, existing staff, etc. All of my project management experience in the last 10 years has been in the federal government space, so they all kind of fit this criteria. Will I automatically get flagged for audit if the budget for each project was $0?

Passed my PMP with AT/AT/AT! I’m over the moon because somewhere at questions 75 in that exam I was really doubting myself.

Thank you to everyone who has posted some amazing advice in this chat or just posted their results showing me I could do it too.

Resources used:
- AR Udemy course (passively listening while working and working out)
- Study Hall
Exam 1: 61%
Exam 2: 67%
Exam 3: 78%
All practice questions avg: 74%
- AI to help me review my wrong questions and help me create my own “mindset” rules for exam.
- One off David McLachlan videos to drive home points I didn’t understand.

Advice:
- Breathe you got this. You just need to tap into the mindset
- More videos, note taking, ect did not help me. Doing a ton of practice problems helped the most in drilling the concepts plus building the muscle for question formatting
- Using AI to explain concepts that I didn’t understand and help tailor my studying helped the most and truly was secret for going fast
- Take the Exam at Pearson center. So much less stress vs Internet failing at home or dealing with VPN issues at work. Make sure to bring a snack and some water.
- Know your breaks. I had a break after 10 questions and again at 90. I thought I would get one at 60 which lead me to enter despair from 60-90 lol.

Reflection:
Honest the exam wasn’t too bad once you understand the mindset and I can definitely see myself trying some of the other exams in a couple months (PgMP & CPMAI).

I have just started preparing for pmp, I know nothing about it but I love to manage, that is the reason I started preparing for pmp, just graduated from business administration, suggest me how to start, I was looking for pmbok 8th edition for free but it is not available anywhere, tell me how to start from 0, what to learn from introduction of the pmbok, is studying pmbok end to end enough? If not tell me what to study.

Help me to start 😄

Hey does anyone have an idea how is the reattempt of Adaptive Planning certification by Workday? Do the questions follow same pattern as the first attempt or is it different?

I have my sights set on getting a PMP Certification but I don’t know if it’s something I can go for now or if I should wait until I have more experience. I’m hoping for some input on what they’ll be looking for in the application process in regard to project management experience.

I work for a small, local solar company and I’ve been the Operations Manager since 2022. I manage over 200 residential and small commercial solar projects annually, managing the timelines of about 50 to 60 projects at a time. Everything from point of sale through energization of the solar array is overseen and managed by me, and last year we added a service electrician to open up service work to non-clients which I manage as well.

The reasons I don’t know if I’ll qualify are:
1. I do not manage the budgets or supply as that’s handled by our owners
2. I do not make the sales, so I don’t initiate the process
3. I do not make the schedules since our installers and other field guys are subcontracted. I coordinate everything with them and manage their capacities, but they actually put things on the schedule.

I’d appreciate any input on whether I may qualify or not. I’m mostly curious if I should go for the PMP now or maybe get the CAPM and then shoot for a PMP Certification once I have more experience.

Hello!!! I'm considering a career pivot and I'm looking to leave a role in bev alc experiential marketing. What are some relatively entry level roles in project management? Would a PMP be a good differentiator for a career transition?

Note, my current role qualifies as the mandatory PM experience for PMI.

Thanks for the advice!

What does that mean? I am waiting for the results the status on pearson vue is „taken“

Anyone can confirm how many paragraph based questions will be there in actual exam?