What NOT to do for being PMP certified

Very Informative and thanks for sharing you experience.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm in the early stages of prepping and I find this to be very helpful.

Good experience sharing!!! Anyone want to get something, he should study and practice very well and hard to pass it.

Tamer

Thanks for sharing

I was very worried and had just 2-3 weeks to read the whole book, the slides of the teacher, and read some practices and notes. All that 11 months after taking the course and almost running out of time... I also like to study slowly I read each paragraph twice or 3 times so it sticks well...
People were advising to download extra practice exams, pay online for tests... I had time to do none. Imagine I had a job 11hrs/day, 6days/week (except Saturday 6hrs). And just 2weeks+.

But I said I’d give it a try. Since I had invested in it. Why not to attend the exam...
And I did my best effort just to stay cool and motivated during the test and not to be anxious in any way.

And to my surprise I got Above Target in all but Monitoring & Controlling it was on Target. (Tools & techniques need a bit of repeating I did it all real quick and couldn’t repeat)
Wow! I couldn’t beleive my eyes!
So yes, just be cool during the exam.
And don’t do my mistake and wait one year after taking the course and forget everything. Try to take the exam 2 months after the course max. And just understand the bigger picture, understand how it’s flowing. Not that hard! You can do it!

Best of luck to all who want to sit for the exam.

Some good advice for PMP aspirants.

Thank you for sharing. I have known several people that did not pass it the first or even second time. Some for the reasons you mentioned, over confidence and time management. And also lack of sleep the night before.

I remember that I had people telling me not to worry if I did not pass it the first time. They told me it was difficult and the chances were that I would not pass. That just made me more determined to pass it. No one tells me what I can't do :)

But I did take a class and I did do a lot of practice exams (even though most were free one) and I did ultimately pass it the first time out.