Failed my first PMP attempt

Thanks for replying. I actually studied PMBOK 6th guide(2-3 times) and Rita Mulcahy's 8th edition. My actual worry now is all that might not help me because exam pattern is changing and agile comes into picture. So my next attempt would be as good as a fresh attempt again isn't it?.

Like you said you did not pass the exam in the first attempt, so did you do the root cause analysis? Try to find it and create the corrective action. There are two things need to consider.

1. Make sure that you can answer within 60-70 seconds for each. Need to practice
2. The knowledge of 49 processes. If you need I can share the questions which only focus on those, give me your email.

One the most important thing is that, PMI will ask you a lot of situational questions. You need to know how to handle this basing on sequence and idea project manager's action. Udemy is the good source.

Good luck for next attempt and do not give up.

Hi Santosh! A couple suggestions which worked for me: 1) MEMORIZE the 49 processes - in chronological order - not all the inputs, outputs, etc. for each as mentioned above - just the processes, 2) MEMORIZE all the applicable formulas and 3) Be able to 'brain dump' these onto a sheet of note paper (which the testing center will/should provide) as quickly as possible - practice, practice, practice. BEFORE you start answering test questions the next time around, your first step is to write everything down as a personal 'cheat sheet' to be used as you go through the test. This way, you don't have to spend valuable time while testing trying to remember these key pieces of information...&/or 2nd guess yourself...you can just refer to them. With practice, I was able to write everything down in 7 mins or less. Sure, that was 7 mins 'lost' for answering questions, but I'm convinced the notes saved me more than that during the course of the test AND prevented accidental wrong answers simply driven by trying to go too fast. Good luck!

Like you said you did not pass the exam in the first attempt, so did you do the root cause analysis? Try to find it and create the corrective action. There are two things need to consider.

1. Make sure that you can answer within 60-70 seconds for each. Need to practice
2. The knowledge of 49 processes. If you need I can share the questions which only focus on those, give me your email.

One the most important thing is that, PMI will ask you a lot of situational questions. You need to know how to handle this basing on sequence and idea project manager's action. Udemy is the good source.

Good luck for next attempt and do not give up.

Sorry for that, but try again, i pass the PMP on my 4th attempt, what i will recommend is to answer the questions, and a lot of questions, i think this will be the only way.

I extracted notes from PMBOK 6th edition which I can share to you.

@ Tsz Wai Lai please share with me too. I am also going to appear in PMP exam in coming days.

Thanks for replying. I actually studied PMBOK 6th guide(2-3 times) and Rita Mulcahy's 8th edition. My actual worry now is all that might not help me because exam pattern is changing and agile comes into picture. So my next attempt would be as good as a fresh attempt again isn't it?.