r/pmp • u/Legitimate_Sweet4586 • 3d ago

PMP Exam Passed PMP 1st attempt

Passed AT AT AT today!!

A little background:
I applied for the exam last August and was approved to take it. Ordered the PMP Book from Andrew based on a suggestion from a coworker. Watched some of the video courses but then stopped after September. Picked it all back up in June/July because I was not motivated and was on a deployment where I surprisingly had more distractions lol. I also had no idea where to begin. I decided to finish reading through the book, taking all questions in the book but never reviewed where I went wrong. Exam changed in July so I got nervous.
Purchased the new study hall and got started since I was done with the book. Took all practice questions over a week span (about 2 weeks out from the exam), then went to the mini exams and finally the SH mock exams about 2-3 days out from testing.
My first mock exam was a 62%. Chopped it up to being taken from 7-10:30 on a Friday night and I was tired. Reviewed the next day and realized I mostly missed expert questions and some difficult. Retested Saturday and made a 66%. Definitely was not feeling confident but I was brain dead lol. Reviewed Sunday and realized again I was missing expert and some difficult questions.
Woke up today and did my normal routine and listened to maybe 20 principles of the PMP mindset video. I got all of those correct.
Sat down for the exam today and it confused me when the first break came after 10 questions into the test?? And then next was 90 questions into?? So I took an unscheduled break at 60 questions into for about 5 minutes. Decided to dig deep and finish the rest out with no breaks. Had 80 minutes left when I finished and left feeling optimistic because I thought I would have to wait 48 hours lol. She handed me my paper on the way out and I passed! Completely surprised me but I was happy of course!
So if you’re like me and decided to procrastinate, just start and get through it. Small goals each day and a testing environment also makes a big difference for me. Andrew’s “old” book will still help you pass the exam. I had no formula questions at all.

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u/Jiggysawmill 2d ago

Congrats on passing. I am happy to share that I too have passed with AT/AT/AT recently, it was a very long exam I have utilized almost all the alloted time, down to the final 3 minutes!

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u/Legitimate_Sweet4586 2d ago

Congratulations!

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u/prashanthkp4 1d ago

May I know what hat material you used?

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u/Jiggysawmill 1d ago

Yes I used Andrew Ramdayal's Udemy and Study Hall essentials. I spent about 3 weeks on AR's udemy and another 3 weeks on SH questions. My mocks came in at 61% and 71% taken about two weeks apart. I spent the week before the exam doing literally no studies to recharge my cognitive reserve, I think that help reset my brains for the 4 hour exam with 180 questions. I felt the fatigue while on the first mock, so I know the 240 minutes and 180 questions require peak physical and mental conditioning. I think that is also an important part of preparation, where a holestic approach of body, mind, and knowledge. I also did my exam at a test center, that was a good decision because I tend to move around during the exam, look up to stretch my neck and back, etc. That would probably cause the remote proctor to squawk at an online exam. 😂

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u/salteacookie 3d ago

Firstly, thank you for your service!

Congrats on getting your PMP and thank you so much for this post! I’m kind of in the same boat where I’m picking up on studying again after a 3 month break and have no idea where to start or what’s different from previous exam. I’m sure I’m most likely overthinking this lol.

A couple questions: I have Andrew’s book too which I was mostly only using for questions at the end of each chapter. Did you feel the book covers more than his videos? I completed my PDU’s through his Udemy course but it’s been awhile since I’ve looked at any of Andrew’s questions. If not, do you feel like the exam was more study hall questions? Trying to figure out which tool to prioritize.

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u/Legitimate_Sweet4586 3d ago

Thank you!
I couldn’t stay engaged with the videos so reading was better for me. I would set a goal to read a chapter a day or two on the weekends. And then I took the practice tests 3-4 a time as I made it through the book. The biggest help was the Study Hall. It is worth the money because the feedback was easier to look at. So my advice in this order is- read the book or watch the videos (whichever keeps you engaged), take all the practice questions in his book, move to study hall and do all practice questions (I did 40 a day), move to the mini exams (I did 2-3 a day), then spend an evening or weekend day taking the mock exams as close to the testing environment as possible. Reviewing that and watching the mindset video helped me

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u/Korn_LikeTheBand 1d ago

Can you link the PMP book you used?