Passed PMP on 20th July 2015, My Lessons Learned

Hi All,

I‘m Narasimha  Reddy  and I'm happy to inform that I passed my PMP exam last Monday 20th July 2015, 4MP 1BP (A Pass is A Pass)

 From my experience, the key to successfully passing the test is iterating between exam materials and doing mock exams. When I did my first mock exam, I was very surprise how many I got wrong even though I thought I knew the materials inside out. I would review those questions I got wrong and understand why. Usually it is not that you don't know the material but more importantly you have to understand/read the questions better. 

Summary : Prepared for 11 weeks, Material -  Rita, Head First, PMBOK and Saket Bansal’s  wonderful videos/blogs/Hangouts

Full length Practice Tests taken:

1) HeadFirst (Free) good to start

2)  www.examcentral.net (Free) good, lots of questions

3)http://www.izenbridge.com/pmp/free-exam/ (Free)Good

4) Simplilearn (5 Test Paid) OK, but not worth for Money

5) PMZEST (5Tests paid) I passed only 2exams.  Questions collection is awesome, But language is very poor, Sometimes I don’t understand Question, Advantage is Affordable Price.

6) PMZILLA 200 +100 Questions by T Kapadia, Must Try

7) Scordo Question (Free for PMI Members) Very good

 My Average score is 62% - 77%,

Don't get Deflated if you get low scores in some exams, I got only 65% in most of my Mock tests.

Very good source for concepts

http://pmstudycircle.com

https://www.passionatepm.com

Exam experience:

30% questions are straight forward, 70% Questions are wordy and Tricky. In fact Questions are easy, Answers are tough.

Only 2 ITTO questions by seeing options easily find out correct answer.

I got 7 Maths Questions.

Sitting in front of Computer for 4:30 hours (30mins for Intro and feedback) and anticipating every bit of tricky questions is a torture.

Bottom Line:

Stay cool focus on your English, 50% of Exam is all about your patience, Language and your endurance. Write as many Mock tests as possible and be a self motivator. You will DO IT.

Thanks,

Narasimha  Reddy 

Congratulation!...Very Helpful information....

Congrats :)

I will highly appreciate if you please share the book links that you stated as free, i am unable to get those free links.

 

 

thanks.

Which mock tests you would recommend to buy? My exam is scheduled for 28th August.

Thanks in Advance.

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Congratulations on your PMP. Thanks for this post. 

 

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