The Udemy Joseph Phillip's PMP course and Prepcast did it!
Exam Type: On site at Pearson Vue
Study Approach:
1. First, I bought the Joseph Phillips PMP course on Udemy. In 2018. I did not start reading/viewing the course until 2 weeks ago.
2. Fast forward to 2021, two weeks ago, I took all 4 Prepcast exams (not ITTO) without having prepared/studied, based on instinct from a few years PM'ing in the IT space. I wanted to see what my benchmark was. I scored 61%, 65%, 67% and 75%.
3. Then, I took two weeks to complete Joseph Phillip's PMP course on Udemy.
4. Then, the weekend before my exam (3 days ago) I reviewed my mistakes from all Prepcast exams and studied the reasons for the correct answers
5. Then, the night before the exam (last night) I did 4 x 60 question Prepcast quizzes for which I scored between 60% and 90% respectively.
Exam Observations:
- I found it easier to make multiple choice decisions in the official PMP exam than when I was trying to decide the right answer here on the Prepcast exams
- I found the official exam's questions and potential answers very vague, the terminology wasnt as specific and descriptive as in the Prepcast exams. I feel that if you are getting a 60% here on Prepcast you are good to go, but it might just be my personal way of processing information (the vaguer the better).
- I felt that the official exam tested my actual real life experience/logic, rather than my academic knowledge
- I somehow wasted more time answering each official exam question than I did when I was practicing on Prepcast, I only had 2 minutes left at the end. The rate at which those seconds were disappearing turned me into a complete wreck throughout the exam. I was also very easily distracted by sounds and pre-emptive thoughts of failing the exam. Do what you can to ensure you are focusing on the screen and the question, Im sure thats why I almost ran out of time in the end.
Thanks to everybody who post on these forums, I read your comments and exam reviews before bed every night for motivation, sanity and to keep my eyes focused on the prize. Couldn't have done it without the community!
H Fourie, PMP
