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Admin Certification 201
Just failed my Admin 201 test. I'm so angry and frustrated. I took a ton of practice tests and did well on them. The actual test was nothing like the practice test. The actual test was ridiculously vague. Anyway, does anyone know where I can find practice tests that are actually up-to-date? Any suggestions on how to study that doesn't cost a billion dollars? I'm just super frustrated and angry right now. Thanks for the help.
First of all, I understand that you feel bad on failing the certification, but at the same time believe and understand that its not the worst and that, it has not only happened to you but hundreds of developers / admins out there. So, don't get frustrated, gather yourself up and will help you with some pointers to help you get certified.
Here's your game plan.
- Understand your areas of strength and weakness: At the end of a certification exam, Salesforce provides a breakup of how you did in the various areas / topics included as a part of the certification exam. Use this evaluation report as a tool to prepare for the exam. Any easire way to do this, is to list down all the topics for exam from the study guide and use a scoring meachanism of 1 to 3 where 1 = Not Aware, 2 = Know it somewhat but requires study, 3 = I know it well. Then focus on the Ones and Twos and then the threes.
- Be hands on: Taking a certification does not necessarily always prove your capability to deliver a Salesforce implementation. Don't get this otherwise, neither am I trying to devalue the certifications nor question the ability of certified Salesforce champions with certifications. This is a general observation that I have over the years of my implementaiton experience with Salesforce. Hence, if you have no handson experience with Salesforce, I would recommend having atleast 6 months of handson before you attempt the certification.
- Prepare a study plan and study hard: Taking a Salesforce certification can be compared to taking any other school test and where you need to study hard for it and maybe memorize certain specific thigns if required. The handson experience may give you the edge, but YOU WILL NEED TO STUDY !!
- Read the Study Guide: Read the Admin Certification Study Guide well to understand the weightage of different topics. This plays an important role in your preparation and focus on topics with higher weightage first to cover the maximum possibele topics.
- Moreover, if your organization has a Salesforce Partner Training access, take the following self paced course - Preparing for Your Salesforce Administrator Certification which gives detaila about the what, who, whys and hows about the Admin certification exam.
- Take time to read through the amazing blogs by some of the people from the Salesforce community who taken the certification exam like me and have shared their experience
- http://www.merivisblog.com/study-salesforce-admin-exam/
- http://www.salesforceben.com/certified-admin-mock-exam/
- https://jenwlee.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/salesforce-administer-exam-preparation-exam-taking-strategy/
- https://www.adminhero.com/beginners-guide-to-salesforce-certification/
- Take Practice Exams: Refer to the following mock exam preparation content for the certification. I have personally refererred these durign my certification and found them quite reliable.
- https://quizlet.com/149448734/salesforce-administrator-exam-flash-cards/
- http://focusonforce.com/salesforce-adm-201-exam-questions/
- http://www.certifiedforce.com/sample-questions/administrator-quiz-1
Hope that helps. I can share my certification study notes with you if you need. Just email me at jigar189@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you once you clear your certification. Cheers!!Please mark this thread as SOLVED and answer as the BEST ANSWER if it helps address your issue.
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First of all, I understand that you feel bad on failing the certification, but at the same time believe and understand that its not the worst and that, it has not only happened to you but hundreds of developers / admins out there. So, don't get frustrated, gather yourself up and will help you with some pointers to help you get certified.
Here's your game plan.
- Understand your areas of strength and weakness: At the end of a certification exam, Salesforce provides a breakup of how you did in the various areas / topics included as a part of the certification exam. Use this evaluation report as a tool to prepare for the exam. Any easire way to do this, is to list down all the topics for exam from the study guide and use a scoring meachanism of 1 to 3 where 1 = Not Aware, 2 = Know it somewhat but requires study, 3 = I know it well. Then focus on the Ones and Twos and then the threes.
- Be hands on: Taking a certification does not necessarily always prove your capability to deliver a Salesforce implementation. Don't get this otherwise, neither am I trying to devalue the certifications nor question the ability of certified Salesforce champions with certifications. This is a general observation that I have over the years of my implementaiton experience with Salesforce. Hence, if you have no handson experience with Salesforce, I would recommend having atleast 6 months of handson before you attempt the certification.
- Prepare a study plan and study hard: Taking a Salesforce certification can be compared to taking any other school test and where you need to study hard for it and maybe memorize certain specific thigns if required. The handson experience may give you the edge, but YOU WILL NEED TO STUDY !!
- Read the Study Guide: Read the Admin Certification Study Guide well to understand the weightage of different topics. This plays an important role in your preparation and focus on topics with higher weightage first to cover the maximum possibele topics.
- Moreover, if your organization has a Salesforce Partner Training access, take the following self paced course - Preparing for Your Salesforce Administrator Certification which gives detaila about the what, who, whys and hows about the Admin certification exam.
- Take time to read through the amazing blogs by some of the people from the Salesforce community who taken the certification exam like me and have shared their experience
- http://www.merivisblog.com/study-salesforce-admin-exam/
- http://www.salesforceben.com/certified-admin-mock-exam/
- https://jenwlee.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/salesforce-administer-exam-preparation-exam-taking-strategy/
- https://www.adminhero.com/beginners-guide-to-salesforce-certification/
- Take Practice Exams: Refer to the following mock exam preparation content for the certification. I have personally refererred these durign my certification and found them quite reliable.
- https://quizlet.com/149448734/salesforce-administrator-exam-flash-cards/
- http://focusonforce.com/salesforce-adm-201-exam-questions/
- http://www.certifiedforce.com/sample-questions/administrator-quiz-1
Hope that helps. I can share my certification study notes with you if you need. Just email me at jigar189@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you once you clear your certification. Cheers!!Please mark this thread as SOLVED and answer as the BEST ANSWER if it helps address your issue.
Any courses I can buy to help with my study? Has anyone used the SalesForce Admin Certification course from Udemy?
The other thing to do is with the practice questions that you struggle with, do them in a separate org, where you can work out the answer.
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