Is It Your Second Attempt For PMP Exam – Check Out What To Do

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There are two kinds of people, first kind are the ones who are easily influenced by others, they trust others more than themselves. They take decisions basis others’ judgment. If 5 out of 8 people says PMP is tough and hard to crack they would believe it and quit without even trying. If majority say its moderate and go through PMBOK twice and take 2-3 mock tests and it is easy to crack. They would think it is very easy and would take it very lightly, resulting in a failure.

The second kind of people only believe in themselves, they think even if the PMP percentage rate is 1% they are that 1 percent.  They would also do a market analysis but their decision would depend on their individual capability and effort only. To clear PMP exam, remember one thing, just believe in yourself. If you put your best effort nobody can stop you from achieving this credential.

If you have taken your PMP exam and failed, here are ten tips before you appear for your second attempt.

Tips for PMP Exam

  1. Try to relate the chapters with real world examples- PMP certification is best-suited for individuals who want to pursue a career in project management, so with management experience try to co relate examples with your own projects and you would find how easy it is to understand the concept now.
  2. If you are a very good performer individually, try to be a team player now, because every project contains a long list of dependency of task and resources.
  3. After your first attempt don’t rush for the second attempt, as you are unable to take it or you are feeling insulted and desperate to come out of it. Take some rest, a break to relax, get the tension out of your life then start from fresh again.
  4. Write down what went wrong, and what are your improvement areas. Look at your score card and fix a target for yourself to turn “BP” to “MP” and all “MP” to “P”.
  5. Think in a PMI way and from large project’s prospective, even if you have never managed large project, still you have to think like that only.
  6. Reason for failing the exam could be you may have studied everything several times, but you were not able to understand how to apply the concepts practically and you fail to understand some chapters and its concepts.
  7. If you are the person who is throughout a second attempter and were not serious in your first attempt. You took the exam just to see what type of questions appear in the exam, then please remember take the second attempt really very seriously, else you might lose your self-confidence.
  8. You cannot sit for a long 4 hours at a stretch and were distracted by different kind of sounds in your first attempt. Take a break after completing 100 questions, relax yourself and prepare to attempt another 100. Use head phones to avoid distractions at the exam center.
  9. Have you practiced enough practice tests and mock tests before appearing for the exam? The total no. of question one must practice before the actual exam varies from person to person. But on an average from 1200 to 1500 questions practice questions are sufficient.
  10. Check the quality of practice tests taken by you before your first attempt, these days many institute are selling their poor quality product, so be very careful while selecting the correct set of questions. Do check the PMI website, and do attempt all the questions of PMI website.

Just believe in you, think that you have to do it at every cost, do as many questions as you can and write your strong and weak areas separately. Improve your weak areas from bad to good and strong from good to excellent, and believe me, nothing can stop you from winning this battle.

About Aditi Malhotra

Aditi Malhotra is the Content Marketing Manager at Whizlabs. Having a Master in Journalism and Mass Communication, she helps businesses stop playing around with Content Marketing and start seeing tangible ROI. A writer by day and a reader by night, she is a fine blend of both reality and fantasy. Apart from her professional commitments, she is also endearing to publish a book authored by her very soon.

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