It was tough journey!

I passed the CAPM today with Above Target (AT) in all 4 domains, and I wanted to share my experience because Reddit helped me a lot during my preparation.

Background:

• Full-time job
• New organization
• Night shift
• 50 km daily commute
• Work from office

It took me around 6 months to prepare. Not because the syllabus is huge, but because life was happening at the same time. Looking back, I'm glad I waited until I felt ready instead of rushing the exam.

My Resources

• PMBOK Guide 7
• PMI Business Analysis Guide
• Andrew Ramdayal CAPM Course
• Peter Landini Practice Questions
• A few Udemy mock exams

Mock Scores

• Landini Final: 83%
• Andrew Practice: 83%
• Udemy Mock 1: 85%
• Udemy Mock 2: 71%
• Udemy Mock 3: 70%
• Bonus 200-question mock: 82%

About the Real Exam

This was probably the biggest surprise.

The real exam was NOT like the harder Udemy mocks.

Those mocks were much more focused on confusing wording and extremely close answer choices.

The actual CAPM exam felt much more reasonable.

Questions were mostly situational, but I didn't feel like PMI was trying to trick me on every question.

Difficulty

I'd rate it around 6.5–7/10.

Not easy, but definitely not as scary as some third-party mocks made it seem.

Topics

Without violating the NDA:

• Business Analysis was important.
• Agile had a solid presence.
• Predictive concepts were well represented.
• EVM formulas were minimal and mostly interpretation-based.

Biggest Advice

Don't chase an "official passing percentage."

PMI doesn't publish one.

Instead:

• Understand the concepts.
• Learn the PMI mindset.
• Review your mistakes instead of just taking more mocks.

The quality of your review matters more than the number of questions you solve.

Good luck to everyone preparing. If you're consistently scoring around 80% on quality mocks and truly understand why the answers are correct, you're probably in a good place.

Hope this helps someone who's stressing before their exam. Good luck! 🚀