Last time I posted about the CCAR-P exam, people said the NDA made it useless. Fair enough.
>me: passed the cert, AMA
you: what's on it?
me: NDA
you: what should we study?
me: NDA
you: anyway, great post right
Last time I posted about the Claude Certified Architect Professional exam, I mentioned I couldn't talk about the specifics of the exam due to the NDA you agree to when taking the test. After helpful feedback (see above), I realized that the Skilljar material is gated to partners, but it isn't under an NDA.
I honestly loved the content and was glad I went through it. It wasn't super Anthropic specific. Sure there were a few questions about Sonnet vs Opus, but generally speaking it was about designing great AI solutions. I think it is a shame that Anthropic gated it, so I took the exam guide and the objective list and wrote my own explanations of them using Claude Code so anyone could check it out and maybe take something from it.
I also have some inline thoughts about how the exam covers different sections based on my real experience. There are question types that don't show up in practice exams, like yes / no matrix where you judge statements independently. There is a big focus on phase gated questions (based on this point in the lifecycle what should you do?). Another key is to start with the last sentence of the question and then reread because then you know what to look for.
I have it here. No sign up, no email capture. https://aicertificates.study/ccar-p-study-guide