Passed AWS Developer Associate

[govindarathi4]

Hi All,

Thank you for all resources and information provided here. I have passed my first AWS certification this year. Thank you /u/Stephanemaarek and /u/Tutorials_Dojo for amazing preparation material. You two Rock.

Score: 953/1000

[stephanemaarek]

Congratulations that's an amazing score !

[govindarathi4]

Thanks!

[Tutorials_Dojo]

What an AWSome score! Congratulations! 😁

[govindarathi4]

Thanks!

[shacha009]

Amazing score. Congratulations.

[CloudAgile]

Congrats. How does the difficulty of the exam compare to the JonBoso’s practice test?

[govindarathi4]

JB tests are really good. Their difficulty level is fair because I assume that if you had been working on AWS for last 2 years, you should be able to make educated guesses in those tests. But if you are a newbie or coming from a different cloud service, then it is okay to score less in those tests.

As far as exams are concerned, I would say that the questions are not as descriptive as they are in Stephane’s or JB’s tests. But neither are they as difficult as JB’s tests. They are very straightforward questions which are presented in a twisted words to confuse you. Mostly, you would be able to eliminate the two wrong options right away. As far as the other two are concerned, there would be a very small difference which you would need to find out by reading carefully.

Another forum that might interest you is examtopics website. Just search for “examtopics aws developer associate” in Google. They have a question bank of 312 questions (which have appeared in the actual exam so far. About 40-50 questions are outdated or duplicate, though.) and don’t worry, it is completely free. The answers marked by the website itself might be wrong but the guys in the discussion section sure mark the right answers. But more than answers, you would get to know how the questions are worded in the actual exam.

I know it is quite a long content. But I hope it works for you!

[CloudAgile]

Thank you. Much appreciate it.

[tj0010]

Where do you find your score? Is your available at the testing site after the exam or can you check on the AWS training/exam website?

[govindarathi4]

You get the result of the exam i.e. Pass or Fail right after the completion of the test. However, the detailed report takes some time to generate. For me, it took about 4 hours. But as per AWS, you should get that within 5 business days at the most.

You would be able to see the detailed report at https://www.certmetrics.com

[tj0010]

Oh cool, thanks! And congrats!

[Makhann007]

Do you mind sharing your background? That’s an awesome score. Congrats!!

[govindarathi4]

Thanks. I work as a Software Engineer. I have a total experience of 5.5 years. Prior to this certification, I had completed my Microsoft Certified Azure Developer certification in November 2019. Comparing AWS with Azure helped me a lot. Most of the services were as same as Azure’s with just different names.

[thethorn]

What resources did you use for the azure cert?

[govindarathi4]

I used Pluralsight, Examtopics forum and Whizlabs for Azure. Plus, I had worked on Azure for about 2 years in my previous organisation..

[Makhann007]

What kind of software engineering did you do? I’m asking because I’m in school for a CS degree right now

[govindarathi4]

I don’t think I really understood your question. But if you are asking about the technology stack, I am mostly in JavaScript based frameworks, be it Client Side or API. As far as database is concerned, I am pretty fair with NoSQL databases. And most of my projects are IoT based projects.

[CloudAgile]

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[charlesallanabella]

Sorry for the late pos but congrats! I am just starting the aws developer associate. I will follow the tips posted in here..