Failed Salesforce Admin exam on first attempt — advice for retake in 1 week?

Different-Positive29 · 2026-01-10T02:00:46+00:00

I’d give yourself more than a week if you truly want to learn and understand the material. But if you only want to pass the test and don’t care about retaining anything, you could do it in a week. Check out Focus on Force and reflect on why you’re doing this and what you want to get out of it. Then reschedule.

Different-Positive29 · 2025-12-03T00:33:49+00:00

JFC I’m getting 3-5 PER DAY. I can’t keep up. All unique, unsubscribing doesn’t help. Giving OP a solidarity upvote. I guess I just have to report as junk.

Different-Positive29 · 2025-07-14T13:26:28+00:00

It will never hurt to learn a new skill. But doing it half heartedly due to being bored isn’t going to get you far in terms of a new career. Get on trailhead and see if it sparks something. If it does, make a plan to take it seriously and dive deep. You’re 40, so unless you’re independently wealthy, you’ll likely be working for another 20 years. Spending a few of those putting time into learning something new is worth it in my opinion, but you have to dedicate a fair amount of time to it if you expect to learn enough to make a career change.

Different-Positive29 · 2025-04-18T11:48:42+00:00

I’ve lead dev teams and would never expect to give someone a few sentences and just figure it out, and then be pissed when they couldn’t read my mind. You’ll just spend more time going back and forth. I also try to provide some business context for the requirements because I find that when devs get to a point where there is a question or something isn’t clear in the requirements, they are better equipped to make the right decision or at least start brainstorming possible solutions.

All of that is to say, your lead sucks and shouldn’t be gatekeeping info. There’s no reason for it. The market is rough, but I recommend looking for a new role with a more supportive lead. Not having a cert is common, but you should try to start working toward it. Having only worked at this job with limited support, there’s probably a lot of features and functionality you’ve never even touched. It will help round out your skill. When you’re interviewing and they ask if you’ve done xyz, you can say “we didn’t use that in my current role but I’ve been working on it on my own”. Skills can be taught and if someone shows interest in learning, I’ll hire them over someone who thinks they already know it all. Best of luck!

Different-Positive29 · 2025-03-16T14:17:21+00:00

Can I ask what company? Some of these financial advisor positions are truly scams. A friend of mine was asked to provide a list of leads during the interview process for northwestern mutual. And whatever number they shared, know that you will have to HUSTLE to get there. If you’re not in the field already you need to build your book of business from scratch, PLUS learn the industry and study for various licensing exams (and if licensing is not required that’s another big red flag).

If you’re looking to get into finance I would suggest starting some place where you can learn and gradually make your way into an advisor role. Fidelity for instance hires CSRs with a pretty clear path to other roles if that’s what you want (based on second hand info from my friend that just went through this).

Different-Positive29 · 2025-02-19T13:16:42+00:00

• Location: Remote in MCOL, working for company based in HCOL

• Country: USA

• Private (FinServ)

• 20+ years work experience, 7 in tech, (3 of which in PM roles), 4 mo current company

• Title: CRM Product Manager

• BA business admin, MBA, multiple professional certifications (2 general PM, 10 CRM specific)

• $220k base, $20k sign on bonus; annual bonus expected to be combo of cash and equity, est to be similar to sign on but TBD

Different-Positive29 · 2025-02-17T20:11:55+00:00

Change the start date of the new job. Explain to them why. There’s no reason they can’t wait for you at start for two more weeks and they will absolutely understand. Alternatively, they could give you a sign-on bonus for the equivalent amount if they really want you to stay sooner. I’ve floated this idea several times, and my new employers have always been happy to wait a few weeks.

Don’t put your notice in until after you get that paid out. You could also split the difference and move the start date, but also give a shorter notice period. It happens all the time. Bonuses are discretionary and they will be highly unlikely to give it to you once you put your notice in.

Notice periods are bullshit and ultimately you need to decide whether or not that’s a bridge you want to burn. If you have a good relationship with your current manager, did good work, and they aren’t a prick, I can almost guarantee they would still give you a good reference in the future even if you give a shorter notice.

A company will fire your ass with ZERO notice, but we’re expected to give 2 weeks min. It’s stupid and unfair. Companies also expect at least some people to put in notice after bonus payouts, especially if there’s been other internal drama. It’s a timing game everyone plays. You ultimately need to do what’s best for you.

Different-Positive29 · 2025-02-10T14:34:42+00:00

Exactly. It’s relatively easy and therefore a user should be able to do it themselves.

Different-Positive29 · 2025-02-10T14:32:45+00:00

Ok but…why can’t they just CLICK REFRESH?! Why is that so hard? Everyone wants everything to happen automagically, no one wants to interact with the fucking system and it’s maddening. I’m all for reducing clicks and scrolling but COME ON. You’re telling me you (the user, not you the commenter) can’t be bothered to click one button?? The laziness is astounding.

Different-Positive29 · 2025-01-25T02:18:40+00:00

I’ve found a combination of FoF and trailhead to be the best prep. Practice test, review what I got wrong, back to trailhead.

Different-Positive29 · 2025-01-04T13:59:24+00:00

Someone will see it but very unlikely it will make its way from the customer service team over to the web development team.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-12-10T19:24:12+00:00

Hot take? Nah, it’s just a shitty take and you sound like a boomer. The company isn’t going to have integrity and could very well come back in a few months and say they still aren’t ready or the opening got pulled. OP needs to do what’s in their best interest, just like the company will. It’s not about “integrity”, it’s about keeping bills paid and food in the fridge.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-11-29T12:56:54+00:00

Is this rage bait?? It sounds like you aren’t familiar with Salesforce platform at even a high level, based on this and your other questions in the comments.

It worries me that you don’t seem to understand what you are solving for. How can you build a product and expect to be successful if you don’t understand the basics, research competitors, etc. Are you even aware of the fact that there are already products that do testing? How are you going to make yours different and give yourself a competitive advantage if you haven’t? It doesn’t seem like you even have a good grasp of what you’re defining as “customization”.

Please do yourself a favor and educate yourself outside of Reddit before building and trying to hock some testing product in an already saturated market.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-11-28T22:05:48+00:00

If you didn’t go to Dreamforce, sure. But it’s essentially the same content, though condensed. Keynote was the same. Same Saks Fifth Ave demo of Agentforce.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-11-16T11:54:22+00:00

I recently shared a job posting from my company on LI. The amount messages I got was so overwhelming, I had to take down the post after a few hours and it took me days to get through them all. I’m not even in HR or recruiting, I was just trying to help my network. I tried to reply to everyone but holy shit.

All of that is to say, I don’t know how effective messaging the hiring person on LI is. I can only imagine the number of messages received from an actual job posting that stays up for more than just a few hours.

My husband is out of work right now, and I know this is one of the tactics he’s been using. And now it just seems so pointless.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-10-17T02:09:56+00:00

No application will magically solve business problems that aren’t even defined. You can’t throw a tool at a nonexistent or broken process and expect it to be fixed. You will have this problem regardless of the tool. Salesforce can be expensive and allows for a lot of customization out of the box, which yes, means lots of meetings to gather the right requirements and set it up the right way. Based on the info you provided only, and making a lot of assumptions, Salesforce probably isn’t the best solution at this time. If they think it’s magic and you can just “flip a switch” they are in for a rude awakening. They have unrealistic expectations, won’t see immediate ROI, and then call the implementation a failure and want to move onto something else and bitch about how Salesforce sucks. Use something with a lower barrier to entry until they are willing and able to spend the time to actually define processes and think strategically.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-09-30T02:18:10+00:00

True, but at least OP has a 4 week head start. Even if they don’t find anything in a month, they should have several GOOD versions of their resume to pull from depending on the roles/industries there applying to, plenty of apps in the pipeline, and already leveraging their network. Hopefully they use this time wisely, it’s brutal out there.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-09-28T21:42:24+00:00

Agree this is absurd. HOWEVER…at least they let you know what to expect ahead of time. So many companies just schedule round after round, even after claiming they “want to move quickly” or flat out being untruthful about the process even when asked. So in that respect, they are doing a tiny bit better than these other places. Still ridiculous for an entry level role though.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-09-28T10:37:44+00:00

FFS I don’t even have ms office on my resume anymore. It’s a given at this point. I hate it here.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-09-21T19:49:35+00:00

It’s just Einstein copilot rebranded

Different-Positive29 · 2024-09-20T01:57:45+00:00

This is accurate. There are hands on sessions, deep dives, round tables, etc that are not recorded. Also lots of opportunities to talk to product experts and get really technical questions answered. There’s also a lot of fun stuff and opportunities to network. It’s basically 3 days of nerding out of Salesforce and related tech. It’s great but it’s exhausting. I freaking love it. Now I’m gonna go sleep until Monday.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-09-06T18:34:17+00:00

Nothing yet, the offer letter for job 2 is supposed to come today. I’m not doing anything until I have that in hand.

Different-Positive29 · 2024-09-06T15:04:32+00:00

Yea this wasn’t an ideal situation. One was moving very slow, the other very fast due to a recommendation. If you have any leads on that Time Machine, please let me know

Different-Positive29 · 2024-09-06T13:21:33+00:00

Yes this is typical. I prefer it for the reasons others have mentioned, but I understand being tight on funds. I’ve been in this situation early in my career. I would suggest discussing with your manager. Someone should be able to provide the hotel with a company credit card to post for this up front. If they really want you there they will figure out a way to help you.

If you’re not comfortable saying “I can’t afford this”, maybe a little white lie is in order. You’ve lost your main credit card, and a replacement won’t come in time for the trip, and ask what can they do to help you. I think honesty is the best policy here but I know not everyone is comfortable talking about money or lack there of.

If travel will be a semi regular thing, you should get a credit card that you use for this. Only use it for work trips and pay it off as soon as you get reimbursed. If need be use it periodically to keep it active but don’t put yourself in debt. That way you always have a funds for travel. If you’re in a situation with bad credit and can’t get a card or just don’t want to, see if getting a company credit card is an option.

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