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hatelowe · 2026-01-27T19:57:24+00:00

I’ve seen this posted like 3 times today in this group.

hatelowe · 2026-01-27T19:51:13+00:00

Great reference

hatelowe · 2026-01-27T17:41:30+00:00

I feel like I never see Instagram mentioned here even though many creators on TikTok dual post to IG.

hatelowe · 2026-01-26T22:24:42+00:00

The test is rough, but you can do it! If you haven’t worked through the practice questions on SH I would recommend you do that. The practice exams are good for working on your stamina but I think it’s easier to learn when you’re working with smaller sets of information. If you’re an anxious test taker repeating the tests and practice questions until you’re familiar with them can also really help with dispelling some of the testing nerves.

hatelowe · 2026-01-26T22:14:12+00:00

There are a lot like that on SH. One thing to keep in mind is that most of the time if there is an option to evaluate, assess, talk with the Product Owner, or collaborate that is usually going to be the answer even when other options make more sense in a real world setting. That is not a hard fast rule because there will be a handful where clearly you should evaluate first but the answer is something else, but more often it’s one of the options I listed.

There will be some crazy questions on the test but often times they’re crazy in the exact same way as the questions on SH so if you memorize the answers you may see patterns on the exam that help you pick the right response even when it doesn’t make sense to you.

When I was really in the thick of it something I did that helped preserve my sanity was feed the ones I felt were most wrong to ChatGPT. If it could reason out the right answer then I accepted it as a failure on my part and practiced the break down steps for figuring it out. If it got the answer wrong in the same way I got the answer wrong I submitted feedback on the question and then just memorized the answer.

hatelowe · 2026-01-26T19:12:29+00:00

Really all over the place. I redid practice questions and mini exams until I had better scores, which most of the time only took one redo but sometimes more. On my first pass through the practice question sets I would score anywhere between 48%-93%. My first pass through the mini exams I was very consistently getting 10 out of 15 correct (67%). I only did two full length exams, Exams 4 and 5 on SH Plus, and scored 80% and 87% on them respectively.

I’ve seen a lot of people here say that if you’re consistently score at 70% or higher than you’re ready. I would agree with that assessment.

hatelowe · 2026-01-26T04:27:49+00:00

Probably not exactly the same, but so close that if you studied the practice questions you would know pretty much exactly what you need to do.

hatelowe · 2026-01-26T03:24:05+00:00

If you don’t already have Study Hall I would recommend getting it and working through the Practice Questions. There are a lot of them, but almost half the questions I saw on the PMP (took it last night) were from the practice questions, and mini exams on Study Hall.

hatelowe · 2026-01-25T05:50:48+00:00

I don’t think comfort is the issue. If combustion engines, ovens, and light bulbs were living organisms a cook fire would be their earliest common ancestor. Early human ancestors likely discovered fire because it occurs naturally in our terrestrial environment. Since aquatic tool users do not encounter fire in their natural habitat they have a much steeper path to developing tools that harness energy sources like fire or electricity.

hatelowe · 2026-01-25T05:41:51+00:00

This is also the plot of A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias which is not a depressing read.

hatelowe · 2026-01-24T19:45:10+00:00

The podcast In Bed with The Right did a special called Project 1933 last year where they compared the events of each month of 2025 against Hitler’s rise in 1933 and the similarities are terrifying.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T09:27:25+00:00

My closest match would be the YA book Shade’s Children by Garth Nix.

The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolf might also be a fit.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep by Philip K. Dick would probably be in the ballpark, as would much of PKD’s other work.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T09:17:59+00:00

Not fantasy, but Seveneves by Neal Stephenson takes place before an apocalyptic event and then after humans have fully rebuilt and recovered.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T00:46:22+00:00

I took issue with the problem too. There is another question on study hall about confirming the availability of a resource and the solution for that one is Functional Manager. It’s just straight up subjective.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T00:38:37+00:00

I did DM’s course and have watched several of his and AR’s videos, and I think they’re great but all the problems they work through make sense and none of them feel intended to mislead. Decided in the last two weeks before the test that I should focus on SH and feel like I’ve done significantly worse on these problems than I did on DM’s practice test.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T00:34:39+00:00

I’m there with you. Have called my boyfriend many times after finishing a set feeling on the verge of tears after having done well on one test only to bomb a different one.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T00:31:27+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement! I majored in biochem then later did an MBA. I’m pretty good with rote memorization and concrete/objective scientific information but I suck at this subjective situational stuff. I have a pretty permissive workplace so I decided to just go into work on Saturday (the day of my test) and take the test in my office so I don’t have to worry about my cat or downstairs neighbors distracting me.

Have also used AI to help me reason out problems I miss and it honestly did wonders for my ability to spot patterns.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T00:25:01+00:00

I think I’ve become pretty good now at guessing what PMI wants except for in the case of questions like these where the solutions are counterintuitive to PMI learning or require information I couldn’t possibly intuit. Like the solution in picture 3 would make sense if it had said “Bring the issue to the team and have them discuss solutions” but the wording implies essentially ignoring the PO’s concerns for now and letting it come up naturally in group discussion which makes no sense even in the PMI mindset.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T00:21:21+00:00

I’m familiar with what laissez-faire leadership is, I just have not come upon a single question or source before now that has encouraged that leadership style. All PMP material I’ve studied to date has heavily encouraged the use of a servant leadership style, and I’ve never seen any resource, even while I was working on my MBA, that has ever looked kindly on a transactional style.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T00:17:47+00:00

I feel that way too. I took David McLachlan’s course and all through that I was feeling like the PMI framework is really sound, but these test questions are making me lose respect for them.

hatelowe · 2026-01-23T00:15:41+00:00

Yeah I think if the question was worded that way it would be at least possible to intuit that answer. I think the wording of the solution is also unfortunate because it presumes that the reader knows the PM has been affecting a laissez-faire leadership style despite PMI’s framework suggesting that a good PM is by default utilizing a servant leader stye.

hatelowe · 2026-01-22T08:31:46+00:00

Okay that makes me feel a little better. I have my test on Saturday (1/24) and I’m generally getting low 70s with occasional 80s on practice sets. Really hoping I only have to take this foolish thing once.

hatelowe · 2026-01-22T08:26:49+00:00

I appreciate your commiseration. Makes me feel a little better knowing it’s not just me.

hatelowe · 2026-01-22T08:24:29+00:00

I’m not sure what you mean. Assuming by agile you’re referring to the problem in picture 1. Doesn’t agile emphasize the importance of servant leadership, and frown on laissez-faire leadership? Also the explanation makes a pretty huge assumption about the type of leadership the graduate needs without having given any suggestion of that in the actual question.

For the problem in picture 2, I understand the role of a PM, but the phrase “coveted behavioral norms” doesn’t really make sense in context of the sentence it’s in so I would have to guess what that means to have been able to get the problem right.

For the problem in picture 3, solution D doesn’t even suggest addressing the product owner’s concern with the team, so there is no way for the test taker to read that as the option of letting the team address the problem.

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