I passed the admin exam on the first try. I did the complete trailhead for Admin and used the Focus on Force study guide and practice exams. All of my notes are hand written and once I completed the study guide, I started on the practice exams. I took all of them until I passed each. I took notes on every question I got wrong and would go back to Trailhead to reinforce some stuff. Currently following the same process with the advanced admin exam. Hopefully I'll have the same results. Oh, a tip if you like Focus on Force is to see if they have the bundle with the exam voucher. You'll get the study guide and practice exams basically for free. Good luck everyone!!
Hey Mikee, cool video and great work on the others too. I am not new to studying for the admin exam. I have tried MW in the past and it was not for me. Trailhead is missing structure and is geared more towards on the job training. When it comes to preparing for the admin exam is there something you have come across recently that is a better resource?
hi Philip I think Focusonforce helped me pass the most. Study Guide: focusonforce.com/administrator-certification-study-guide/?ref=223730 Practice Exams focusonforce.com/admin-study-guide/?ref=223730 For me, conceptually this helped the most. Good luck on your exam!
This was an awesome video ! Great job! Question though. Do you think it’s still a good idea to pursue the admin cert or other Salesforce certs? I heard that Salesforce is getting increasingly over saturated.
Yes absolutely! You need to get the admin as a bare minimum if you want to pursue advance administrator exam. I do think other certain are also beneficial but if you’re going the admin route I do think the Admin cert is essential.
Utilize LinkedIn to your advantage! Connect with companies / sales operations managers / HRs / sales managers. Small companies usually don’t have particular Salesforce admins so I think they’d be willing to take interns. There are also sites for non profit / volunteer Salesforce admin opportunities :)
