In my last post, Preparing for my Hadoop Certifications, I shared the preparation steps I was taking in getting ready to take both the following certifications:

Well, this past Tuesday I took the Cloudera Developer certification, and, drum roll please …. I PASSED.

In between my last post and taking the test I did learn something new and interesting. Cloudera began offering a Pretest for, at least, the Developer and Administrator certifications. The cost of the pretest at present is $125 for each pretest.

I decided to try the Developer pretest to gage my readiness to take the actual certification test. I purchased the pretest on a Monday morning and received the link for the pretest the same day (Thanks Cloudera!). Monday afternoon I took the pretest and felt it was a good preparation step to add to the list of things I was doing to prepare for the actual certification.

The pretest is structured just like the real test with a browser based timed test with about the same number of questions and the same time as the real test. The test did reveal a few areas that I needed to review before taking the actual test.

This next Tuesday I take the test for the Hadoop Administrator certification. I’ll be using the pretest as part of my preparation for the administrator test. In my opinion, it’s money well spent.

Adios