Who here has taken the PMP with limited PM experience?
In your experience, how difficult was it and how many hours did you study?

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I’m not sure getting a PMP made sense for me. But LinkedIN Learning has a free 6 hour course that ticks off one of the requirements for taking the exam. I got through about 3hrs of it before I realized a PMP in my field doesn’t necessarily make sense. But it is a simple course and the instructor gives you a lot of material to study off of. Didn’t necessarily answer your question but I hope that helps somehow. I’ve heard people say they studied for at least 2 months prior taking the exam.

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Before you are eligible for the exam, you need to describe/verify 36 months of PM work experience. And have receipts in case your application is audited.
So when you mean limited experience, are you talking about less than a year?
I actually started studying before I was eligible, to get a head start, and I thought what I learned helped me with my job, rather than my job/experience helping me with the exam.

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