Introduction
Are you keen to move forward with the Salesforce Certification exam? Or, Are you still confused about where to begin and how to prepare for the same? Are you aware of the different certification exams and know which one is best suitable for you?
Well, you have come to the right place to find the answers to these questions. We’ll discuss all these topics here.
Let’s first understand the meaning of Salesforce and its different certifications briefly, before moving forward with the main question.
About Salesforce and Its Certifications
Let’s first proceed with the meaning of ‘Salesforce’. It is a cloud computing (delivery of different services through the Internet) Software as a Service (SaaS) company specializing in CRM (Customer Relationship Management). In other words, it is known to be an integrated CRM platform that provides your work departments (marketing, sales, etc.) a single, shared simple view of every customer.
Talking about its Certification, an accreditation for any level of Salesforce training is called Salesforce Certification. In a bit complex definition, they are the industry-recognized standards, and not merely qualification, which verifies that one has expertise in a specific field within Salesforce, or not.
Especially for the enthusiastic people like you with keenness to learn more about this tool and wish to make a career in the same, there are different levels of certifications present which cater to your needs or requirements according to your suitability.
Types of Salesforce Certifications
These Salesforce Certifications are majorly divided into 8 types, namely Salesforce for:
- Administrators
- Developers
- Architects
- App Builders
- Implementation Experts or Consultants
- Marketers
- Pardot Experts
- CPQ Specialists
There are further sub-classification of the above accreditations into various other certifications. For instance, Salesforce Administrators Certification is further sub-divided into Salesforce Certified Administrator and Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator. Likewise, other levels are there for other types of courses as discussed above.
To know about these certifications in detail check out our blog on Salesforce Certifications
Now, let’s discuss the main points for your better preparation for these Salesforce Certification exams.
Tips to Prepare for Your Salesforce Certification Exams
Following are the main tips for your better and organized preparation for the Salesforce Certification exams:
1. See What the Exam is all About:
In order to kick start your career in Salesforce, the first step is to identify the best certification for yourself from the big list of these certifications. After that, understand what all topics are present in the exam. An exam guide can guide you thoroughly about all these things, along with the exam pattern, marks distribution, weightage of topics, resources useful for its preparation, etc.
2. Schedule Your Certification Exam:
So as to keep yourself motivated and focused well, you should schedule your exam prior study for the same. Also, with the same, you could pick up the testing environment in which you are most comfortable. By ‘testing environment’, we mean the place from which you find feasible and comfortable while giving the exam. The options for the same will be – giving exams at a testing center or taking them online in the comfort of your home.
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3. Get Hands-on Practice:
This is possible through mostly trails provided by Salesforce, wherein you’ll be able to understand, learn, and refresh your skills and knowledge for either of the Salesforce Certification exams. Also, you can move forward with experimenting and putting up your knowledge and skills to make either an application from scratch.
4. Instructor-led Courses:
Instructor-led training, also known as ILTs, are the courses that are organized in training rooms. These training rooms could be either an office, or a classroom, a conference room, or a virtual room. In these ILTs, the courses are organized by an instructor or group of instructors, specialized in that course. For better preparation of Salesforce Certification exams, Instructor-led courses provide the best help for your better preparation as the Instructors are up-to-date with the exam pattern and the course involved in it. These courses are also done through virtual classrooms as well. S2Labs aims to provide you with these ILTs from a very experienced instructor of Salesforce. You can enroll yourself in these courses to easily learn Salesforce.
5. Excel During the Certification Exam:
The most vital thing in these exams is to make sure that you go through all the questions properly, before attempting them. There could be questions to which you won’t know the answers or maybe not sure of the same. So, in that case, mark your best guesses or come back after attempting a few more questions. The time allotment to attempt this exam will be less, so you have to use it wisely.
It is not necessary that you will pass the Salesforce Certification exam in just one time. So, take your time to schedule the next exam date and study accordingly. You can also plan out your study pattern with the section-level feedback of this exam. With the same, you’ll be able to know where your understanding level left low as compared to other levels.
Conclusion
To sum up, the above tips will help you to prepare for your Salesforce Certification exam in a very proper manner. Once you have passed this certification, the opportunities in your career will shoot up. Most of the Fortune 500 Companies give a lot of weightage to Salesforce Certifications. So, choose your interest well before giving a particular Salesforce Certification exam and prepare for the same.
Moreover, S2 Labs offer Salesforce Certification Training Courses. In case, you also wish to pursue Salesforce Certification courses, you can reach out to us and book your slot, at the earliest!
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