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Sep 20, 2026

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Personal experience narrative on achieving a 925/1000 score in two weeks for the AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certification. Explains why the exam matters, what domains it covers (software lifecycle automation, IAM policies, best practices, HA, and disaster recovery), and how the author refreshed knowledge for recertification. Describes a remote-exam approach, environment setup, time management strategies, question-reading techniques, and study resources, emphasizing note-taking, daily routines, and using team insights.

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Exam scope and why it matters

What the certification focuses on

Study plan for two-week preparation

Refreshing topics for recertification

Daily routine and time allocation

Learning resources and note-taking

Exam day strategy

Remote setup and logistics

Question reading and time management

Support and additional guidance

Using teammates and community insights

Handling time constraints

Home > Training & Certiﬁcations How I scored 925/1000 on AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Certification in 2 weeks [15 October 2021-11 min. read](15 October 2021-11 min. read) AWS DevOps Engineer Professional AWS DevOps Professional is undoubtedly one of the most essential and complex certifications to achieve, primarily because of the many arguments to study and understand. Why should you take the exam? Because it focuses on software development lifecycle automation, IAM policies, best practices, HA, and Disaster Recovery solutions. The knowledge gained from this exam will help you exploit these arguments in the right way, following best practices, keeping your deployments maintainable, secure, scalable, and resilient. Also, this certification is very well expandable in professional recruitment. As I needed to recertify myself in July 2021, I had to refresh my memory on all of the topics covered in this exam and study new concepts and services introduced in the years. AWS always asks DevOps to be updated on all the new topics, hence the need for continuous recertification; by doing so, I found myself needing to write down all the notes I took in the process to help me study. As I found my notes growing and growing, I've thought, "why not share my experience and what I've learned during my study process?" and so I've started taking more and more detailed information. After ten days of hard work, I took the exam and passed! Then, when I received my final score (/1000), I decided that my study material was worth sharing. So here we are: in this article, I'll try to guide you as much as I can in covering all the topics of the DevOps exam, particularly the ones I’ve found particularly important. I’ ll also share some valuable insights, tips & tricks, and resources to help you prepare as best possible. So, without further ado, let's dig in! The exam has a total of for . If English is not your first language, you can ask for a bonus of . I've found that doing the exam remotely via grants me the extra minutes directly. Also, I think that doing the AWS exams remotely, at home, is also an excellent way to feel more relaxed and thus more concentrated. But that is just my personal preference. If you decide to do the exam remotely, just be sure to do the initial setup at least 1 or 2 days before the actual exams to verify your environment, documents, and internet connection. In terms of questions, I've found it generally helpful and applicable to all AWS exams: read the question carefully to find or specific words that help you isolate the correct answer more efficiently. It works especially well for the more straightforward questions. for all the questions; if one is too difficult to handle at the moment, to maximize your efficiency. Try to learn : not all the text is essential: before reading, try to check the start, center, and last part of the text in search for keywords. When at home, you (at least I wasn’t allowed) and are requested to keep a steady position all the time with your head visible in the computer camera. To recertify, I’ve personally followed what I’ve found in these years, being a good overall strategy: 1. I’ve started assessing my preparation using some free online resources like these: Testpreptraining Allfreedumps Braindumps AWS certified DevOps Engineer Professional SampleExam 2. Prepared my daily routine to have at least half of my working day dedicated to studying. In my opinion, morning is more profitable, as I found myself too tired in the afternoon to focus correctly on learning. 3. I’ve mainly studied the following resources: 1. Exam Readiness I must admit that, in my opinion, this one was to cover the key concepts in detail for the exam. 2. This website is becoming very well known, as it offers a broader overview of the critical stuff, divided by exam type. I’ve used this site to check what to study in detail. 3. Amazon FAQs: thi

FAQs

Why take the AWS DevOps Engineer Professional exam according to the article?

It focuses on software development lifecycle automation, IAM policies, best practices, high availability, and disaster recovery. The knowledge helps build secure, scalable, maintainable deployments and supports professional recruitment outcomes.

What study approach does the article recommend for preparing in about two weeks?

It suggests refreshing covered topics for recertification, dedicating at least half of the working day to studying (often mornings), and using a mix of free resources plus targeted notes and schemes to improve memorization and understanding.

How should you handle taking the exam remotely?

Do the initial setup at least 1–2 days before to verify environment, documents, and internet connection. The article also advises planning for time control, such as focusing on confident questions first and reviewing uncertain ones later.

Sep 20, 2026

Uploaded by James