I am an engineer with over sixteen years of experience in the automotive and oil and gas markets. I have been managing projects for almost my entire career.

I've used only the PM PrepCast during the first week of my exam preparation.

For my study routine, I did many practice questions and carefully reviewed the results of any that I got wrong or was unsure. In some cases, I referenced the PMBOK guide to gain more details.

Shereen Hadjiloucas, PMP

I live in Pittsburgh, PA working as an Infrastructure project manager for a large private retailer.

I recommend watching the PMP prepcast exam training videos, having the Project Management Body of Knowledge handy and start to review a PMP exam prep book like Rita Mulcahy's.

My study routine in the last 3 days before the exam was reviewing the knowledge areas and material I felt were my

My name is Melody Fisher, I am a Sr. Technology Project Manager at Integra Telecom in Vancouver, WA.  I have been in the Project Management arena for about 15 years.  I successfully passed the PMP exam in October of 2015.

I recommend that if you are preparing to take the PMP exam, the first thing you should read is a good study guide.  I used the PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy.  I also recommend you study the PMBOK.  I would recommend you study using both books at the same time - read a chapter in your preferred study guide, then read the corresponding chapter in the PMBOK. 

I am a Clinical Project Leader for a french pharmaceutical company based in the US.  I have 20+ years experience managing global teams virtually to conduct clinical research studies.

I set a timeline goal to sit for the PMP exam by the end of 2014. The first item I studied was the PMBOK Guide Version 5. I read one chapter of the PMBOKGuide per week and reinforced learning objectives by reviewing PM modules provided by my company.

My name is Alexandra Maria, I am now 35 years old and I work as a Technical Analyst in the regional government sector.  I obtained an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies at York University and also received a certificate in GIS from York as well in 2003.

I work full time and am a mother to a 3.5 year old.

I started working as an electronic Digital Designer for a semiconductor company, designing and testing complex Systems-on-Chip. Here I started managing small groups of very high skilled people to design devices that have been presented on international conferences and Journals.

After years working with the leading-edge microelectronics technologies I decided to accept a challenge, to become the CTO of a start-up working in the RFID, sensors and wireless sensors networks businesses.

I am a Program Manager at a engineering consulting company working with major medical device customers in managing large end to end product development and integration projects.

The first thing that I studied was the PMBOK Guide.

I am a Program Manager at a engineering consulting company working with major medical device customers in managing large end to end product development and integration projects.

The first thing that I studied was the PMBOK Guide.

I have spent the majority of my career in the telecommunications industry performing Operations Management. Recently moved to Memphis TN to officially pursuit a career in Project Management designing and implementing logistics and material management solutions.

All and all I enjoy the control, organization requirements, and working with various business units the most.

I am an IT Professional with over 16 years of industry experience across various industries but most significantly the Energy industry where I have spent the last 11+ years. I'm also married and the mother of a very busy 6 year old.

Currently I am the IT Manager at one of the largest energy producers in the island and a member of the company's Leadership team. Our projects are usually infrastructure, security or application based in support of the organization's goals. In my spare time I enjoy traveling and building legos with my little one.

I am a 30 year Air Force Veteran. Landed a job as a Project manager based on my experience leading Air Force projects. Failed the PMP exam once after attending a local PMP boot camp before discovering The PM PrepCast.

I am an African Australian, Husband to one beautiful wife only and a father to three lovely children. I am also an IT professional with over 12 years’ experience within the NGO and private sectors in Australia, South Africa, and East-African countries.

My past roles included all aspects of the system development life cycle, Office, Windows Client and Server, SharePoint, Office 365, management and delivery of IT projects to meet organisational objectives.

I am a Professional Engineer and Project Manager working in the Kuwait Wafra Oilfield, charged with managing all of the specialty production chemical treatment programs and monitoring services for maintaining the integrity and longevity of their downhole and surface facility assets.  

I'm an Italian guy working for a multinational firm. I've got Ms. in Conputer Science in 1998 and start working in a system integrator firm on different IT projects, vertical on the financial industry, but also on Telco and manifacturing.

Last year, in accordance with account manager of mine, I start studying for the PMP-PMI certification, as I want to be more inline with my life/careers goals.

I have spent the last few years working on telecom projects in Austria and Slovenia as a service program and project manager working for a large telecom infrastructure provider.  Within the company  project management  along the PMI principles and methods is highly regarded. Internal trainings gave me a jump start on the way to cerftification.