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Quick paths

Four common scenarios. Each is a short list of practical steps. I've tuned the pacing for each one — if your situation is borderline, pick the longer path.

I have 4 weeks until the exam​

A sprint. You'll study daily, no skip days. Use this when the exam date is locked and immovable.

  1. Create an account and finish the diagnostic the same day. The whole thing takes 15 minutes.
  2. On the cert screen, set Target exam date to your real date and Daily study time to 60 minutes. I'll compress the roadmap into 3 phases.
  3. Run a daily task every day. The streak isn't decorative — missed days drop your readiness score by 3 points each.
  4. At 60% readiness, take the demo test. If you fail it, the milestone behind your weakest domain will restructure automatically.
  5. At 80% readiness, run the gauntlet. Don't book the exam until I tell you all five readiness conditions are green.
warning

At 4 weeks, there's no slack for skipped days. If you miss two in a row, my recovery message will tell you exactly what to do — read it.

I have 12 weeks until the exam​

The build. This is where I do my best work — enough room for me to teach the hard concepts, drill them, then validate.

  1. Create an account and run the diagnostic.
  2. On the cert screen, set the target date 12 weeks out and daily study time to 30 minutes. I'll generate a 4 or 5-phase roadmap depending on your gap severity.
  3. Daily task, daily. On rest days, I'll auto-shorten the task — don't skip entirely.
  4. After every milestone, look at your error backlog. The errors I haven't resolved are the ones most likely to fail you on exam day.
  5. Take the demo test at 60%, the gauntlet at 80%, and book the exam only when I confirm you're ready.

I'm retaking after a fail​

You already know the exam. I assume that and skip the basics.

  1. Create an account (or log in if you already have one) and pick the same cert.
  2. In the diagnostic, answer honestly — I'll find your real gaps, not the ones you wish you had. The CAT adapts; pretending to know more than you do just makes the questions harder, not easier.
  3. The roadmap will be heavier on your weak domains and lighter on the ones you cleared on your last attempt.
  4. Pay close attention to the calibration score — the gap between your confidence and your accuracy. Retake fails almost always trace back to overconfidence in two or three domains.
  5. Run the demo test once at 60%. If you pass it cleanly, you're closer to ready than the score implies. Run the gauntlet at 80% and book.

I'm preparing in a non-English language​

Pick a prep language at signup. Available: English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese.

  1. Create an account and choose your certification.
  2. On the language screen, pick your study language. I'll explain concepts and answer your questions in that language.
  3. Technical acronyms stay in English — IAM, VPC, S3, OAuth, Scrum Master, RACI. The exam tests them in English; I won't translate them.
  4. Run the diagnostic and follow the roadmap normally. The language switch is invisible to the exam side of the work — only the explanations change.
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For language certifications themselves (IELTS, TOEFL, DELE, etc.), the prep language picker is skipped. I run those in the language being tested.