5 Reasons that make OCPJP Exam tough

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You start preparing for the OCPJP exam with lots of zeal and enthusiasm. You do various researches on the internet, read various Java forums and also buy that 1st book on OCPJP exams. You are now really committed to study 2-3 hours every day and clear the exam in about 1-3 months time.

The next few days go by and you didn’t get those initial 2 hours to study. Then a whole week goes by and you start getting a little worried as you promised to give it more time over the weekend…….sounds familiar.

We asked many OCPJP exam takers and realized that most of them sail this familiar boat. Here are five most common reasons why we slip in our preparation and tips to deal with them.

1. You are not in reality of the preparation of your exam

Most of the time preparation for this certification exam is approached in the conventional (old habituated style) style especially the way you did preparation back in school and college days. However the reality of this exam is that you are no longer in school or in college (some exceptions maybe there) you are in a full time job and you have to mange job responsibilities and also are going to study after a break of 3-4 years. Hence the preparation approach must be also different.

The Fix: Plan Ahead

Rather than fretting up for not studying the way you did earlier, design a new approach as the circumstances are different now. Make a study plan keeping the reality of the current circumstance in mind.

2. You only prepare theoretical aspects of the exam

The SCJP exam now-a-days have coding questions. Small code snippets are given and either with compilation errors or code logic errors need to be answered.

The Fix: Practice, practice and practice

These days questions can be best answered if you have done hands on programming in Java and if not then you will need to practice many such questions that give you exposure of coding.

3.Preparing Alone for the certification exam

Preparing alone is a trap as you will never be able to study alone.

The Fix:

Get a group of committed people to take the exam with you. Get a friend/colleague or register in a Java forum to belong to a group of people and prepare along with them. Not only will it be fun but it’ll also give you the required competition and keep you on your toes.

4. Nothing happens over night

You might have heard of this great person (most likely your boss’s story of his certification process) in your office who passed the exam in 1 week or 1 month and now you are impatient as to how long it’ll take for you to be certified. You plan for 1 month and soon the plan goes haywire and worried about how to go about it.

The Fix: Build brick by Brick

Don’t try to learn the entire language in a week/month, take your time. Keep the objective of learning and not just somehow passing the certification exam. Learn “why” something works a given way, not just that it works one way. This will surely see you long way in your journey as a Java professional.

5. Am I ready?

This is a tough one to answer. And exam will always be an exam meaning it’ll always give butterfly in your stomach, the moment you think of taking the exam.

The Fix: Don’t be guided by your feelings

Here again I will point to the 1st point in this article, to keep in touch with the reality of your exam preparation. Let the scores in the practice tests/sample tests/mock tests guide you if you are ready for the exam. If you are scoring 85% + in the mock tests (and do take a variety of mock tests) then go ahead and take the exam.

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About Aditi Malhotra

Aditi Malhotra is the Content Marketing Manager at Whizlabs. Having a Master in Journalism and Mass Communication, she helps businesses stop playing around with Content Marketing and start seeing tangible ROI. A writer by day and a reader by night, she is a fine blend of both reality and fantasy. Apart from her professional commitments, she is also endearing to publish a book authored by her very soon.

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