That is a really good idea and will help community to get more certified developers.

I have also seen in my team that new developers hesitant initially to appear for certificate exam because OytSystems as a platform is very different then treditional programing languages and most of the developer have no exposure in low-code before.

I agree with Prajakta and Nikhil.

I have seen similar hesitation in my team. And this hesitation increases with increase in level of certification.

It would be really helpful for anyone who wants to attempt for a certification. Definitely, it would be helpful for overall OutSystems community.  

Thanks

Last year (today is just the 1st day of new year :P), I made a mock test for practising Associate level exam.

I'll check with OutSystems if it is not against code of conduct; I'll share the link with you guys.

yeah it will be good help to people who are new in Outsystems 

This is a great idea to help reaffirm learning but also to get candidates use to the style of certification questions.

Yes, really good idea.  Would have been a great help 

Mock test for certification is really a good idea. This will help new comers in outsystems to understand the exam pattern. This will be helpful to grow our Outsystems Community.

I believe a mock test is prone to make students remember problem solving templates to very specific kinds of questions instead of actually understanding the underlying concepts.

Exposing the students to questions they've never seen before allows for a more accurate test result.

That being said; I would like to request mock tests for the professional and expert certificates.

I agree with John, but keep in mind Mock tests make candidates familiar with the style and scope of the question paper and gives a feel of the real exam. It improves candidates speed and time management. 

Mock tests are good to have no matter which level of exam it is; but it should be treated as mock not the question bank. 

This is a great idea!

Swatantra already said what I had in mind as well which is "Mock tests are good to have no matter which level of exam it is; but it should be treated as mock not the question bank. "

As long as we keep this in mind this should be effective.

A hint would be a compilation of the questions during online courses, very basic and can already test the understanding of the learner.

Brilliant!

After the exam is purchased we have 6 months to book the exam, during that time you should be able to do a few mock exams.

I know a handful of junior devs who are smart and capable, they went through training academies and most failed certification, often by 1 or 2 questions.

Ideally you should be able to do several mock exams before the real one.

+1

A bit of wait and follow-up, but a response :)

OutSystems allowed to share the  mockup materials with the community, as long as these were not copyrighted content (i.e. not by OutSystems).

Now sample questions sets are available in most of the certificates in exam details section. When you click on exam detail zip file will get downloaded and there you will be able to see the sample questions PDF file. 

I agree,

I had the same impression when I did the first time,

I only studied through Outsystems training (Developing Web Apps (OutSystems 11)) and I was not successful and now I am studying for it, but doing several mock tests and I am learning and being able to understand much more.

I believe barring the 'Associate Tech Lead' and the 'Expert Traditional Web Developer' certification exams, all other exams in the certification program have a sample exam included in the Exam Details zip file.

So I am curious as to when the status of this idea would change from 'New' to say for e.g. 'On our radar' or 'Working on it'.

On the same note I wonder if OutSystems has it on its radar to add sample exams for the above 2 exams.

This is a great idea to help reaffirm learning but also to get candidates use to the style of certification questions.