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Demystifying the API Engineer Certification Exam  

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Mike Dunker @Google   created · May 04, 2018 at 08:53 PM · 9.8k Views · edited · Feb 23, 2020 at 08:32 PM

The Apigee Certified API Engineer page describes Apigee's API Engineer Certification. It gives an overview of the test and the topics you should know to pass the test. However, that page doesn't go into too much detail about the test process itself.

This article gives details about my experience with the testing process, but not about the specific topics on the test. I took the online-proctored version of the test, not at a testing center, so my description below focuses on that.

The certification exam has 110 questions, mostly multiple-choice single-answer, with some multiple-choice, multiple-answer questions. The exam must be completed in 120 minutes, and you must get 70% correct to pass.

The online exam software allows you to mark questions for revisiting later during the exam. It also allows notes to be taken in a text box below each question, which will be available if you return to the question. I recommend providing an answer for each question during the first pass even if you are guessing and marking the question as not completed, so that there is a chance to receive points if you have no time to return to the question. There is no penalty for guessing. I also frequently used the text box to keep notes of decisions I had already made so that it would take less time when I revisited the question.

No notes, phones, watches, web access, pen/paper or aids of any kind are allowed. I forgot to remove my watch, and the proctor stopped the test and asked me to remove it. If you are not taking the test at a testing center, you will be monitored with your computer's camera and microphone. However you take the test, you will not be allowed to get up, pause the test, or talk to anyone during the test, and failure to follow these rules may result in the test being invalidated. This includes leaving for any reason, including using the restroom -- there are no exceptions to this rule, so plan ahead! I recommend you find a quiet place to take the test. Make sure you are ready and have the time to spend two-plus hours at your computer without interruption.

Note: If you do not pass the test on the first attempt, you will need to wait 7 days before attempting the test again. If you do not pass on the second attempt, you will need to wait a year before retrying.

Successful completion of the test will grant you an Apigee Certified Professional API Engineer Certification that is valid for two years from the date of certification. You will receive a certification badge like this one that you can share on LinkedIn or wherever you'd like:

Hope this article helps demystify the exam!

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avatar image Sai Saran Vaidyanathan ♦   · May 04, 2018 at 09:41 PM 0
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Thanks for demystifying us @Mike Dunker. This is very useful.

avatar image migueleiva · Aug 22, 2018 at 02:56 PM 0
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Hello Mike, you think you can add a post about your experience with the exam at the level of knowledge and techniques, I searched the internet and the forum and few people write their experience, this could help many.

avatar image Mike Dunker @Google ♦♦ migueleiva   · Aug 22, 2018 at 05:41 PM 0
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Hi @migueleiva,

Unfortunately I am not allowed to comment on the actual questions and topics of the exam. I'd refer you to the platform learning guide post that I put together with lots of links that will be useful to gauge your understanding of API engineering concepts.

Thanks,

Mike

avatar image migueleiva Mike Dunker @Google ♦♦ · Aug 22, 2018 at 06:52 PM 0
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Thanks Mike, I thought there was some kind of restriction since there is not this type of information on the web, as if there are experiences about people passing other types of exams

avatar image Syed Shahed Mike Dunker @Google ♦♦ · Feb 20, 2020 at 11:19 AM 0
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It might be little late to reply to this message.But, I will be taking the test next month. The link you have provided for sample test is not working.

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avatar image rajaganesh vijayaraj · Oct 14, 2018 at 06:08 PM 0
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Thanks Mike for sharing this useful stuff.

avatar image mohankumar kannangnatt · Oct 26, 2018 at 10:27 PM 0
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Thank you for posting this article. From reading I get the impression there is no lab exercise as a part of this test. Can you please confirm this is true?

avatar image Mike Dunker @Google ♦♦ mohankumar kannangnatt   · Oct 27, 2018 at 01:09 AM 0
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Yes, the test is currently only multiple choice.

avatar image Ghassan Barghouti · Nov 24, 2020 at 12:42 PM 0
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Can someone please help? In the registration page for Online Proctored, it says:

C) Complete Steps 1-3 on the right.

But I can't see those steps on the right? What is meant by it? I don't want to screw up anything and lose the opportunity to take the exam on the registered time.

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