Play Now: This episode is sponsored by The PM PrepCast for The PMP Exam: Mark Chropufka, MBA, PMP This is another episode in which I am proudly introducing you to one of my successful students who was able to pass the PMP. Hi name is Mark Chropufka (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-chropufka-pmp-mba-a3a8196) and he is a student of my PMP PrepCast. I love doing these kinds of interviews because of the in-depth knowledge that I can take from someone like Mark who has passed their PMP exam and bring it to those who are still studying for their exam. And of course, I also feel very satisfied that it was my exam preparation course that showed Mark how to prepare for PMP. In this PMP lessons learned interview you are going to hear him talk about his journey to becoming PMP certified from start to finish. Below are the first few pages of the transcript. The complete transcript is available to Premium subscribers only. Podcast Introduction Cornelius Fichtner: Hello and welcome to episode number 351. This is the Project Management Podcast at www.pm-podcast.com and I'm Cornelius Fichtner.  Welcome back. This is another episode in which I am proudly introducing you to one of my successful students who was able to pass the PMP exam. His name is Mark Chropufka and he is a student of my Project Management PrepCast. I love doing this kind of interviews because of the in-depth knowledge that I can take from someone like Mark who has passed their PMP exam and bring it to those who are still studying for their exam. And of course, I also feel very satisfied that it was my exam preparation course that showed him how to prepare for the PMP. In this PMP Lessons Learned interview, you are going to hear him talk about his journey to becoming PMP certified from start to finish. And so, let's take the first step on this journey. Enjoy the interview. Podcast Interview Cornelius Fichtner:  Hello Mark, welcome to the program. Mark Chropufka:   Hello, Cornelius. Nice to talk with you and actually meet you for the first time. Cornelius Fichtner:  In person. Mark Chropufka:   Yes. Yes. Cornelius Fichtner:  Yes. I listen to podcast myself and sometimes you `know, you get to know these people and to have them in your head and then, suddenly you meet somewhere it's like, Oh my God! I know you. Mark Chropufka:   I know. True. True. Cornelius Fichtner:  Well, first of all, congratulations for passing your PMP exam. Great success. Mark Chropufka:   Thank you very much and thank you for all your help with your product. Great product. Cornelius Fichtner:  Happy to help. When did you pass? Mark Chropufka:   December 31st. Cornelius Fichtner:  Yeah. Okay. Only a little while ago. Only a little while.  Mark Chropufka:   New Year's Eve. Yes. Cornelius Fichtner:  Yeah. Most important thing first, you know, if you have to do this again, is there anything you would do differently? Mark Chropufka:   I feel that with the preparation that I did and all the reading and the reviewing and the course that I took, honestly, not really. I was very successful and I just felt that the preparation and using the PM exam simulator that you offer made all the difference. Taking a number of practice exams made the difference and I was very calm and prepared for the exam. Cornelius Fichtner:  Is there anything you wouldn't do? Anything you would leave out? Mark Chropufka:   Anything I would leave out. I basically say that don't worry. Basically just making sure that if you see, sometimes you see horror stories on the Lessons Learned out in the internet and you see a lot of people take that, with a grain of salt. And also with the other part is not to get frustrated. In the preparation process, you're going to hit points where you feel like you should be at a certain level. And for example, I was taking the PM exam simulator and it w