Informatica Certification exam preparation.

[bandarna]

Any one have an idea abut Informatica Certification exam preparation. I am interested in Informatica Designer track which include 3 tests.

How difficulty is the test. The study material which we get after the registration is enough to pass?

Any suggestions welcome.

 

[rentalac]

Infact, I am also looking for similar type of information. I am trying to get certified in Informatica. Is it difficult to get through the exam without experience?. I would also like to know how much the study material is useful to write the exam..Thanks

 

[sosatan]

Bandarna and Rentalac,

Did u guys have any more information about the certification ?? or do any of you have the study material for the test ??

do let me know..i am in the same boat as you are !!!

Thanks,
Sosatan

 

[walkerci]

All,

In my opinion, obtaining certification without having training AND product experience on a few projects seriously devalues certification.

It should be impossible to get certification without using the product.

It is as if a Medical student wanted to get a license to practice medicine without ever seeing a real patient!

Imagine getting a driver's license without ever being in a car!

This is bad enough. But when people are trying to get certification WITHOUT the benefit of training on the product.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO SUBSTITUTE for class room training and using a product in the real world.

I would much rather hire someone with training and 2-3 full life cycle projects experience, than someone with certification, but no training and experience.
Only with training and experience would the certification provide real incremental value to the employer.

I understand why some managers place excessive value on certification. It saves them the trouble of having to learn what their team members actually do and from needing even minimal competence in the area they are supposed to manage. When they hire certified people and they don't work out, they can blame the certification program.
This is an obvious indication of managerial incompetence which unfortunately is a global plague.

My apologies if I have uninadvertantly offended anyone who has received training, used the product, and now pursues certification to validate their knowledge.

Charles

 

[sosatan]

Charles,

Yes. You are absolutely right about that. Ditto.

But I do have formal training in Informatica. I was trained by Informatica Corp as a part of a project I was working for, last year. The course material and standard of teaching was amazing.

However, I was never able to get my hands on the certification guide and there is nobody I know of who has written the cert. exam, and hence Tek-tips.

Sosatan