Salesforce Admin Exam – The Takeaway

Some bullet points from the Admin Exam, I want you to know:

• You are nervous about the exam? I was super nervous too when I took it, even during the exam, I swung between doubt and confidence.
  
• Read the description. Read the question. Also, read how many answers you are expected to give.
  A lot of the exam questions are filled with information which are not too relevant to the actual question and answer.
  Read the question again, what information is given?
  Pick the answer and do not forget, to check how many. Do not rely on Radio buttons and Tick boxes
  
• Not all answers you can choose have the exact same description as in the Salesforce setup. Your understanding of the concept is tested
  
• Workflow and Process Builder retire soon, I had to my surprise quite a few Flow questions already in the exam. I certainly did not expect this
  
• Go through the test twice. Try not to sit too long over one question. You can mark it for review and go back to it later
  
• I highly recommend the $20 Practice Test from Kryterion to find the topics you still can improve. For me, the practice test and the real test’s overall percentage were just 1% apart
  
• Finally: don’t be afraid to fail.
  “The Road To Success Is Paved With Failure” Joey Green

Salesforce Admin Exam – Mad moment!

On 23/10/22 I had a mad moment!

As usual, I study the Sundays on Focus on Force for the Admin Exam. I finally did my 2nd Practice test and it looked good! 83%!

I was one fire! I followed a study friend’s advice and booked the Kryterion Practice Test! And passed with 73%! 🫣

Now, my exam was scheduled for the 5th of November. Two more weeks to learn! Yeah! Yeah? Er…

Anna Szabo has a famous slogan: „If you are scared. Do it anyway! Do it scared!“

Mad moment entering the stage!
I rescheduled my exam and sat down only 2.5 hrs after the test exam, this time for the real thing!

I was between „I know this“ and „Oh, god I’ve forgotten everything“ for 90 min after pressing this „Launch“ button! My adrenaline was pumping high!
But finally, the „PASS“ appeared in little tiny letters. I genuinely think I was close to a heart attack from relief and excitement. It was everything in between! 🥳

So, my advice: Do it! Do it scared! Do it anyway! 😁
But do not necessarily reschedule as I did! I sat the exam at 21:15 and was so hyper, that I did not sleep all night! So, the next exam will be scheduled and I will take it on the day I plan it!

Learning for the Admin Exam: Data Import Wizard vs…

One important part of the Salesforce Administrator Exam is to distinguish between Data Import Wizard and Data Loader to upload, download or update your data. I have created a table with the important differences:

Requirement	Data Import Wizard	Data Loader
available for	User / Admin	Admin only
User Interface	Salesforce Setup	Setup or command line
Import / Export	Import / Update / find duplicates	Import / Export / download / Update / Delete
Schedule	no schedule	schedule Data loads
Limit	50.000 records	5 Mio records
Validation Rules	will fire	will fire
Workflow Rules	can be switched off	will fire
data format	.csv	.csv
Import	Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Solutions, Custom Objects (no Opportunities, no Cases)	supports all objects & attachments
Duplicates	choose fields to update or create records or both / finds duplicates	needs ID, does not find duplicates