Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification

One of the most sought-after data warehouses today, Snowflake, is an extremely well-built, blazing-fast, and unique cloud data platform. With its unique features such as Zero-copy clone, Time-travel, and DataExchange, learning Snowflake can naturally be daunting at first. In this article, we will help you not only get started on your Snowflake journey but also provide tips to quickly master Snowflake and crack the SnowPro Core certification exam.

The steps and material we are about to present helped us gain the knowledge and experience required to master Snowflake and crack the exam in the first attempt with a score of 94%.

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Go to Snowflake University via MindTickle and create a new account here . As the name suggests, this is the official training provided by Snowflake for free online at your own pace.

 

When you log in, scroll down to “Explore by Series”. Follow the order as below:

Badge Workshop 1 -> Badge Workshop 2 -> Badge Workshop 3: Orientation -> Badge Workshop 3: Data Applications -> Level Up – The Data Cloud -> Level Up – First Concepts -> Level Up – Performance -> SnowPro Certification Resources. Be sure to create your own Snowflake account when working along with the above series list.

As an optional content (not required for SnowPro Core certification prep), go ahead and do the “Hands-On Independent Topics” series along with “Retired SMEW Mission”.

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Once you are through with the above very high-level courses, you need to dig deeper. For this, there are two courses that are very highly ranked on Udemy. We have done both of them and recommend them highly, but feel free to choose and complete any one of them:

1. Snowflake Decoded – Fundamentals and Hands-On Training by Hamid Qureshi
2. Snowflake – The Complete Masterclass (2021 Edition) by Nikolai Schule

In both of these courses, you will get a wide variety of hands-on learning and practice. The second course by Nikolai is more in-depth since it is a “Masterclass” course, but from a certification point of view, the course by Hamid is equivalent. From a money point of view, Udemy comes up with discounts every week or fortnight, so plan accordingly and avail the discounts.

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The next step is certification prep exams. Irrespective of whichever class you choose, make sure to work on mock exams. For this, the best resource out there is:

1. Tackling Snowflake Certification – Practice Questions by Hamid Qureshi
2. Snowflake SnowPro Practice Test-1 – TopperTips

Make sure to practice these tests until you get 100% in each of the 5 exams. Also, ensure you time yourself and practice without any distractions. And lastly, make sure to create an error log, in order to make full use of this resource.

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Then, and this is one resource most people have not heard of, quizzes on Quizlet can be very crucial to practice. Here are some quick links:

1. Snowflake SnowPro Certification Prep
2. Snowflake Certification
3. Snowflake SnowPro Certification Study Guide

Yes, around 20-30% of the questions are duplicates, but it really helps to serve as a quick way to memorize key details within Snowflake. Repeat the error log exercise here too.

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Finally, the last piece of the puzzle is the Snowflake Documentation available here . But it could take a lifetime to read it entirely, and it is really overkilling to even read it in-depth. Once we finished the courses and were only practicing exams and quizzes, we would skim through the documentation based on suggestions from Snowflake in their “ Study Guide ”.

This should be enough to easily break into the 90s on the day of your exam. Good luck!

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