Liferay Certification Now Available!

If you’ve been around the Liferay community for any length of time you’ve probably heard some discussion about Liferay offering a certification.  It’s something that we’ve wanted to do for quite a while, but it’s also something that we wanted to do right.  For the last year we’ve been hard at work to make the Liferay Certification Program a reality,and today I am very happy to announce the immediate availability of the first certification offering: the Liferay Certified Professional Developer.

The Liferay Certification Program has been designed to give all members of the Liferay community the opportunity to demonstrate their expertise with Liferay Portal. The program will offer certifications targeted to the audiences who are involved in the deployment of a Liferay based portal solution. While this first offering is aimed at developers, we are working on future offerings for portal administrators, content specialists, and system administrators.

Why get certified?

As the popularity of Liferay Portal has continued to grow, the need for well-qualified and trained Liferay professionals has also escalated. A quick search for Liferay on any career website will uncover the need for Liferay professionals for projects around the globe. As the demand for Liferay expertise has grown, the supply of technology professionals with Liferay experience has also expanded. The Liferay Certification Program gives you an opportunity stand out and be recognized for the time and effort you have devoted to mastering Liferay and to differentiate yourself in the job market.

What can I expect?

The exam will contain 50 questions (true/false, multiple choice single answer, and multiple choice multiple answer) and must be completed in 90 minutes.  The passing score is 75%. Additional details and sample questions can be found in the Exam Blueprint.

How should I prepare?

Prior to sitting for the exam, it is recommended, but not required, that you attend Liferay Developer Training. This training will give you a very good basis to prepare for the certification exam. Questions will also draw from several other sources as well as knowledge that can only be obtained by actually developing solutions with Liferay Portal. Full details on this first exam can be found in the Preparing for the Exam section of the Liferay Certified Professional Developer page.

How do I register?

Liferay has partnered with Prometric to administer the exam. To locate a test center near you and register for the exam visit http://www.prometric.com/liferay.

If your question hasn’t been answered, please take a look at the Certification FAQ, or email us at certification@liferay.com.

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Nice!!! An often requested "feature" in the community. Besides a certificate, is there any other way to know (e.g. a badge) that one is certified?
Yup, there will be a certification badges that displays on a user's public profile.
@Brian,
Are we done with this changes ? As I am not seeing any badge in my profile page despite clearing the exam.
Hi Tejas,

The badges aren't available yet, but you should be receiving information about accessing your logos and receiving your digital certificate.
Thanks Jeff for the update.
Yes. I got the digital certificate but was not able to download the logos from given path as getting permission issue. I've already replied to Haeil for the same and should be fix soon.

Thanks,
Tejas
I attended for liferay exam and unfortunately failed on 72%.
1. Is there any grassing type offer?
2. Till when i get vouture to re-take the exam?
3. Can i retake or apply for same exam after 2days?
@Brian
certification badge is not available on my public profile.
i gave different email id at prometric, please pay attention.
Hi Lokhande,

Please send an email to certification@liferay.com to get it corrected.
Hi Jeff,

I have cleared Liferay certification exam on yesterday. When I will get a certificate from Liferay?

Thanks,
Divyang Patel
Is there any book that we can refer to? Just to know the syllabus what you gonna cover in the test
Hi Zankar,

The exam topics are listed in the Exam Blueprint (http://www.liferay.com/services/certification/professional-developer#blueprint). It's broken down into primary topics with a percentage listed to give you an idea of how many questions you'll see from that topic. Below the primary topics you'll see some secondary topics that describe the knowledge covered in more detail. The Exam Blueprint can also be downloaded as a pdf from that same page.
Hi Jeff,
Cleared my Portal Developer certification today with 82% passing marks. When are other tracks coming up ?
Hi Muhammed,

Congratulations on passing the exam. Additional tracks will be based on Liferay 6.2 and will be released after Liferay Portal 6.2 is released. Once we have additional information available we'll be posting at http://www.liferay.com/certification.
Hi Jeff,

Any idea as to how long will it take to receive digital certificate after clearing the certification?
I cleared the exam on 19th but haven't got any certificate till now.
Hi All,

I am new to liferay and would like to take the certification exam. Just want to know what are the topics i should concentrate and how long will it take to prepare for the exam.

Thanks!
Harry
The details are in his post, specifically "Exam Blueprint":

http://www.liferay.com/services/certification/professional-developer#blueprint
Hi, How long will it take for a newbie to prepare for it ?
Hi Harry,

Are you just new to Liferay or also new to portlet development? Do you have Java experience? Servlet experience? Everyone is different, so I can't really give an estimate on how long it would take but I'd recommend that anyone start with a solid Java background, take the Liferay Developer Training, and then spend some time working on real-world Liferay projects.
Hi Jeffery,

I have Java development experience of around 5 years and would like to go for this certification. Apart from the developers training isn't any good source to prepare for this?
I have seen some documentation which covers topics for this exam, will it be enough or any book you recommend?

Thanks,
Harry
Hi Harry,

Please read Jeff's blog post again carefully as all information is provided there. Regarding your question, please see here: http://www.liferay.com/services/certification/professional-developer#material
Certification is a welcome step for the Liferay community and Liferay development. It increases accessibility and makes it easier for developers understand and comply with testing and validation procedures. We at Elegant MicroWeb think that Prometric can bring trust and confidence to the process, and better accommodate candidate locations. Other industry certifications are already using Prometric so there is a reputation and certainty that will make candidates and the IT community more confident in the process.

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I did Liferay training with Jeff for Portal Admin and Developer. Jeff is knowledgeable and an excellent teacher. If you are aiming for certification, I recommend you review what certification requires, and then go into dev training making sure to take good notes !
Hi

I am new to Liferay portal. I want to do certification. Is this certification is open to all ? can any one give this certification or it can be given only by set of peoples belonging to Partners companies of Liferay ?

Thank
Abhay
Hi Jeffrey,
When liferay certification will appear as badges?
Hi Sushil,

We hope to have the badges available by the end of May.
I attended for liferay exam and unfortunately failed on 72%.
1. Is there any grassing type offer?
2. Till when i get vouture to re-take the exam?
3. Can i retake or apply for same exam after 2days?
Hi Ram,

Not sure what you mean by grassing type offer but there is a promotion going on right that you may be eligible for. Refer to https://www.liferay.com/certification-promo to determine if you qualify and for details on when to expect your retake voucher. There is a 21-day waiting period before you'll be able to sit for the exam again.
Is it necessary to wait 21 days?
If i want to apply it again after 1-2 days.
Can i apply after 1-2 day as a fresh one.
exiting to appear again, waiting for 21days is emoticon
Is it necessary to wait 21 days?
If i want to apply it again after 1-2 days.
Can i apply after 1-2 day as a fresh one.
exiting to appear again, waiting for 21days is emoticon
Is it necessary to wait 21 days?
If i want to apply it again after 1-2 days.
Can i apply after 1-2 day as a fresh one.
exiting to appear again, waiting for 21days is emoticon
I cleared Liferay Portal Developer Certification with 90% on September 29, 2014. Today when I open my profile, I saw Badge appeared on my profile. I appreciate Liferay for prompt action over updating my profile badge.
Thanks Liferay team.
Hi ,
I've passed Liferay Developer Certificate but I can't remember where to download my online Certificate
Pls some one help me.
Thanks
After passing the exam, the Certificate should have been emailed to the email address you provided to Prometric during the registration process. If you need additional help, please send an email to certification@liferay.com. Please provide your Prometric Candidate ID and Registration Number.

Thanks