Being a salesforce administrator, the daily responsibilities are to look after reports and dashboards, managing data feeds, and coordinate the users, vendors, and applications, development teams. It is specially designed for the individuals aware of the Salesforce and can add more features to it.
Average Salary Range of Salesforce Certified Administrator
Who Should Take the Salesforce Administrator Exam?
Candidates having 6 months of experience as a Salesforce Administrator should take up this exam. The exam requires excellent management skills, problem-solving skills, extract information from the data collected, and communicate effectively to the team about the project details.
Benefits of the Salesforce Administrator Exam:
Increase in Salary: A certified salesforce administrator gets 30% more salary as compared to a person having no certification.
More Career Opportunities: With the surge in CRM software vendors, you can easily switch companies providing better salaries and lifestyles. The certification will itself speak for your skills and knowledge.
Salesforce Certified Administrator Exam Topics:
Organizational Setup
User Setup
Security and Access
Standard and Custom Objects
Sales and Marketing Applications
Service and Support Applications
Activity Management and Collaboration
Data Management
Analytics – Reports and Dashboards
Workflow/Process Automation
Desktop and Mobile Administration
App exchange
Exam details
Number of questions: 60 Multiple-Choice and 5 pretests (unscored)
Passing score: 65%
Exam Time: 105 minutes
Exam Type: Onsite Proctored (The exam is conducted in association with Kryterion. Registration for the exam must be done 24-72 hours in advance. To locate the test center, click here). Online Proctored (For an online proctored exam, visit here). For scheduling the exam, log on tohere
Validity: The Administrator certification maintenance modules must be completed on the Trailhead once per year otherwise the credential will expire. If the credential expires then you have to give the full proctored exam again. You will start receiving email notifications as a reminder to complete your modules.
Time Taken to prepare for the Exam: If you are completely new to Salesforce and don’t have any prior experience, then this would require at least 6 weeks, studying 10 hours/week. For an experienced one, it would require less than 4 weeks.
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Since 23rd June, Salesforce have changed the exam so it was really difficult to get 'pass'. I failed early July didn't realizing the exam has been changed. But look on the bright side haha I got to know how much it is different from before. (I have failed few…
First I'll start off by saying I joined a workforce development program back in Feb this year. So I've been exposed to the Salesforce platform for 6 months now. Although I did have previous experience on the platform years ago. The exposure helped a lot. I too…
I started off by following the Salesforce Administrator path provided by Trailhead and tried to complete it as much I could. I got to know about so many features that I hadn't used yet. I also learnt a lot from Mike Wheeler's Udemy courses. Once I was sure abo…
1. Went through the full Trailhead Admin curriculum May 1st - June 10th (free): - bi-weekly study sessions with partners I found online - Michael Wheeler’s video course for guided examples and context for the trailhead 2. Superbadges acquired May 11th (Securit…
Hi Buddies, I would like to share my journey of my learning for Administrator Course and getting certified- 1. I have successfully completed the course in Trailhead through the below link- https://trailhead.salesforce.com/users/strailhead/trailmixes/prepare-fo…
I already had experience and knowledge required for admin certification, as I have 1.5 yrs of experience. So, I just revised the concepts from either video or salesforce documentation. I didn't solved any trailhead module, but if you are not experience enough…
I had a few start and stoping points through my journey, but finally became successful in obtaining my certification. I started my journey through Salesforce Military (Vetforce) and Trailhead modules trainings. I took the virtual class in preparation for my ex…
There are a few things to consider. One is to read and practice. The more you read and practice the more you will remember and understand. I said 60 days to prepare for the exam. Which was a rough estimate. This varies from individual to individual. I was stud…