tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post2316618969334955081..comments2012-01-03T09:46:13.670+11:00Matt Laceyhttps://profiles.google.com/111827922894049648255noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-22145663748303891332012-01-03T02:18:20.799+11:002012-01-03T02:18:20.799+11:00oh wow... thats a good news Matt... congrats for that... i was busy in my Advance admin certification so checked this blog today....Sanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16451021453695231171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-76977896860627887682011-12-28T15:02:52.762+11:002011-12-28T15:02:52.762+11:00After leaving that comment I have been offered a place on the assignment via email. Hopefully a few others will have received that too!Matt Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07254148667338147404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-69136234865158110792011-12-27T12:29:30.469+11:002011-12-27T12:29:30.469+11:00Hey mate,<br /><br />Unfortunately not! It seems that it filled up in a matter of hours, not giving people outside of the US much chance given the time differences. I was told the next registration will open in May, though I sincerely hope that they revise the 501 before then as obviously there will be even more people trying to register for what appears to be a very limited number of places. It is very disappointing, all we can do is wait to see what Salesforce say about it!Matt Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07254148667338147404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-3284057319598282952011-12-24T13:34:55.147+11:002011-12-24T13:34:55.147+11:00Hi Matt,<br /><br />Were you able to register for assignment. I saw the linkedin posts many people could not register for assignment part. And one post says next window is in May 2012, this is really disappointing.<br />I just cleared the 1st step was hoping that window would remain open even after 2 days (how silly i am to think like this).<br />Now the bad part is even though I have completed one of the tough part of DEV 501 certification I can still not have it in my cv as it looks incomplete.Sanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16451021453695231171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-32496905115070162622011-12-19T23:24:15.841+11:002011-12-19T23:24:15.841+11:00oh ok... thanks for your reply...<br />I hope you will secure a place in this session... i have heard it gets full very quickly....Sanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16451021453695231171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-20076953329908331012011-12-19T09:10:28.636+11:002011-12-19T09:10:28.636+11:00Afraid I don&#39;t really have any solid information on that, though I know a round just finished so it would seem like they&#39;re back to back — given that registration opens on the 21st, then the hand out is end of Jan and you have a month and then the essay, it would seem to me that they&#39;re run every 3-4 months.Matt Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07254148667338147404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-72934964919194606992011-12-18T11:55:21.974+11:002011-12-18T11:55:21.974+11:00Hi Matt, Thanks for answering my queries. Do you have any idea how frequently salesforce open their assignment window. The one is on this 21t Dec, but any idea about after that?<br />I tried contacting them but no answer.Sanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16451021453695231171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-72033995906778497912011-12-17T12:21:41.601+11:002011-12-17T12:21:41.601+11:00Hi,<br /><br />Thanks! I definitely found it easier than the previous exams as its falls more inside my comfort zone than reports do for instance. Going in I was slightly concerned by the longer time frame (2 hours instead of 1.5) and greater number of questions, but these concerns proved to be unfounded. I only had a handful of questions which were considerably longer than those in the other exams, and even then it was largely just code samples which couldn&#39;t really be much shorter. When I hit submit to complete the test the clock was a little under 55 minutes, so it took less than an hour and that was with a second pass through the exam to double check the ones I wasn&#39;t 100% sure about.<br /><br />Unlike the 201 and 301, this exam made no mention of the customer portal, and it definitely didn&#39;t include anything to do with beta features. It largely focusses on correct syntax and understanding of how Visualforce and Apex work together.Matt Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07254148667338147404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-74541010790886085422011-12-17T09:32:55.437+11:002011-12-17T09:32:55.437+11:00Hi Matt, Congrats for getting thru 1st step of 501, I like your confidence you were already quite sure about it.<br />I want to know, if one has to revise the things from 401 also for 501. Like security, relationships etc.<br />Also on many blogs I have seen that people say 501 contains may questions which are quite long and you really need to be fast to cover everything in 2 hrs. Is it true? How much time did you take?<br />Last thing, is site, portal, beta features like apex charting etc are included. Study guide doesn&#39;t reflect this.Sanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16451021453695231171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061740313877866897.post-36387798081723448492011-12-14T21:10:57.539+11:002011-12-14T21:10:57.539+11:00I can attest to the &#39;failing hard&#39;, my first time through the exam was a week after my 401 with no real force.com experience and I failed hard - the second time around was a few weeks later (Still with no experience) and I felt I came close. The third time I passed with about 6 months experience and without too much fuss. <br /><br />The assignment portion I feel is much easier than the exam, but you do need to put in the 20 hours they recommend covering all the edges.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00287907095377805335noreply@blogger.com