Just got my results back this morning — 87% on the PCEP exam! I'm honestly still a little in shock because I've only been learning Python for about four months and was convinced I'd need to retake it. Figured I'd share what actually worked for me since I spent way too long hunting for good resources when I started.
The biggest game-changer was doing a PCEP practice test every single day for the last two weeks. Not just glancing at the answers but actually forcing myself to explain why each wrong answer was wrong. I also leaned heavily on a structured study guide that broke the exam objectives down by topic — operators, control flow, data collections, functions. That gave me a checklist so I didn't randomly skip anything.
My biggest exam tips: don't underestimate the bitwise operators section and really nail how Python handles mutable vs immutable types. Those tripped up a lot of people in the study forums I was following. Anyone else have topics they wish they'd spent more time on?