Certified Penetration Testing Professional

I had a few years of blue team experience but had never formally studied offensive techniques. The ML0-320 question bank covers reconnaissance through exploitation in a progression that made the whole methodology click. Passed on my second attempt and moved into a pentesting role shortly after.

Passed first try after grinding the exploitation and privesc domains.

Honestly, some of the privilege escalation questions felt repetitive early on. But drilling them is exactly what helped those concepts stick for exam day. Not glamorous, but it works for ML0-320.

Switching from IT support to pentesting - the CPPT practice questions helped me identify gaps in my web app testing and enumeration knowledge before exam day.

The ML0-320 reporting and documentation questions caught me off guard - I underestimated that domain. Worth drilling even if it feels tedious.

Halfway through CPPT prep. The network scanning and enumeration sections are more nuanced than I expected - definitely not surface-level questions.