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The certification exam for the Integration Engineer series is the final step to becoming a Pricefx Certified Integration Engineer. The exam is composed of two parts: a Coding Challenge of 3 hours followed by an Interview Challenge of 1 hour.

The exam is scored as a simple PASS or FAIL, the actual score will not be publicly available. If the candidate does fail the exam, then the Interviewer will identify their specific areas of weakness.

Upon successful completion of this exam, they will receive an IE Pricefx Certification.

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A good but short overview of the exam content is covered in the ASK ( ask.pricefx.com ) system question found here

Note that you must be logged in to the ASK system to access the above link to the Exam overview in the ASK system.

✅ Exam Prerequisites

To be eligible for this certification exam, you must have completed the following mandatory prerequisite courses:

• IE Prerequisites

• IE Foundation (Live ILTInstructor Led Training)

• IE Foundation Case Study

Additionally, you will be asked to provide the Interviewer with the following information on components used during the IE prerequisite series:

• Partition(s) used and login credentials

• IntegrationManager instance used

• SFTP Server and login credentialsused

• Routes

• Git projects

Mandatory Requirements

The following must be completed at least 48 hours before your scheduled certification exam:

• Provide Interviewer with login credentials for all your IE partitions used for the prerequisite coursesProvide Interviewer with all IM instance names used during your training

• Correct any issues or discrepancies identified by InterviewerAttend scheduled pre-exam meeting with Interviewer to review exam requirements

• Receive a satisfactory review on all submitted IE partitions, IM instances, Git projects and routes

• Attend any/all meetings with Interviewer regarding prerequisite content review

Exam Overview

The Integration Engineer Certification Exam is your final step in the journey to becoming a Pricefx Certified Integration Engineer. The exam is a graded on a PASS/FAIL basis. 

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Interview Challenge, in this phase the candidate will demonstrate their working solution, review the steps necessary, provide a solution walkthruwalkthrough, and answer questions on their solution and common IE concepts. 

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NOTE: During this phase, be very mindful of your time management and manage your own time wisely. You DO NOT have to complete all requirements to achieve a passing score. You will be graded on what parts of the solution you have completed, and if you have completed the minimum number of requirements needed then a passing score can be achieved. 

PHASE II-INTERVIEW CHALLENGE  

During this phase of the exam, the candidate will be required to demonstrate a successful solution for all phases of the requirements provided during the Coding Challenge. The Interview Challenge will focus on these areas:

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• You must attend the Interview Challenge meeting with the Interviewer

• If a candidate is MORE THAN 10 minutes late, then the exam will be scored as FAIL

• The only PlatformManager account that can be used is Pricefx Training account

• The candidate will have their exam partition ready and be logged in to PlatformManager

• This session will be recorded for grading purposes

• The Interviewer will NOT be allowed to solve or correct any errors encountered by the candidate

• The candidate must have a working WebCam and Microphone

• The candidate must provide a valid government ID 

• The exam partition is the only one that can be reviewed by Interviewer

Exam Grading

The overall grade for this certification exam will be a combination of these elements: execution of deployed solution, familiarity with the UI/UX for integrations, explanation of their solution, responses during the Q&A session and overall knowledge of data integration concepts and features. 

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If you fail to achieve the necessary score, then the Interviewer (via email) will provide information on the areas of improvement for your next attempt. 

Topics

The focus of the certification exam will be on the topics discussed in the IE Foundation ILT series. No additional integration topics are included within the scope of this exam. The topics included in the scope of the exam are:

• PlatformManager

• IntegrationManager

• Integration Templates

• Inbound & Outbound migration

• Routes & route creation

• Data mapping

• Notifications & Alerts

• Pricefx Core Data 

• Pricefx Master Data

• Pricing Parameters

⏲️ Time commitment: For this path you should dedicate approximately 5 hours.