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Incorrect emails relating to certification expiry or welcome messages can occur when you've renewed a certification with a different email address, or have previously transferred your certifications to a new email address. Consider updating your email preferences to stop receiving such incorrect emails.
Incorrect emails relating to failing a certification exam could be caused by viewing the exam but not completing it. You can disregard the email and take your certification exam again 12 hours after.
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Yes, update the name on your certification badge by updating your name in your HubSpot account.
To see how long a certification may take, click Learn More on the certification on this Academy page. The Course Curriculum displays the time required for each section of the course. If you've already started, you can view your progress as well.
To see the time limit for each examination, in your course's left sidebar menu, scroll down to the bottom and click Exam. The right pane will detail how long the time limit is for that exam.
You can take your certification exam again 12 hours after the previous attempt.
No, the questions and answers from the exam are not shared to give everyone an equal opportunity. To request for a section-by-section break-down of your score, email academy@hubspot.com.
No. You are required to finish the exam in one sitting. If the page is closed or left, you will be locked out for 12 hours before being able to attempt the exam again.
Scores are determined automatically by HubSpot's grading software. It divides your correct answers by the number of questions.
HubSpot does not validate on the company name or URL on the form, so enter in any company and company URL to take the Inbound Certification.
The HubSpot Marketing Software Certification is a prerequisite to the Agency Partner Certification. HubSpot requires partners to be able to successfully use HubSpot software, before it can teach partners on selling services, covered in the Agency Partner Certification.
To pass the HubSpot certification, each person must submit their own completed exercises and test for grading. If you have multiple users in one account, each separate user needs to have their own unique submission that passes all practical exercise requirements.
Ensure that you are logged in and completed the practical exercises in the same account.
If you've passed the exam before finishing the practical exercises, you should complete the practical exercises before your exam results expire. Your exam results will last as long as the time the certification badge lasts. It is recommend to complete the practical exercises as soon as possible.
Some are graded automatically, whereas some are graded manually, which can take five to seven business days. You can check the status of your practical exercise in your HubSpot account.