How to Pass the Terraform Pro Exam: Tips from Mattias Fjellström

In this episode of Terraform Tuesday, I sit down with cloud architect and HashiCorp Ambassador Mattias Fjellström to talk about the Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional exam. Mattias recently published an in-depth study guide on LeanPub to help you nail this advanced certification, and today he’s sharing his tips and insights to get you exam-ready.

In our conversation, we cover:

🌮 Matias’s own journey with Terraform, going all the way back to 2017
🌮 The skills you need for the professional-level exam and what the lab-based format involves
🌮 The hands-on tasks to expect, from state file migrations to troubleshooting
🌮 How Matias created his study guide and what makes it a must-read for Terraform pros

If you’re working on the Terraform Associate certification and want to step it up, or if you’re ready to dive deep into pro-level tasks, this episode is packed with value. I’ve read Mattias’s book myself—it’s thorough, insightful, and a fantastic resource for exam prep.

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🌮 Timestamps:

0:47 Getting to Know Mattias
3:37 Exam Content and Environment
6:08 Level of Experience for Exam
7:18 Comparison to Other Lab Exams
9:00 Scenarios in the Exam
11:20 Additional Resources in Exam
12:38 Writing the Guide
15:12 Resources to Prepare
16:16 Getting the Guide
18:25 Outro

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🌮 About Me 🌮

Ned is a curious human with a knack for creating entertaining and informative content. With over 20 years in the industry, Ned brings real-world experience to all his creative endeavours, whether that's pontificating on a podcast, delivering live instruction, writing certification guides, or producing technical training videos. He has been a helpdesk operator, systems administrator, cloud architect, and product manager. In his newest incarnation, Ned is the Founder of Ned in the Cloud LLC. As a one-man-tech juggernaut, he develops courses for Pluralsight, runs two podcasts (Day Two Cloud and Chaos Lever, and creates original content for technology vendors.

Ned has been a Microsoft MVP since 2017 and a HashiCorp Ambassador since 2020, and he holds a bunch of industry certifications that have no bearing on anything beyond his exceptional ability to take exams and pass them. When not in front of the camera, keyboard, and microphone, you can find Ned running the scenic trails of Pennsylvania or rocking out to live music in his hometown of Philadelphia. Ned has three guiding principles: Embrace discomfort, Fail often, and Be kind.

[salamibuilds]

I have bought the book as well and halfway through. Its really good, love the detailed explanations and sample codes. Would recommend!!!

[przemysawpogorzelec]

do I need first pass Terraform Associate (003) and then take Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional?