I recently passed the SailPoint Certified IdentityIQ Engineer certification and wanted to share my experience in case it helps others preparing for it.
The exam focused heavily on practical understanding of IdentityIQ components like lifecycle events, workflows, task definitions, and rule creation. It’s not just about knowing the interface but about understanding how everything fits together under the hood.
Here’s what helped me during preparation:
Reviewing the official SailPoint IIQ documentation.
Hands-on practice with building workflows and writing rules.
Practicing with a certification-oriented practice test designed by P2PExams, which closely matched the style and structure of the real exam.
Understanding how to debug issues using log files and task results.
Going through real-world scenarios, especially around provisioning and approval processes.
If you’re preparing for this certification, I highly recommend spending time on lifecycle manager, rules, and workflow configuration. These areas appeared frequently in the exam.
Great thanks for sharing your experience. Adding to what you mentioned, I believe Technical White Papers and Best Practices posts in Community are also an important material to go through for Certification preparation.
Hello @cindygrisby congrats on passing the SailPoint IdentityIQ Engineer exam Thanks for sharing your experience it’s really helpful. I’m also preparing for this exam, and your tips about focusing on workflows, rules, and lifecycle events are great. Glad to know that hands on practice and checking logs make a big difference. Appreciate your guidance.
I’ve taken the SailPoint exam twice, so here’s what I’ve learned from experience.
The first time, I failed. I went through the official learning path, but the real exam wasn’t just theory — it included practical use cases and applied knowledge questions that caught me off guard. It wasn’t just definitions or basic concepts like I expected.
The second time, I have to admit I used Practice Test to prepare — not to memorize answers, but to understand the exam format and get a feel for how questions were actually asked. That really helped me build confidence and focus on the right areas. Thanks to that, I passed.
So my advise:
Use SailPoint Learn to understand the core content.
Use ITExamsCerts practice test (new but so supportive) to get familiar with the format and identify weak spots.
Take a self-timed quiz (50–70 questions) and act as if you’re in the real exam many times!
Passing SailPoint isn’t too hard if you prep smart. Good luck!
Congratulations @cindygrisby! I’ve passed the exam twice. DOMC is no joke! I haven’t taken it in a few years now but I remember different role types, stages of certifications and apache velocity for email templates being featured.
Also for anyone coming across this be sure it check out the Exam Prep Guide.