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You cannot. There's nothing you can do to avoid your application from getting
audited. PMI randomly selects a small percentage (about 10%) of applications for
audit.
However, you can take some steps to prepare yourself to face the audit and
ensure that the audit goes through smoothly, in case your application gets
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To ensure that your audit goes smoothly, the best practice is to establish contact
with all the people whose name you intend to list as your managers/supervisors
on your PMP application.
Let them know that you are applying for PMP certification and you want to list
their name on the application form as your manager/supervisor. Remind them of
the projects, which you did under their supervision, and intend to include on
your application. Tell them about the audit process and the possibility that you
might need their help to verify your experience, in case your application gets
audited. Request their current contact details such as contact number and office
address. Also tell them that PMI might contact them through phone or email to
verify your experience.
If you are unable to contact them, or get their concurrence on your application
due to any reason, look for alternatives even before you file your application. If
you follow this practice, and fill your application truthfully, you don't have
anything to fear from the audit. It will also take away lot of unnecessary stress
and anxiety, and help you prepare better.

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how accurate one need to be to fili those number hours as experience in each
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You have to be as accurate as reasonably possible in filling up those hours. Of

course, no one can be 100% accurate in capturing 4500-7500 hrs of
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Let me answer your question in a different way too by asking you another
question. What happens during an audit? One of the requirements of the audit
is to get your PM experience details, which you submitted as part of your
application, verified by your managers/supervisors on the projects you
mentioned in your application.
As long as your managers/supervisors can "approve" your details and put their
signature to verify them, you are fine.
Hope this answers your question.

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Sreekanth July 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM

Harwinder Sir, My name is Sreekanth
I need your help regarind my CAPM Application audit process.
I paid my fee on 1st July and i was almost tensed to see that my application is
in audit process.
can you pleaseeeeeeeee guide me with this
I have paid my fee and bought books with my savings in my first job. Hope this
says you how important this exam is for me.
I mentioned my Summer Internship with Lafarge India and my current job as
planning engg as my work exp.
Now on June 22nd I had quit my job with my parents support, in a way to give
my full time to prep for this exam.
Do i need to Send my Original Certificates to PMI ? In that case i need them for
my future purposes :( so it'll be prob for me to give originals.
Please do suggest the right way for me to go through this auditing process with
clean hands.
kindly guide me sir. .

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July 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM

Hello Sreekanth,
First, calm down. You don't need to worry. PMI should have sent you an email
with details of the audit requirements. You do NOT need to submit any original

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documents. Photocopies are sufficient. The audit process for CAPM isn't as
complex as for the PMP. Simply follow the instructions given by PMI, and you
should be fine.
Please send me an email using the "Contact Form" on the "Contact Me" page if
you need more help.

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I am done with my audit :). Next step is to schedule the exam.

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Actually its not as scary as the word " audit " sounds.

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I had sent the documents the way PMI wants me to ( signed by respective
persons and seal them, again sign on sealed cover etc.. ) and had also
attached the printout of an excel sheet which is an abstract of all my
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