Passing score
PDEWhat it takes to pass Data Engineer
Google Cloud does not publish a fixed cut score for PDE. Here is what is known, and how to prepare when the target is not a number.
What an unpublished cut score means
Google Cloud states that the passing score for PDE is variable and does not publish it. The exam uses scaled scoring, and the cut can shift between exam revisions as questions are recalibrated.
With no published line there is nothing exact to aim at, and a site that gives you one is guessing. Sit full-length practice under the real time limit and aim for a comfortable margin rather than a precise number.
If you miss it
A retake costs another $200.
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Sit a full-length Data Engineer practice exam under the real time limit, scored against a realistic cut, and book the real exam when you have cleared it more than once.
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