Intro
The GitHub Actions Certification is a go-to credential for developers and DevOps engineers looking to validate their CI/CD skills with GitHub. Launched in 2024, the GitHub Certification program was a welcome move—especially after they slashed their prices from $200 to $99. This exam focuses on practical knowledge—building, consuming, and securing workflows at scale.
In this post, I’ll break down:
✅ Exam structure & key domains
✅ How I prepared (resources, labs, and time investment)
✅ Our Ultimate cheat sheet🔥: Tips to ace it on your first attempt
The exam summary
Length: 2 hours (120 minutes)
Questions: 73–75 multiple-choice questions
Exam format: Multiple-choice exam covering real-world GitHub Actions scenarios
Pass Score: Around 75%
Score per topic: Breakdown provided in the exam report
Exam center: Online proctored via PSI (👉 PSI System Check)
Pass confirmation: Instant after submission
Validity: 3 years
Price: $99 USD
Retake Policy: 24-hour for the first retake ->14 days before the second
Preparation time:
If you have hands-on experience building & maintaining GitHub Actions workflows, you’re in a great spot. Otherwise a focused few weeks of study and labs should be enough. I had to squeeze it in, so I kept it tight (1 week).
Impressions
If you’re rolling GitHub pipelines daily, it’s hard not to be tempted by the cert. So it just made sense to make it official. That being said, some multiple-selection questions were annoyingly confusing. When you’re told to pick 2, but 3 seem equally valid, it definitely leaves room for interpretation.
Exam guide
The Github Actions exam info is available on the GitHub Actions certification page, along with official learning paths.
The best starting point is the official study Guide with all the details. The exam covers the following key domains:
- Domain 1: Author and maintain workflows – 40%
- Domain 2: Consume workflows – 20%
- Domain 3: Author and maintain action – 25%
- Domain 4: Manage GitHub Actions for the enterprise – 15%
GitHub Actions exam Curriculum
| Curriculum Section | Details |
|---|---|
| Domain 1: Author and maintain workflows | |
| Domain 2: Consume workflows | |
| Domain 3: Author and maintain actions | |
| Domain 4: Manage GitHub Actions in the enterprise |
Resources to Pass the GHA
I searched for the best training materials online. While I couldn’t take multiple courses due to the time commitment, I still used a mix of YouTube, AcloudGuru and Microsoft leaning path content just to refresh my memory around exam topics.
I. Courses 📺
FreeCodeCamp Crash Courses
3 hours worth of content to introduce you automating workflows with GitHub Actions with hands-on labs.
ACloudGuru: GitHub Actions Deep Dive(Wes Coffay)
- Tip: The course has 4 hours but you only need to focus on the below hand-on labs
II. Other resources
- Microsoft Learning path self-paced online training.
- GitHub Actions documentation invaluable resource for both the exam and practical applications.
- Guides for GitHub Actions – A collection of practice exercises with solutions.
- Our blog post : GitHub Actions: What I learned from GitHub CI in 2 weeks
- Mind Map online containing the key exam concepts [png| pdf]
III. Exam practice 🚀
Exam practices have become inevitable but you won’t need that many this time.
- Udemy: GitHub Actions Certification Practice Exams by Bryan krauzen (check COUPON)
- FREE: ♥️ https://ghcertified.com/practice_tests by Aleksander Fidelus (very diverse questions !!)
Ultimate Cheat Sheet – CliffsNotes
There’s no shortage of resources out there—but sorting through endless practice questions can get overwhelming fast. That’s why we pulled together this crammed, one-stop summary to help you cut through the noise and crush the exam.
Enjoy & Good luck!
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