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Cristian Scutaru

Cristian Scutaru⁠

World-class expert in Snowflake Data Cloud. Former Snowflake "Data Superhero" and SnowPro SME (Subject Matter Expert). 10x SnowPro certification exams.

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My Journey with the Snowflake SnowPro Certifications

5 min readFeb 17, 2026

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I started my interesting journey with the SnowPro certifications few years ago. And I will simply share it here with you, with the hope that my experience will benefit to you as well…

I passed all but one certification to date. All from the first attempt. I just didn’t have time to go to the SnowPro Advanced: Administrator exam. And it is too expensive to me today, as I no longer benefit from free coupons. I left some of this certifications to expire, as I don’t need to spend money on them every two years or so…

SnowPro Core Certified

I passed the SnowPro Core basic certification right before getting into a Data Architect position, focused on Snowflake. The SnowPro Core Certification is the one you may want to acquire first, if you are a technical person.

I just recently came up with my own practice tests on Udemy here, once they updated the exam version to COF-C03.

SnowPro Associate: Platform

If you just want to acquire some very basic knowledge about Snowflake, you may try to pass just the non-proctored online quiz called today SnowPro Associate: Platform.

They introduced this certification just a while ago. And I went to the exam ASAP just to create some other video…

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Cristian Scutaru
Cristian Scutaru

Written by Cristian Scutaru⁠

World-class expert in Snowflake Data Cloud. Former Snowflake "Data Superhero" and SnowPro SME (Subject Matter Expert). 10x SnowPro certification exams.