Hi,
I appeared for the Databricks Data Engineer Associate exam on May 3 at 11:00 PM EDT. I am writing to formally raise a concern regarding the mismatch between the exam content and the officially published exam guide that was applicable at the time I took the exam.
Since I took the exam before May 4, I reasonably expected it to follow the previous exam guide outlined on the Databricks Data Engineer Associate webpage. Accordingly, my preparation—including a structured course delivered by Databricks MVPs—was entirely based on the 2025 exam guide. I was consistently scoring 85% and above in mock exams aligned to that guide, so the outcome came as a genuine and unexpected shock.
The topics listed on the official DEA page at the time were:
- Databricks Intelligence Platform
- Development and Ingestion
- Data Processing & Transformations
- Productionizing Data Pipelines
- Data Governance & Quality
However, during the actual exam, I was assessed on the following topics:
- Databricks Intelligence Platform
- Development and Ingestion
- Data Transformation and Modeling
- Working with Lakeflow Jobs
- Implementing CI/CD
- Troubleshooting, Monitoring, and Optimization
- Governance and Security
This represents a significant deviation from the published scope, and unfortunately placed me at a disadvantage despite thorough and diligent preparation.
Given these circumstances, I respectfully request either a refund of the exam fee or the issuance of a complimentary exam voucher, so that my skills can be evaluated under fair and clearly communicated exam conditions
