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Ok, I'm finally able to get to my computer to type this up. If you guys think this would be helpful, I'll make another thread covering it. I used to own a water/fire damage and waterproofing company. So, most of the things I knew were construction related, as well as things like basic 120V and 240V wiring, because you needed to be able to tell if you had enough power to run your equipment. Most of my technical experience came from a personal interest in computers, as well as having to repair things like dehumidifiers, vacuum blowers, and the kinds of high-pressure pumps you'd find in pressure washers and such. As I said before, I've been getting ads on facebook about this job for a long time, but I'd never really given it much thought. I haven't had a regular job since I sold my company a few years ago to be a stay-at-home dad, but I've been getting more and more stir crazy, so I had started to poke around at the job market lately. Then, one day, I just randomly clicked on the ad to see what it was about, and thought it sounded like a fun and challenging job that I would be able to do. That was about 2 weeks ago. First thing I did was come here to find advice, and saw a lot of people were recommending the Barron's guide to work on practice questions. So I bought it, did the whole thing in about a day, and thought "well, that was easy. Probably too easy". So then I checked out Youtube, and found a channel called Aptitude-Test-Prep that talked about the Ramsay test, and he gave a few example questions. I realized then that I was out of my depth. So, I spent the next week and a half binging youtube videos from The Engineering Mindset and Jim Pytel. When I wasn't watching videos, I was working through material from a website called JobTestPrep, where I purchased their Multicraft test prep package. This costs $80-$100 depending on the package, and I got the premium package, in case anyone was curious. You get a study guide of fairly basic information that was only slightly helpful, and access to several example tests that are 60 questions each, same as the 955. This was the most helpful thing for me. What I did was take a test, and then review my answers. I grabbed a notebook, and wrote down everything I got wrong, then went to the internet to find out what I was misunderstanding, or didn't know. They do provide explanations for every question, and they are generally very helpful, but I wanted more information. So for the next week, my schedule was take a test, write down everything I needed to learn, and spend the whole day learning it. Then repeat the process every day. This worked very well for me, but I also completely understand how privileged I am, in that I don't have a job currently, and I live a few blocks away from my in-laws, and they were happy to watch my kids while I studied. So unless you're in a similar situation, I wouldn't recommend trying to cram that much learning into such a short amount of time. I was just in a time crunch because, when you apply for the job, you have to schedule your 955 immediately, and so I only had about 1.5 weeks to get myself up to speed. Sorry for the long post, if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask, and I'll do my best.