I have a hard time taking Hubspot certification seriously when there are multiple test-answer websites that flat out give the answer to test exams. When I asked Hubspot, they simply replied, "It's open book exams." So they are literally just letting people Google their way through each exam?

You know that moment when something finally clicks at work—and a complicated concept suddenly makes total sense?

For a lot of us, that “aha!” came from a HubSpot Academy course. Maybe it was lead scoring that helped you crack the MQL/SQL handoff, or custom objects that made your data strategy way more flexible.

So we’re curious:
Which HubSpot Academy course or certification gave you a major “aha!” moment?
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We would love to hear the story behind the cert that earned its spot on your LinkedIn!

I'm looking for an entry level sales job right now, and as someone who is almost entirely new to the industry, I figured it would be beneficial to my search (and my career!) to take any free certification courses I could find offered online.

I know HubSpot offers a pretty good range of free beginner courses for sales. I'm a little confused about how they're organized though. Let me explain:

This link (https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/hubspot-sales-representative-professional-certification) takes you to the information page about their sales courses. Their page sends you to the Coursera page, since HubSpot partnered with Coursera for the certification (https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/hubspot-sales-representative).

This is where it gets confusing; the Coursera page says that 2 of the 4 courses that are part of the certification are written by HubSpot. From what I can see though, they're ALL written by HubSpot and can each be found individually by looking for them through the HubSpot website (https://academy.hubspot.com/courses?hubs_content=blog.hubspot.com/sales/hubspot-sales-representative-professional-certification&hubs_content-cta=null&hubs_post-cta=blognavcard-resources-freecoursesandcertifications&page=2#topics=contact_management_sales,inbound_sales,sales_enablement;certsOnly=false;)

On top of that, the Coursera page says the certification takes 6 months to complete at 5 hours a week, whereas looking at the related courses through HubSpot, it shouldn't take more than a few hours total to complete.

This leaves me confused where I should be going to complete the HubSpot certification, and how long I should expect it to take. I'm sure it's something I'm just looking at wrong or misunderstanding, which is why I'm hoping someone that's already done the certification can offer an answer? Thanks for your time!

Just putting it out there for anyone who might run into them.

I had to get the marketing one real quick to avoid paying a $3k onboarding fee (weird loophole). Wasn’t sure what to expect, but I had the whole thing done in less than 3 hours and I have only monomial experience using the platform.

Made me appreciate the seriousness of the SF certifications as at least a measure of effort.

I was recently laid off from my job and I am now on the job hunt, but I am working to strengthen my resume at the same time. I found some free SEO courses on HubSpot, and I’m wondering if they are a good, reputable platform if I wanted to include these courses on my resume or LinkedIn profile?

Additionally, if you all know of any better (preferably free) resources that provide good information and look good on a resume, please let me know. Thanks to you all!

Hubspot Academy offers these marketing certifications programs that are supposed to "take your inbound skills to the next level." It's a free resource so I really can't complain, I just want to hear if you guys thought it was helpful or just a waste of time.

Here's the link: https://academy.hubspot.com/certification