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INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION
•A NEW INDEPENDENT CREDENTIAL · FOUNDING COHORT“You’re either remarkable, or you’re invisible.”
— Seth Godin, Purple Cow
In a stack of 500 resumes... You are the Purple Cow.
When every applicant lists the same course certificates, nothing stands out. IICTP is a new, independent credential: a timed online exam on practical engineering, and a certificate anyone can look up in a public registry.
The 500-Applicant Sameness Trap
Hiring managers skim a lot of applications. If your proof looks like everyone else’s, it is easy to overlook.
The Certificate Factory
What many applicants submit:
- ✕Course-completion certificates
- ✕Tutorial projects with no real users
- ✕Badges that test memorised settings
- ✕Little evidence of how you reason through a real problem
The IICTP Exam
What IICTP gives you:
- A timed online exam on practical engineering topics
- Independent of any single vendor’s products
- A certificate with a unique ID that anyone can look up
- Plain wording: a new credential, not an accredited one
Built to Be Checked
Vendor-Neutral
We do not sell cloud credits or proprietary licences. The exams cover engineering principles that carry across cloud providers.
Reasoning, Not Trivia
The CTP® exam tests system design, risk and sprint governance through scenarios, rather than recall of button clicks.
Verifiable Record
Every certificate has a unique ID and a public registry record that an employer can look up on the Verify page.
The von Restorff Isolation Effect
When identical items are presented in a group, the one that differs from the rest is the one remembered. You don’t need to be 5% better. You need to be easy to verify.
Cascading Dependency Failure & Fault Isolation
"Your core transactional API is handling 15,000 requests/sec when a critical downstream service experiences an abrupt latency surge to 4,800ms. How do you design your architecture to prevent thread-pool exhaustion and guarantee zero dropped customer orders while maintaining client responsiveness?"
Choose Your Exam
Founding-cohort pricing in Indian rupees. Pick the exam that matches where you are in your career; neither is a prerequisite for the other.
ATP® — Associate Technical Practitioner
For people with 0–2 years in the field. No minimum time on the job.
- 100 multiple-choice questions, 120 minutes
- Timed online exam with an integrity attestation
- Covers the software life cycle, basic systems architecture and delivery fundamentals
- Unique certificate ID with a public registry record
- Valid for three years; renew with 30 Technical Development Units
CTP® — Certified Technical Practitioner
For tech leads and engineering managers with 3–7 years of experience.
- 150 scenario-based questions, 180 minutes
- Timed online exam with an integrity attestation
- Tests system design, risk and sprint governance
- Unique certificate ID with a public registry record
What this credential is, and is not
IICTP is a new, independent credential. It is not accredited under ISO/IEC 17024, and we do not promise jobs or employer recognition. What you get is an exam, a certificate with a unique ID, and a public record anyone can check.
Everything You Need to Know
How does an employer verify my IICTP credential?
Who writes and reviews the exam questions?
What if I am a student or recent graduate?
Why vendor-neutral instead of cloud-vendor badges?
Can my employer reimburse this fee?
In a stack of 500 resumes... You are the Purple Cow.
New credential · Not ISO/IEC 17024 accredited · Founding-cohort pricing