Passing the GH-300 GitHub Copilot certification

Passing the GH-300 GitHub Copilot certification

Today I passed the GH-300: GitHub Copilot certification.

I’ve spent a few evenings over the summer preparing for it, mainly by following the official GH-300 study guide on Microsoft Learn and working through the two self-paced learning paths:

• GitHub Copilot Fundamentals Part 1
• GitHub Copilot Fundamentals Part 2

The certification itself is classified as intermediate level, which I think is a fair description — although the breadth of the exam surprised me a little.

Some areas are very straightforward, especially if you already use GitHub Copilot regularly. Other questions go surprisingly deep into specific features and scenarios that you may only have encountered if you have actually worked with that particular part of the product.

That also means that practical experience matters.

You can learn a lot from the Microsoft Learn material, and I would definitely recommend following the official study guide, but having spent time using GitHub Copilot in real development workflows makes a noticeable difference.

For me, that is also what makes certifications like this useful. The interesting part is not really the exam itself, but using the preparation as an opportunity to explore parts of a technology that you may not normally use in your day-to-day work.

If you are considering taking GH-300 yourself, want to know more about what the exam covers, or are looking at related certifications, feel free to reach out.

You can find the official certification information here:

GH-300: GitHub Copilot certification

And yes — the next certification is coming up soon.

More about that later 😃