Study Aids & Add-ons
SHRM offers several supplemental resource options as companion resources to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge (SHRM BASK) and the SHRM Learning System as you prepare for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP exams. Take your preparation to the next level with these materials to ensure you are fully prepared for your SHRM certification examination experience.
Along with using the SHRM Learning System and the SHRM BASK, we encourage all certification seekers to take advantage of these additional resources to help supplement your study.
Complete your preparation journey by gaining key insights into how the SHRM exams are constructed, discovering which study approach is right for you, ways to manage test anxiety, understanding test center security protocols, and numerous other test-taking tips, traits, and tidbits that will allow you to maximize your preparedness.
Certification Exam Previews
Explore SHRM’s exam preview app-based tools to discover which certification level—SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP—is right for you!
Unlock your confidence and evaluate your readiness with SHRM Certification Exam Previews—your ultimate companion for both SHRM certification exams. Designed from previous exams, these previews are tailored to the globally recognized SHRM BASK® framework, providing a comprehensive approach to mastering HR knowledge, competencies, and situational judgment items.
Determine whether SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP is the best fit, and enhance your readiness with detailed performance feedback, sub-competency insights, and expert rationales for every answer.
To Boost Your Confidence
- Evaluate your current readiness and certification fit.
- Identify strengths and opportunities across all SHRM BASK sub-competency areas.
- Practice applying HR judgment in realistic, workplace-specific situations.
- Compare your responses with answer rationales and expert-validated solutions.
- Deepen your understanding of how SHRM exams assess situational judgment decision-making.
The Ace Your SHRM Certification Exam Guide*
The Ace Your SHRM Certification Exam, Third Edition offers a short, but powerful guide to help demystify the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® certification exams complete with:
- Updates to reflect how the SHRM BASK is used as the blueprint for the certification exams.
- Researched best practices for studying based on actual examinee feedback.
- Ensure test day readiness at your selected Prometric test center.
- Proven strategies for managing test anxiety.
- Guides to terminology and acronyms, and much more!
*This study guide is FREE with the SHRM Learning System as one of the companion study resources.
Includes 50 unique SHRM exam retired practice items, including scenario-based Situational Judgment items with difficulty feedback, key labeling, and a short description that provides the rationale for the correct answer.
Preparing for the SHRM-CP & SHRM-SCP Exam Workbooks
SHRM credential seekers will gain first-hand exposure to the types of questions they will encounter on the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP exams.
All retired-exam questions were developed and validated by a global network of HR expert volunteers, all active SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP credential holders.
Each workbook includes seventy (70) unique recently administered now-retired SHRM test items. It includes information about the item's difficulty and the rationales to explain why the Keyed response is scored as correct for both Knowledge and Situational Judgment Items.
Free Practice Questions
Try a few real, retired exam items for free! These SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP practice items are real exam questions that appeared on exams in previous years and are now retired. Each set features 10 complimentary exam questions, giving you experience answering the types of questions found on the SHRM certification exams. Each is designed to reflect the eligibility and experience reflected on the corresponding exam.