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From: glen walker
Date: Nov 8, 2022 10:32AM

I agree with Steve that many (most?) companies, even some accessibility
testing companies, don't know how to evaluate a potential candidate so they
rely on a person having a certification to help with that process. I've
known really good accessibility testers that don't have a certification and
conversely, unfortunately, I've known testers that aren't very good that
have a certification.

The process of getting certified will probably help you. That is, studying
the "body of knowledge" documents on the IAAP website can help you learn.

Frankly, the only reason I got certified was because companies that didn't
know about accessibility were making it a requirement to be certified in
order to get an interview. I got tired of explaining my real world
experience rather than the answers on an exam in order to get an
interview. I studied for the CPACC because there's a lot of good general
information there but I'm a little embarrassed to say I did not study for
the WAS. I was relying on my practical experience to pass the exam (which
worked for me).