How the plan sets your priorities
Your Candidate Score and Feedback Report shows how you did in each cluster or domain. Use it to rate each one below; the planner doesn't need exact scores. So the planner asks you instead: the clusters and domains you mark as hard start your plan, mixed ones are strengthened, and confident ones get lighter review. Your answers are a self-assessment, not an official result.
Each cluster or domain starts from its share of the exam in the official outline, multiplied by its priority: 3× to start, 2× to strengthen, 1.5× if you leave it blank, and 1× to maintain. A quarter of your time is mixed practice across all clusters and domains. This is Passy’s planning method; it doesn’t estimate a score or a chance of passing.
Retake rules for the SHRM-CP
Retest in a later testing window, not the same one: reapply as a new candidate and pay the full fee; no limit on attempts.
- Testing for the same exam in the same window is prohibited.
- A results review is available for $100 within 30 days of official results; SHRM says no result has changed after review in the last eight years.
- Exam transfer to the next window: once per application, $150 plus any Prometric fee.
- Rescheduling: $45 Prometric fee 30+ days ahead, $60 at 5–29 days, not allowed under 5 calendar days.
Checked against official sources on October 24, 2026.
Next steps
Check your weakest cluster or domain with the free SHRM-CP practice set, or use the SHRM-CP study planner for a first attempt.
Passy is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management). SHRM-CP®, SHRM-SCP®, and SHRM BASK® are registered marks of SHRM and are used here only to identify the exams. Passy practice is original study material and contains no SHRM exam items, sample questions, or SHRM Certification Prep System content.