LLM Fine-Tuning Prep Certification
Building instruction datasets that survive dedupe, balance and leakage checks.
What this certification covers
LLM Fine-Tuning Prep sits in the Prompt Engineering & LLM track (Expert). You read 3 written modules in order — each one has to be completed before the next opens — then sit a ten-question exam marked on our servers against a fixed answer key. Pass at 80% and the certificate is issued.
01Instruction pairs65 min
- Write pairs with one clear target
- Cover the failure cases
02Dataset hygiene70 min
- Deduplicate near-identical items
- Balance the distribution
03Evaluation split60 min
- Carve a held-out split
- Run a leakage check
Concepts tested
Instruction pair
A prompt and its single unambiguous target response.
Dataset dedupe
Removing near-identical items that would distort training weight.
Distribution balance
Coverage across task types, lengths and difficulty rather than volume.
Held-out split
Data reserved for evaluation and never seen in training.
Leakage check
Searching the training set for evaluation items before the run.
How to get certified
- 1. Create a free account — no card, no payment at signup.
- 2. Read the 3 modules in order and mark each complete.
- 3. Sit the ten-question exam. Retakes are free.
- 4. If you pass, pay $99 once to unlock the signed certificate.