zeroflaw.. sorry to hear that, failing leads to success, you will get it sooner or later . I am planning to join OSCP sometime this year, even though i've seen scary reviews all around about the exam. (this is not one of them :p)

A few questions to who ever took this course, do they teach you python or C? I am trying to improve my programming skills in Assembly (also memory mapping) + C before entering the OSCP, that actually helped me understanding Buffer Overflow concepts, do you guys have to program or something during the exam?

Cheers!

You're welcome to write code in any language, but for the course, they focus on python and shell scripting. If you prefer perl, ruby, or whatever else, that's fine too. You should know some shell scripting anyway as you'll be interacting with Linux machines, so being able to quickly script something is ideal.

just curious do we need to write buffer overfow (shellcode) in exam to get root shell?

Have you done the exam how did it go ? any tips for other that may be taking the exam soon??

Before your exam starts you'll receive an exam guide which contains information about what's prohibited to use.

I think the best way to prep is just to dive in and start. It's part of the experience to figure it all out as you go along.

In my review I gave some general advice regarding the exam. It's also worth to read other reviews on the exam to pick up some more details and recommendations.