This document provides tips for taking the OSCP certification exam, focusing on reconnaissance, exploitation, and pivoting. It recommends aggressively scanning all ports with NMAP, using tools like Dirbuster for web enumeration, and saving all findings. Exploitation advice includes using Searchsploit and Metasploit carefully according to exam rules, and getting comfortable with buffer overflows. The document also suggests scripting commonly used exploits, thoroughly pillaging compromised systems, and pivoting networks through SSH port forwarding or ProxyChains. Organizing notes and completing the required lab report are also emphasized.