Neo4j has launched its 1000th certified professional, Gábor Szárnyas, a Featured Community Member, and has updated its certification program to reflect the new features introduced in Neo4j 3.x series. The certification test consists of 80 questions that must be answered within an hour, with a score of 80% or higher required for passing, and is free for all candidates. To prepare for the test, candidates can use resources such as long-lived topics like graph database basics, property graph model specifics, Cypher syntax, and data modeling problems, as well as new features in Neo4j 3.x series. A link to an official certificate can be obtained by sending an email to [email protected] for those who have already passed the test.