How difficult is the CAPM® exam for beginners without project experience?

I’m planning to start my project management career and recently started looking into the CAPM® certification. The problem is I don’t have any real world project management experience yet, so I’m wondering how difficult the exam actually is for complete beginners.

Most of the people I see online already seem to have some project exposure before taking the exam. Can someone without hands on experience realistically pass the CAPM® exam with proper study preparation alone?

I’d also like to know what study materials helped the most, how long beginners usually prepare, and whether practice exams are enough to understand the situational questions. Any advice from people who passed CAPM® as beginners would really help.