Are you facing a Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT) as part of your job application process? Have you made sure to take my free introduction course to cognitive ability tests? Then now it’s time to focus and maximize your score potential with a complete crash course that drills into each topic, includes 4 full-length CCAT practice tests, and also topic-specific drills and winning strategies.
Each lesson in this course focuses on a certain topic and is divided into lectures that drill down into each and every question type seen on the test, accompanied by practice quizzes and solving strategies. Click on the Curriculum tab to see the full course description.
Each of the 4 CCAT practice tests in this crash course includes:
- 50 questions and a 15-minute time limit
- A score report that compares you to other candidates who took the test
- Performance statistics – showing how you perform on each question type per topic
- Explanations per question including solving tips
- Test-taking strategies
- Similar format as seen on the real test
Over 100 extra practice questions are grouped into short drills that review the most important topics on this test. Those questions are accompanied by insightful explanations that will speed up your response times and will assist in your overall test performance.
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Disclaimer: 12minprep is not affiliated nor belongs to Criteria Corp which are the owners of the CCAT test. This website solely provides information on how to prepare for cognitive ability tests.
Course Content
Curriculum
- Lecture 2. 1
- Lecture 2. 2
- Lecture 2. 3
- Lecture 4. 1
- Lecture 4. 2
- Lecture 4. 3
- Lecture 5. 1
- Lecture 5. 2
- 50 questions and a 15-minute time limit
- A score report that compares you to other candidates who took the test
- Performance statistics - showing how you perform on each question type per topic
- Explanations per question including solving tips
- Test-taking strategies
- Similar format as seen on the real test
1. Very useful
2. Includes just the topics needed for CCAT
I used both the free and the paid course. The sources listed for training different topics really helped find techniques to solve problems quickly.
I was able to solve most types of questions. Time was my only issue. The time was running out by the time I reached 35 to 36 questions.
Gideon offered me a coaching session which was very helpful. The best tip he gave me was to find a way to recognise questions that need a lot of time and skip them after marking an answer with an educated guess, or random guess.
After this, I found a way to skip time consuming questions and was able to see upto 45 questions and later improved my timing to see all 50. It boosted my score to 37.
Highly recommend.
Fast track to successful pass your CCAT. Well explained and very interesting. My warmest recommendations.
Thank you, This helped me to place in the Top 9% in CCAT for Crossover
This is a great course at a great price. At the beginning of the course I was averaging maybe a 24 of 50 correct. The tips and tricks in this course helped me to get to a 30 average on the practice test. The videos and explanations are very helpful. I tried another course around the same price and they do not provide this level of detail. Plus I was able to get guidance from Gideon himself which was very helpful. I highly recommend this course as it is a well rounded instruction of how to prepare and what to expect. Thanks Gideon!
Dear Gideon,
You have a good collection of practice tests as well as theoretical explanations in your test sections.
However, I faced roadblocks along the way, some of which I have pointed out below:
1. lowest value – no answers or hints, which made it useless to even do it.
2. I used the “Need Help?” chat section, but I never received any help or even a response. As such, I was confused about certain aspects of the tests and certain problem-solving methodology right from the start and didn’t know how to get it clarified with you.
3. Few quizzes / drills are not marked as completed properly, which made it confusing when I got back after a few breaks.
4. Question 4 and 16 of Odd-one-out drill do not have any shapes but only the answer options
5. In the Shape series lecture, no shape diagram is shown to explain the “size” topic
As such and quite unfortunately, my experience has not been good with the course that I purchased for about $43 CAD (FOREX charges included). I never mind paying for services but I do expect a good experience and support, which I found unsatisfactory here.
Dear Jovin,
I am sorry you were disappointed with the service. I’ve refunded your purchase in full as part of my 100% satisfaction guarantee. However, please refer to the points below which address the issues you’ve raised:
1. This is not true. The lowest value does in fact include detailed explanations per question. Upon submission, you have the chance to review and read all explanations, similar to how it’s done on the full-length practice tests.
2. I did find one unattended questions from 7 days ago, regarding a specific work rate problem. I am sorry you did not receive a response and I’ll check why that happened.
3. It is the user who needs to mark a quiz as complete upon submission and review, the system will not do this automatically.
4. I’m not able to recreate this and it could have been a temporary internet connection slowness issue on any of the sides (website or yours).
5. I’ll add an example there, that’s a good idea
I hope the course helped you overall and that you got the score you wished for.
Sincerely,
Gideon
This CCAT course has excellent content and pricing, and I found much improvement after familiarizing myself with Gideon’s preparatory materials. If you’re like me with crippling insecurity over test-taking—buy this course! Your anxiety will slowly start to dissipate with any practice you get in.
Due to the pandemic, Gideon also generously offered a free coaching session to those who purchase this course and is a positive, practical guide who truly wants to see you succeed.
12MINPREP is the most helpful and professional resource I was able to find for preparing for the CCAT and other exams. The content quality is top notch, the test question examples and explanations are fantastic and the technical and coaching support provided is heads above the rest. 12minprep provides a free class that may be enough for some people as well as a plethora of reasonably price paid offerings, backed up by 1:1 coaching if needed. Having tried other paid web sites, I found them to be full of typos, poorly worded and incorrect explanations with bad support. I highly recommend 12MINPREP.
Scored 94th percentile with two days of practice here. This is a great platform to enhance your abilities.
Course material and mock tests are well designed with thoughtful solution explanations. This plus Gideon’s personalized coaching style differentiate his training from other trainers. If you can only pick one trainer, make him your choice.
I’m fully satisfied with the course as I was with the free one I took first. Lecturers are well structured and tips help a lot. I had a good practice with the different drills and tests. When it came to the real one, I felt perfectly prepared. I strongly recommend.
The preparation was very helpful. I took the third test about 10 minutes to the start of my real test to drive my confidence and verify that I was able to quickly determine whether I could solve a problem in time.
I used it in preparation for a proctored CCAT and it helped greatly. I scored 42 which according to Crossover ‘put me in the 97 percentile’.
I totally recommend it.
It’s not without its issues though, like the site sometimes failed to submit tests and some of the abstract reasoning problems that had more than one valid solution. Nothing deal-breaking though.
Giving it 5 stars.
Great course, tips, and practice tests and Gideon was quick to answer specific questions. Highly recommend
Very good course and tests, Value for money.
Wish there could be more tests or additional CCAT test package to purchase.
Very very good prep to the CCAT.
I passed the real test for 37 (89 percentile) after having a two-day practice and personal training with Gideon!
Thank you.
This is a really good well-structured course that I can recommend to any candidate who is going to take any CCAT test. And the coaching session was really good to get to know the gaming strategy that we need to adapt to crack the test. Highly Recommended.
This course really helped me prepare for the CCAT and I would not have scored above the required level if it hadn’t been for this course and Gideon. He was very available and helped me to focus on weak areas as well as prepare for the test. I highly recommend this course!
Hi, i did google for a couple of resources and decided for this one. I am impressed by the trainer and content. The free course was very helpful and I almost only paid for the full course to say thank you. If you are in the same situation as me and you have to do the CCAT for a new job then look no further…
Hi,
I took this course to help prepare for the CCAT(Criteria Corp) exam. I had 5 days to prepare. For the first 3 days I used another course(iPrep) and then I came across 12minprep. I practiced the exams and went through course material, finding it useful. The actual questions on my CCAT exam were pretty similar to the ones on this course’s practice exams. Honestly, the questions on the CCAT exam felt easier. I needed a 31/50 for the company I interviewed with. I’d say my performance on the practice tests was a good measure of how I performed on the actual exam. Note: I do not have the result as of now.
If I had to make a suggestion I would say that having more practice tests would be awesome(maybe 6 or more).
Thanks Gideon!
It was super helpful and worth every $!
Gideon helped me and encouraged me personally on his own time and resources.
Fully recommend to take this prep before CCAT.
Thanks.
I just completed the CCAT and this course was VERY valuable in preparing me for it. The drills are great and practice tests were so helpful. Overall this was a great value and I would recommend.
I took this course and passed the exam to qualify for a Senior level position interview. Strongly recommended!
Took this course and passed the exam (did not pass it before). Great!!! Thank you!!!
Very helpful!
Great site for CCAT preparation. It helped me to be in the top 5% of the applicants. I found a few bugs in these tests, reported those and the response was very fast. I recommend this course if you need to do a CCAT test.
I am terrible at math and did not meet the threshold of a passing CCAT score for a prospective employer. Luckily, I was afforded a retake. So I started practicing with the free Cognitive Ability Practice Test, took 12min prep’s CCAT Cram Prep Course and attended a few of Gideon’s one-on-one tutorials. Through the learning process with 12min prep, I was able to improve my score by 25% and pass the retake! I highly recommend this course if you need to prep for the CCAT. Kristin
Excellent site for CCAT preparation, well worth the money for the explanations, tips and techniques. Also, I have to praise the personal attention I received when I had questions via the chat app. I highly recommend using this site!
I liked the overall course material and lectures. However, when it came time of me to practice the mock tests none of them had the question number assigned to the question. Like another user said it was a list of questions which was disappointing as I wanted to time myself on time spent per question. I specifically bought this course so I could practice this, hence the low rating.
Dear Kristen,
Gideon here, I just read your feedback and I was sorry to hear you experienced this question numbering issue on the mock tests. Thanks to your comment, I discovered a temporary layout bug that started on the 13th (a day before you purchased the course), which got the test’s timer display to hide the question’s numbering/position on some browsers. Had you contacted me as it happened, I would have fixed it straight away. I have also fixed the bug and the tests are now displaying the question position as they did before.
In any case, I have just refunded your purchase in full and I hope that apart from that glitch, you did find my course helpful.
Any additional feedback would be most welcome.
Sincerely,
Gideon
Very helpful in exam preparation
Excellent material for preparing and practicing!
PROS **
Did these CCAT tests helped me?
Yes. I could not have done it without some preparatory tests. Just one test, the free one, was not enough. I benefited from the training resources listed in the video lessons. I was in need of the actual series of tests to max up my speed.
Was the CCAT tests sufficient?
Yes, for my purpose of preparing for just one job evaluation.
Is it good value for money compared to the competition?
Yes, it costs only 1/3 of other tests from more established firms. However it is good value only for a one-off job assessment. I would not use it again, as the package contains only three tests, that’s all. But, hey, I needed it only once to get into a job interview.
CONS **
The second test does not follow the proper format, which is to force us to click on a submit button to move to the next test. It was instead a list questions. this was unfortunate as I needed to tests specifically to train myself on skipping to the next questions every 20 seconds. Test #1 and #3 were properly formatted, Test #2 was not. A minor point for most people I am sure, but I remove one star because of the issue.
There were also some minor mistakes in the tests themselves, nothing dramatic, but still unfortunate.
* Mistakes in at least two abstract tests where a different answer can be reached using a different (and valid) set of visual rules. I noticed one in lesson 2 and one in lesson 3.
* Mistake in a “series of letters” in lesson 3. The 4 options are incorrect and do not follow the proper rule as described in the explanation once the test is completed (jump +4)
Dear Raph,
Thanks for the constructive feedback.
1. I’ve just fixed the second test’s format issue. I don’t know how this even got about to change, as all tests were designed in the same way, but it’s a valid point and it’s now been fixed.
2. As for the mistakes you found in specific questions, I will contact you privately to try and locate them and fix them accordingly.
3. I’ve also now refunded half the amount you paid to compensate for the inconvenience you experienced.
Sincerely,
Gideon
In combination with the free introductory course, the cram prep is an excellent course to get ready for the CCAT! 👍👍
Amazing, relevant and easy to understand course.
MUST start with the free introduction course for best results.
I managed to hit about 70% mark in 2 weeks preparation but better allow as much time as possible.
The team is very responsive and professional and I can’t wait to work with them again.
Great Preparation, recommended 🙂
Scored in the 90th percentile on actual test, was very pleased. I didn’t have time for the lessons so I only took 2 of the practice tests, they did a really nice job practicing question types and getting me in a rhythm for the actual test.
Its a good platform for enhancing and recovering ability of self
very relevant