The Quick Base CCAT Test
Last updated: September 2026
Quick Base uses the CCAT — 50 questions in 15 minutes — as an early hiring screen. Candidate reports place the bar around the 70th percentile for many roles. The pacing is the test: ~18 seconds per question, guessing is free, and there is no going back.
Why Quick Base uses the CCAT
Quick Base lets enterprises build their own workflow apps without engineering backlogs — low-code for the operations teams that keep companies running. It joined Vista Equity Partners in 2016, and candidate reports describe the CCAT as the early cognitive screen in the portfolio's standardized playbook.
What the test looks like
- 50 questions, 15 minutes — about 18 seconds per question, and almost nobody finishes all 50
- Verbal: synonyms, sentence logic, true/false statement analysis
- Numerical: word problems, number series, ratios, averages — no calculator
- Spatial: figure series, matrices, pattern recognition under rotation
- Guessing is free (wrong scores the same as blank) and there is no going back once you advance
Roles that report the Quick Base CCAT
- Sales and account roles
- Customer success and solution consulting
- Operations and analyst positions
How to prepare
- Train at full pace. Run complete 50-question sets against a real 15-minute clock — calibration is the entire game.
- Drill mental math. Averages (use the deltas-to-target trick), ratios, and number series without a calculator.
- Learn the spatial pattern families. Figure series rotate, add, and step by increasing amounts — recognizing the family is most of the answer.
- Set a skip rule. Not committed in ~20 seconds? Guess and move. Stuck time is the score killer.
- Never leave a blank. Wrong answers score the same as unanswered ones.
Practice with a free 5-question sample here on TestPrep.me, or run full timed simulations that mirror the 50-question format.
Frequently asked questions
Does Quick Base use the CCAT?
Yes — based on candidate reports, Quick Base uses Criteria's CCAT as an early screen. Formats can change, so confirm the details from your own invitation.
What roles does Quick Base screen with the CCAT?
Reports name sales, customer success, solution consulting, and operations roles. As everywhere, the invitation states whether your role includes the assessment.
What score do I need to pass?
Quick Base doesn't publish a cutoff. Candidate reports for Vista Equity portfolio companies suggest a bar around the 70th percentile — roughly the low 30s out of 50 — with product and strategy roles trending toward the 80th.
Can I retake it?
Retakes are employer-controlled and typically 6–12 months out. Prepare before you start — a retake is not a real strategy.
Preparing for a different employer? See the full list of companies using the CCAT, or our guides for Crossover, Shopify, Vertafore, Finastra, TIBCO, and PowerSchool.