Infoblox and the CCAT: a pass/fail gate before you meet anyone

Infoblox and the CCAT at a glance

Check your score against Infoblox

The numbers below use our estimate for Infoblox: a range of 26 to 32 out of 50 with a target of 29. Nothing is saved. If you ask Clever below, it sees your numbers.

Roles at Infoblox reported to include the CCAT

Where the CCAT sits in Infoblox's hiring process

1. 1

   Recruiter contact (typical)

   A recruiter screen typically comes first.

2. 2

   CCAT (pass/fail)

   Candidates report the CCAT as a pass/fail step. Clear it and you move on; miss it and the process usually ends there.

3. 3

   Face-to-face interviews

   Candidates who pass report moving on to interviews with the team.

Steps are as candidates describe them. Processes change by role and over time.

What pass/fail changes about your strategy

Infoblox is a network security company known for DNS, DHCP and IP address management software. Candidates say its CCAT is pass/fail: either you clear the bar and get to interviews, or you do not. Nobody at the interview is weighing a 38 against a 31.

That makes this a risk problem, not a race. You want the score that clears the bar on an ordinary day, with room for a bad question or two. Steady, accurate answers on the types you know beat a gamble on finishing all 50.

The last screen before you meet the team

Because the test comes before face-to-face interviews, it is the last thing between you and a conversation with the people you would work with. If you have a strong background, it is easy to treat the CCAT as a formality and take it on a phone between meetings. That is how strong candidates miss a pass/fail gate.

Take it on a laptop, in one sitting, at a time when you are alert. The picture questions in particular are slower on a small screen.

Spatial and logic: the engineer's blind spot

Engineering candidates usually find the math comfortable. The slower items tend to be rotated tiles, matrices and if-then logic statements, which look simple and hide one trap each: a rotation that is really a mirror, or a conclusion that does not follow from the rule.

• Rotation: track one corner, not the whole tile.
• If-then rules run one way. Knowing the result does not tell you the cause.
• Mirror images are the most common wrong answer on rotation questions.

How much margin is enough

Your practice scores will move a few points from one attempt to the next, even when nothing has changed. A bad question set, a slow start or a tired afternoon can cost two or three points. If your practice average sits right at our estimated target, a normal bad day leaves you below it.

So aim to average a few points above the target before you take the test, across several timed runs, not one good one. If you are well clear, stop practicing and take it. If you are close, spend a day on the question types that cost you the most time and run one more timed set.

Question types to drill first

• RotationsQuick points once you track a single corner, and a common place to lose a pass/fail margin to a mirror-image trap.Spatial reasoning with worked examples
• If-then logicTechnical candidates rush these. One rule about direction prevents most errors.Syllogisms with worked examples
• Number seriesShort, pattern-based and fast for engineers, so they pad your margin above the bar.Number series with worked examples

Practice questions in the same formats

These are our own practice questions, written in the CCAT's formats. Infoblox does not publish its test questions, and neither does Criteria. For a full timed run, take the free CCAT practice test.

Tips for the Infoblox CCAT

• Aim to clear the bar with a margin. On a pass/fail test, accuracy matters more than finishing.
• Do not treat the CCAT as a formality just because you have a strong background.
• Take it on a laptop in one sitting. Spatial items are slower on a phone.
• On rotation questions, follow one corner of the tile and rule out mirror images first.
• On if-then items, check the direction of the rule before choosing True.

How we estimate

Infoblox does not publish a CCAT score, so the numbers on this page are our estimate. We start from Criteria's published job-family floors for the roles candidates report, then place them against Criteria's two norm groups, where the median raw score is 24. We adjust for how competitive the applicant pool is, and we use an employer's own published baseline whenever one exists.

Percentiles come from a normal model on Criteria's published median and standard deviations, shown as a range across both groups. See the CCAT percentile chart for the method and what a good CCAT score is for the published job-family floors.

Clever Cat Prep is not affiliated with Infoblox or Criteria Corp. Infoblox is a trademark of its owner.