This course contains the use of artificial intelligence

The APTD exam gives you 115 workplace scenarios, 2 hours and four options that all sound reasonable.

Most prep courses give you practice tests. This one teaches every capability on video, then drills it in exam trainers, study games and a full mock exam.

You already run training sessions and build courses, so the exam looks familiar on paper. Then you read a scenario: a manager, a learning request, a program that did not change anything, and four sensible next steps. The Associate Professional in Talent Development exam tests applied judgment across 22 capabilities, not definitions. You need to name the model behind a situation, choose between ADDIE and SAM on purpose and evaluate impact beyond a reaction form. A bank of practice questions tells you that you picked the wrong option. It rarely tells you why the other three fail, and it gives you nothing to use at work the next morning. Meanwhile every program you launch without a needs assessment or an evaluation plan is a program nobody can defend when budgets are cut.

After this course you read a scenario and see which capability is really being tested. You know how the three domains are weighted, 20, 50 and 30 percent, and which one costs you the most points. You design programs from outcome statements, pick the modality on purpose, coach with a structure and show the value of training in dollars. You walk into the exam with a readiness score by domain and a study plan built on your gaps, and you keep a working talent development kit that makes your everyday L&D work stronger.

The course is built and taught by Mike Pritula:

• Started his career in learning as a trainer at Alfa-Bank, then at STB, a StarLightMedia TV channel, headed recruitment and onboarding and became HR Director

• 1,000+ training sessions delivered over his career

• #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 2,000,000+ students on Udemy

• PHRi and SHRM-CP certified, HRCI representative in Eastern Europe

• 20 years of hands-on practice at Wargaming, Preply, iDeals and Starlightmedia

The course follows the three domains of the exam in the order of the content outline, and every lesson comes with its own interactive exam trainer: 12 scenario questions in the exam format, four options and one best answer, with an instant explanation and a retry of the questions you missed. Study games for every lesson, with flashcards, a memory game and a timed match game, lock in the models, terms and names before you move on. First you cover personal capability: communication, emotional intelligence, leadership, project management and compliance. Then you spend five lessons on professional capability, half of the exam: learning sciences, instructional design, training delivery and technology, coaching and career development, and evaluating impact with four levels and ROI. Next you move to organizational capability: needs assessment, performance improvement, talent, culture, change and data. Finally you calculate your readiness score and sit a full mock exam: 115 new questions in the proportions of the three domains, a 2-hour timer, flags, a review screen and a score report by domain with a readiness zone. Every practice question is written for this course; there are no real exam questions or dumps. Everything interactive opens in any browser, on a phone too.

This is an independent course. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the Association for Talent Development (ATD) or ATD Certification Institute. APTD and CPTD are registered trademarks of ATD Certification Institute.

What's included:

• Lifetime access to all materials

• Active instructor support in Q&A

• Udemy Certificate of Completion

• A practical assignment on your own work in every lesson

• 9 interactive exam trainers with 108 scenario questions and explanations

• Study games for every lesson: flashcards, memory and timed match

• A 115-question mock exam with a 2-hour timer and a score report by domain

• A working talent development kit: model cards, learning project plan, learning theory map, design document, modality and technology picker, coaching script, evaluation plan with ROI calculator, needs assessment and readiness scorecard

• A section with additional courses, tools and resources

Companies are cutting learning budgets that cannot show results, and the L&D professionals who can prove impact are the ones who keep their programs and move up. Every month you wait is another month of guessing on scenarios and launching programs you cannot defend.

Enroll now and start your first lesson today.