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Type | Multiple choice |
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Administrator | Wonderlic, Inc. |
Skills tested | Math, vocabulary, and reasoning |
Purpose | Assessing cognitive ability and problem-solving aptitude of prospective employees |
Year started | 1936 |
Duration | 12 minutes |
Score range | 0–50 (1 point per question; score of 20 intended to represent average intelligence) |
Languages | 12 different languages |
Used by | Prospective employers; notably administered at the NFL Scouting Combine |
Variants | Wonderlic Personnel Test – Quicktest (WPT-Q); Wonderlic Scholastic Level Exam (SLE); WonScore |
Website | www |
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Psychology |
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The Wonderlic Contemporary Cognitive Ability Test (formerly the Wonderlic Personnel Test) is an assessment used to measure the cognitive ability and problem-solving aptitude of prospective employees for a range of occupations. The test was created in 1939 by Eldon F. Wonderlic. It consists of 50 multiple choice questions to be answered in 12 minutes.[1][2][3] The score is calculated as the number of correct answers given in the allotted time, and a score of 20 is intended to indicate average intelligence.[2]
The most recent version of the test is WonScore, a cloud-based assessment providing a score to potential employers.[4][5] The Wonderlic test was based on the Otis Self-Administering Test of Mental Ability with the goal of creating a short form measurement of cognitive ability.[1][3][6] It may be termed as a quick IQ test.[7]