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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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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]
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- ^ a b Pollick, Michael. "What is the Wonderlic Personnel Test". www.wisegeek.com. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ^ a b Wonderlic, E. F.; Hovland, C. I. (December 1939). "The Personnel Test: a restandardized abridgment of the Otis S–A test for business and industrial use". Journal of Applied Psychology. 23 (6): 685–702. doi:10.1037/h0056432.
- ^ "WonScore by Wonderlic Review" Finances Online. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Newton Partners With Wonderlic for Pre-Hire Assessments" Newton Software. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Kazmier, Leonard J.; Browne, C .J. (1959). "Comparability of Wonderlic Test Forms in Industrial Testing". Journal of Applied Psychology. 43 (2): 129–132. doi:10.1037/h0045688.
- ^ "Personality and Aptitude Career Tests. (2004). "Wonderlic personnel test: A short and quick iq test". personality-and-aptitude-career-tests.com. Retrieved November 20, 2012.