Wonderlic test

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Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT-R)

Type	Multiple choice
Administrator	Wonderlic, Inc.
Skills tested	Math, vocabulary, and reasoning
Purpose	Assessing cognitive ability and problem-solving aptitude of prospective employees
Year started	1936 (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 and at agencies of the U.S. Federal Government
Variants	Wonderlic Personnel Test – Quicktest (WPT-Q); Wonderlic Scholastic Level Exam (SLE); WonScore; Wonderlic Select
Website	www.wonderlic.com

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 1936 by Eldon F. Wonderlic. It consists of 50 multiple choice questions to be answered in 12 minutes. 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.

The Wonderlic Personnel Test was based on the Otis Self-Administering Test of Mental Ability with the goal of creating a short-form measurement of cognitive ability.

In 2015, Wonderlic introduced WonScore, a cloud-based assessment platform that expanded upon the Wonderlic Personnel Test by incorporating personality and motivation measures alongside cognitive ability testing for personnel selection and workforce evaluation. Later, Wonderlic materials referred to the platform as Wonderlic Select, which continued to incorporate cognitive ability, personality, and motivation assessments within a broader employment assessment system.