The Wonderlic Test

Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Career by Gary

The Wonderlic Personnel Test is an intelligence test primarily known for being administered to prospective employees for the purposes of recruitment, placement, development and retention. The Wonderlic is a 12 minute, 50 question exam to assess aptitude for learning a job and adapting to solve problems for employees in a wide range of occupations. The score is calculated as the number of correct answers given in the allotted time. A score of 20 is intended to indicate average intelligence. Perfect score is 50. A score of 10 suggests you are at least literate.

Examples of average scores from everyday professions:

Chemist - 31
Programmer - 29
Journalist - 26
Sales - 24
Average person - 24
Bank teller - 22
Clerical worker - 21
Football player - 20
Security guard - 17
Warehouse worker - 15

Source: Wikipedia 

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