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Wonderlic Personnel Test
Abilities assessed in only - 12 minutes
Scores are highly related to an applicant's ability to: - Learn specific
job duties Solve problems Understand instructions Apply knowledge to new situations Benefit from specific job training
WPT first used - by the Navy during WWII to select candidates for pilot training and navigation
During civil rights movement of 60s and 70s - concerns were about it being racially-biased
Wonderlic, Inc. investigated to validity of the WPT across several racial and ethnic groups - These studies, along w government and academic research, demonstrated that the WPT is NOT biased against any racial or ethnic group
latest version known as the - "Wonderlic Contemporary Cognitive Ability Test"
50 items arranged in order of - increasing difficulty
types of problems include - Analogies General math Analysis of geometric figures Disarranged sentences Vocabulary
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