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History of the Wonderlic Personnel Test
Created in the 1930's, the Wonderlic Personnel Test is a cognitive ability test that measures general cognitive ability in the areas of math, vocabulary, and reasoning. As a graduate student in the psychology department at Northwestern University, Wonderlic developed the first short-form cognitive ability test, the Wonderlic Personnel Test. It was created and distributed from his home.

Originally designed to aid in employee selection processes, the Wonderlic Personnel Test has also been used by both the United States Armed Forces and the National Football League for selection purposes. During World War II, the Navy began using the Wonderlic Personnel Test to select candidates for pilot training and navigation. In the 1970s Tom Landry, former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, was the first to use the Wonderlic Personnel Test to predict player performance. It is still used in the annual NFL Combine as a form of pre-draft assessment.

Also beginning in the 1970s, Wonderlic began developing other forms of the Wonderlic Personnel Test as well as many other types of assessments. There are currently 30 tests offered by Wonderlic, Inc.