The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a 12 minute, 50 question IQ test used to test the aptitude of potential employees for learning abilities and problem solving skills in a wide range of occupations. The Wonderlic score is calculated by dividing the correct answers by the amount of questions asked in the allotted time frame.

A new version was released in January 2007 called the Wonderlic Personnel Test - Revised. It contains questions deemed more appropriate to the 21st century. A Wonderlic score of 20 is intended to indicate average intelligence (corresponding to an intelligence quotient of 100; a rough conversion is accomplished via the following formula: IQ = 2WPT + 60

The Wonderlic Personnel Test is widely recognized in the National Football League (NFL) as a tool for coaches to rate players mental abilities and the results combined with their other physical skills helps coaches to get a better overall picture of a NFL players abilities.

Former professional football player and sports icon, Howie Long stated that The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a "cake walk" compared to the college SAT Test. He went on to say that it is more or less "a test that reflects how well you can think on your feet." That is a well put analogy of the Wonderlic test since the sport of football requires players the ability to think creatively and respond to changing situations on the playing field and act accordingly.