Practice for employer tests
Wonderlic-style practice test (unofficial): 50 questions in 12 minutes
Unofficial practice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Wonderlic. Original questions in a 50-question, 12-minute mixed format.
50 questions · 12 minutes
Short answer: the cognitive ability part of Wonderlic Select has 50 questions in 12 minutes, and Wonderlic says test takers are not expected to complete them all; it adds that a calculator will not significantly improve results. This page is unofficial practice at that pace with original MyTestAtlas questions. It reports how many you got right and how far you got, not a Wonderlic score or a percentile.
Source, read 17 October 2026: Wonderlic says the timed part of Wonderlic Select contains 50 questions in 12 minutes, that test takers are not expected to complete all of them, and that using a calculator will not significantly improve testing results.
How this format works
The paper deals 50 questions on one 12-minute clock, about 14 seconds each, with every kind of question mixed together rather than in sections. This paper uses no calculator and no dictionary: the numbers are small, and the clock tests how quickly you choose what to work out.
Wonderlic does not publish a split between kinds of question, so the mix here is our choice, weighted towards the short numerical items that reward working in your head:
- 12 × short word problems: percentages, ratios, averages, rates
- 8 × number series
- 10 × letter series
- 8 × figure series: which tile comes next
- 12 × following a short instruction exactly
This paper has no vocabulary questions, such as word meanings or opposites; a mixed employer test may include them, so check your invitation. Practise those with the vocabulary test and verbal analogies.
The format in brief
- Published format
- Wonderlic says the timed part of Wonderlic Select contains 50 questions in 12 minutes, that test takers are not expected to complete all of them, and that using a calculator will not significantly improve testing results.
- What this copies
- The pace and the mix of question kinds, on its own clock. Never stretched.
- What it does not copy
- The questions, the scoring, and any percentile or norm group.
- Sittings
- 50 questions · 12 minutes.
- Whose test
- Unofficial practice; not affiliated with or endorsed by Wonderlic. Original questions.
Three quick questions, worked
Fourteen seconds each is the target. Try each in your head before reading the answer.
Arithmetic in words
A train leaves at 9:40 and the trip takes 85 minutes. When does it arrive?
Answer: 11:05. 85 minutes is 1 hour 25 minutes, and 9:40 plus 1:25 is 11:05.
A letter series
What comes next: B, E, H, K, …?
Answer: N. Each letter is three on from the one before: K, then L, M, N.
A percentage in your head
A jacket costs $80 and is reduced by 15%. What does it cost now?
Answer: $68. 10% of $80 is $8 and 5% is $4, so 15% is $12, and $80 − $12 = $68.
Twelve minutes for fifty questions
Fourteen seconds a question is faster than most people can read and work every item, and Wonderlic says test takers are not expected to finish. Take the quick ones first in your stride and do not let one long question eat a minute.
Short arithmetic is where time goes. Round a messy figure to check which option is close before you work it exactly; often only one option is near enough.
What the result tells you
You see how many you got right, which question you reached, your pace against the 14-second allowance, and every question again with its working.
It is not a Wonderlic score. There is no norm group behind these questions, so there is no percentile, no pass mark and no estimate of a real score.
Questions people ask
Is this the Wonderlic test?
No. It is unofficial practice at the published pace, with original questions. Wonderlic is not involved and has not reviewed it.
Will I finish?
Probably not, and that is expected. Practise keeping a steady pace and skipping a question that stalls.
Can I use a calculator?
Not on this paper. Wonderlic says a calculator will not significantly improve results, and the numbers here are small enough to work without one.