Hire the Best Candidate the First Time, Every Time
The Wonderlic Select hiring assessments provide comprehensive, job-specific insights into a candidate's fit for a role. Using Wonderlic's multi-measure assessment approach gives HR teams the most accurate prediction of whether their candidate can do the job, wants to do the job, and how they'll do it. This approach gives greater insights into performance and retention.

Assess Your Candidates More Effectively
Give the green light to the right candidate, faster
Find top candidates faster using clear and unbiased insights that make it easy to identify high-potential candidates at every stage of the hiring process. Candidate results are predictive of on-the-job success and simple to understand without any certification required.
Reduce resume review time by 50% - learn more about the ROI of Wonderlic Select.
Say goodbye to generic assessments
Jobs are getting more specialized, requiring HR to screen candidates for the unique business needs of all their roles. Our job-specific results are the best predictor of a candidate's ability to succeed in a role. This makes it easier than ever before for your HR team and hiring managers to find long-term quality hires. No customization is required, so you never have to use job generic insights again.
Predict candidate success
Most assessments only capture personality insights. Wonderlic Select combines multi-measure results into a single score that includes a candidate's abilities, motivators, as well as personality traits. The result is the highest prediction available of which candidates will be top performers in your role.
Make Better Hiring Decisions
Leverage data to predict talent outcomes
Save time and reduce the risk of human error by using technology to analyze large amounts of data, interpret behaviors, and predict outcomes. By relying on predictive insights that are backed by science and job-specific results, you can improve and streamline your hiring process.
Maximize the power of science with a user-friendly experience
The science behind Wonderlic's multi-measure assessments is proven and powerful. Harnessing it is simple. Wonderlic Select combines the results from three assessments into a single score that's easy to understand. This enables HR teams to use their time more effectively.
Wonderlic Select assesses three predictors of job performance:
Cognitive Ability: Can your candidate do the job?
Personality: How will they do the job?
Motivation: Do they want to do the job?
Invest time on the highest-potential candidates sooner
Optimize resume review time by screening out candidates who don't have what it takes to succeed in your role and focusing on the ones who do.
Speed up the time to hire without the need to review every resume.
A single score gives you a yes or no, quickly.
Increase the diversity of your candidate pipeline to enhance DEIB efforts. You can be confident that you won't miss out on high-potential candidates.
Help hiring managers make fair candidate comparisons
Bring an informed, unbiased lens to hiring decisions with a side-by-side look at your candidates.
Use objective data to understand the trade-offs between your finalists.
Customize interviews to focus on relative strengths and opportunities for growth specific to the role.
Leverage job-specific insights from our structured interview guide.
Feel confident that your final decision is the best one
Objective, data-driven decisions get the best results. Select your final candidate knowing you have a comprehensive, in-depth understanding of how they will perform on-the-job.
Predict which final candidate will be a top performer in your role using Wonderlic's comprehensive insights.
Identify the key factors that influence candidate potential specific to the role.
After hiring, support your HR team and managers with customized tips for successful onboarding.
The Wonderlic Advantage
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Frequently Asked Questions
Wonderlic Select is a pre-employment assessment solution that helps organizations identify candidates cognitive ability, motivations, and personality traits that best align with a specific job. Designed for HR teams, hiring managers, and recruiters, Wonderlic Select provides job-specific insights that make it easier to spot top talent, make the right hire, onboard and ramp employees for success, and build stronger, longer-lasting teams.
Wonderlic Select fits seamlessly into your hiring process by delivering job-specific insights at every stage:
- Invite candidates – Send assessment invitations directly through your ATS, HRIS, or the Wonderlic platform.
- Candidates complete the assessment – Job seekers take an online assessment that measures abilities, interests, and personality.
- Review candidate insights – Candidate results are scored against the factors that matter most for the specific role, using Wonderlic’s extensive library of job profiles. This provides clear context on how each individual aligns with the position and what to expect in terms of performance potential.
- Decide with confidence – Use the insights to shortlist candidates, conduct structured interviews, and make fair, objective hiring decisions that lead to stronger hires and smoother onboarding.
Pricing for Wonderlic Select depends on the package you choose, which is based on your organization’s needs and employee count. Every package includes ongoing support, implementation, and training to ensure quick value. Higher tiers add expanded options like strategy planning, additional training, and certification programs.
Yes, Wonderlic Select integrates with leading ATS and HRIS platforms, such as Greenhouse, JazzHR, iCIMS, and can also automate the process to fit seamlessly within your current systems.
Implementation for Wonderlic Select is designed to be fast and flexible, with timing and support tailored to the plan you choose. Most organizations are up and running quickly, often within just a few weeks.
Every plan includes a kickoff and alignment session, best practices training, and a check-in with your Customer Success Manager to ensure a smooth launch. Depending on your package, you can also access additional services such as hiring manager training, strategy planning, town hall sessions, or executive workshops. For premium and enterprise plans, implementation is customized to your needs, allowing you to choose the path and pace that works best for your team.
Yes. Wonderlic Select is scientifically validated, reviewed for fairness, and aligned with U.S. employment laws. It provides legally defensible, job-related insights when used as part of a balanced hiring process.
Visit the Wonderlic Candidate Hub for resources about the Wonderlic Select experience.
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