"The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a twelve-minute, fifty-question intelligence test used to assess the aptitude of prospective employees for learning and problem-solving in a wide range of occupations."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_Test 

You hear about various players' Wonderlic scores (insert juvenile humor here)...

Steve Young scored a 33, Alex Smith got a 32. Kevin Curtis got a 48.

Here's a link to an actual test:

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site297/2008/0222/20080222_035030_wonderlictest.pdf 

I imagine a lot of players look at this test and think, "WTF?! Why can't I just go out on the field and hit someone?"

ScottHar

Former Auburn & GB Packer RB Brent Fullwood scored a 7 back in the mid 80's.

He wasn't THAT smart.

I had to take it during background for the sheriff's dept, believe it or not.

I answered 32 questions in the time alloted, and I am positive I answered correctly 31 of the 32.

However, they don't tell us our scores.

Lucky for me, I guess. I don't need anyone ELSE telling me I'm a dumbass.

Vince Young got a SIX!!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/draft/2006-03-01-young-wonderlic_x.htm 

^And he ain't THAT smart!

Good grief. I think I was given this same test. In fourth grade (and we had nuns beating on us while we were taking the test!). This is the test they talk about every year? Seriously? How the hell do you get a 7 on it, not spelling your own name correctly?

BTW, what they really need are some real-life tests. I'd suggest some of the following questions.

1. You want to date one of the team cheerleaders, but they are not allowed to date players on the team. The cheerleaders only earn $20 per game, whereas you earn $650,000 per game. Assuming she is not a total ho, do you wait until the season ends to boink her, or do you pay the missing salary and seat her in the wives and girlfriends section on game day?

2. Billy signed a five year deal worth $28 million guaranteed. $14 million of this was a signing bonus. One year into the contract, Billly decides he's getting screwed by the team. If he walks, how much of the $14 million will he have to pay back to the team?

3. In question number 2 (two), should Billy hire five or twelve lawyers to get him out of his contract, which of course, is unfair to him?

4. Sports reporters in response to Billy refusing to show for training camp, despite the signed contract, earn an average of $28,000 per year. Billy makes more than that scratching himself during pregame warmups. When the reporters start criticizing him, should Billy say (a) eat me, (b) bite me, (c) you don't understand me, or (d) nothing, and run out of the room crying at the unfairness of it all?

5. You catch 118 passes during the year for 1008 yards and 12 TDs. T.O. only catches 23 passes (1 TD, 123 yards) before pulling a hammy and landing on the injured reserve list for the year. T.O. made ten times the money you did during the season. Ain't that about a bitch? True/false.

6. "Wonderlic" is (a) the name of your favorite adult movie, (b), the name of your favorite adult movie, (c) your nickname in college, or (d) all of the above.

7. Tom Brady. Gay or not gay?

8. 2 + 2 equals (a) 4, (b) 5, (c) 87, or (d) cat.

9. You have a large party at your house. Naturally, someone gets too drunk and/or high. Guns get brought out, words are exchanged, and someone gets capped. Who is the first person you call, and why?

10. Now that you don't have to go through airport security (flights are chartered), and someone else is packing and hauling your bags, you bring your favorite item to away games. That would be (a) your Bible, (b) a football with special sentimental value, (c) your cell phone, or (d) a Cadillac Escalade.

11. Which of these four words do not belong in this group? Holdout. Demand. Unfair. Honor.

12. Deshaun has been caught violating the league policy on banned substances again. He has also been arrested for the fourth time in nine months. How much time will Deshaun be suspended for his behavior? (a) four games, (b) six games, (c) an entire season, (d) psht...man, Deshaun is just always around people who be doin' bad ****...it ain't his fault, yo.

13. You tear a tendon in your knee playing a pickup game of basketball. Such activities are clearly banned by your contract. What do you tell your team about how you got injured? Note: if you say tell them the truth, please set your pencil down, and leave.

14. Your agent's main job is (a) represent your interests in negotiating deals for you, (b) keeping you out of trouble, (c) making investment and career decisions for you, or (d) getting me out of this god-forsaken hellhole.

15. You get word you've just been traded to Cleveland. What method do you choose to end your own life?

Ya know, stuff like that, yo.

Dammit. 6(b) was supposed to read "the name of your favorite adult movie star".

Wow...crickets chirping....

[we're still reading]

#9 Ouch. You get a 2.

Okay, now having read this, it actually would be a much better diagnostic tool/predictor of success for prospective NFL players.

What do you want to call it? The Dunderlic? The Wonder-if?

ScottHar

LOL. OK, Wonderpac?

Pac, that's funny sh*t, man. Funny and clever.

Some douche gave it to me as a condition for employment. I answered 42 questions, got 39 right.

For Macs, the score is how many you answered in the time allotted, minus number of incorrect. For me, my score is 39. Some have gotten the highest possible, 50.

Sonnofab*tch asked me if I ever took it before. I hadn't. Then he said I was too smart for the job, was concerned I'd get bored.

I looked at him, thought for a second, and got my sh*t and left.

What a douche.

fret

#13 Thankyouverymuch.

I was looking to get into a different line of work a few years ago. Just felt like I needed a break from law. I interviewed for a position at a brokerage. You'd think that with all of the rules and regulations they're supposed to follow, having a law degree would help.

I had to take three tests. One was a math test. Another was basic grammar, spelling etc., or something like that. A third was more along the lines of a "if you could be a tree, what kind of tree would you be" kind of crap.

I called after the test results were out. No job offer (jobs came with paid education and training, BTW). Was it the math test? No, I did fine on that. Well, surely it wasn't the other performance-type of test? No, I sailed through that. No, turns out the "kind of tree" test bounced me. Said I showed a lack of drive and motivation.

I was the youngest guy to graduate in my law school class at 24. I had gone straight through school, having been continuously employed since I was 15, when I also set up my first business. I ran a solo law practice that grossed over $100K in the first full calendar year it operated, with less than $100 in labor costs. And this douce nozzle was putting all of his faith in a test to say whether I had a gumption deficit disorder. He said "actually, I put a lot of faith in these tests".

The dotcom bubble burst a few months later, and the market has been struggling ever since. That branch closed down. Meanwhile, I've built a solo practice from nothing, now have a half dozen employees, and we provide defense services for 2 of the state's 39 counties.

How's that test looking now, Manager Douche Nozzle?

Bwahahahahahahaha!