The Wonderlic Select hiring assessments provide 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 aims to give greater insights into performance and retention.
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President in Corporate at Crouser and Associates, Inc. (51-200 employees employees)
Pros
Gives us a Cognitive score. Candidates must be moderate in smarts. Nothing makes up for smarts but smarts isn't all.
Gives us a sense of their Motivation. Recent applicant for a graphic designer job wasn't motivate by jobs requiring "artistic expression." That raised some eyebrows.
And allows the candidate to describe what they like and don't like or their Personality. This is important to me as a supervisor. Allows me to consider whether I would be comfortable supervising a confrontational person, for instance.
The instrument has proven to be very predictive and I've used it for 5 years. For 20 years prior to that, I used the Wonderlic paper-based assessment (cognitive only).
Cons
Very little thoughts on improvement other than a couple of betterments to candidate entry that would make life a little easier. However, no big deal.
Having some ability to preset some fields would help to avoid repetitive entry.
Return on Investment
Gives us a much better understanding of a candidate's future performance by understanding where they are today.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Director - Human Resources in Human Resources at I-CAR (201-500 employees employees)
Pros
Easy to administer
Valid, reliable results - Backed by rigorous science
Great "bang for the buck" - lots of good information in one place!
Cons
It would be helpful to have more interpretive reports; integrate some of the scales if possible - do scores on one scale have implications for scores on another? Is there any relationship between the scales? I enjoy the anchors showing people with high/low scores may demonstrate certain characteristics; additional elaboration/narrative might be helpful.
Better understanding of the scales and why certain scales matter on some jobs, not others. What does it mean when a score has/does not have bearing on that particular job? Why/Why not?
Maybe include examples of the types of positions for which the scale scores have meaning beyond the particular job in question. This might help with succession planning and development planning.
Return on Investment
Saved time in the hiring process
Helped us to know about where there might be issues on the job.
Provided additional information a personality assessment did not
Other Software Used
Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment, Gallup Access
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info