Irish Do Well on the Wonderlic
The Wonderlic scores for a number of the prospects at the NFL Combine have been released and Notre Dame prospects did very well. (Source)
- John Carlson: 40
- John Sullivan: 35
- Trevor Laws: 30
According to Wikipedia, here are the average scores for a couple of common jobs in the Wonderlic:
- Chemist – 31
- Programmer – 29
- Journalist – 26
- Sales – 24
- Bank teller – 22
- Clerical worker – 21
- Security guard – 17
- Warehouse – 15
For those unfamiliar with the Wonderlic, Wikiepedia defines it as:
The Wonderlic Personnel Test is an intelligence test primarily known for being administered to prospective employees for the purposes of recruitment, placement, development and retention.[1] The Wonderlic is a twelve-minute, fifty-question exam to assess aptitude for learning a job and adapting to solve problems for employees in a wide range of occupations. The score is calculated as the number of correct answers given in the allotted time. A score of 20 is intended to indicate average intelligence
On a side note, for Mario Manningham’s sake, I really hope that 6 on the previously linked site is a misprint.
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I made a 42.5 as civil engineer. What average engineer and CPA make?
In fairness, Manningham was probably high as a kite when he took it.