Wonderlic SLE case studies
Wonderlic SLE · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Wonderlic Scholastic Level Exam (SLE) is a short cognitive ability test from Wonderlic, a publisher whose site traces its assessment work back to 1937. The SLE is used mainly in educational settings - admissions offices, trade and career schools, and placement staff - to estimate general reasoning ability rather than subject-matter knowledge. It samples three broad areas: verbal reasoning (vocabulary, reading comprehension, verbal analogies), quantitative reasoning (arithmetic, percentages, word problems, basic algebra), and abstract or spatial reasoning (pattern and figure series). Items are brief and the pace is deliberately brisk, so working accurately under time pressure counts as much as raw ability. Topics on this exam: Verbal reasoning, Quantitative reasoning, and Abstract / spatial reasoning. The Wonderlic SLE case studies are 5 cases and about 2,483 words.
1The Callback Log Memo
Staff working off-site may log callbacks the following morning. Last month 38% of callbacks were logged late. Two of the twelve staff work off-site two days a week; the remaining ten, including both front-desk staff, work only in the building. Identify the unstated assumption the receptionist's reply depends on, and explain why it is an assumption rather than a fact stated in the memo.
523 words, about 3 min2The 9:45 Pickup
A copy center must produce 5,000 printed sheets before a customer's 9:45 a.m. Two presses are available starting at 9:00 a.m. Press A runs at 60 sheets per minute and can start immediately. Press B runs at 40 sheets per minute but needs a 10-minute warm-up before it produces any sheets; warm-up begins at 9:00.
398 words, about 2 min3Two Folds and a Corner Cut
Take a square sheet of paper, 8 inches on a side. Fold the left edge over to meet the right edge, crease, and leave it folded. Then fold the top edge down to meet the bottom edge, crease, and leave it folded. You now hold a 4-inch square packet whose left and top edges are folded (closed) and whose right and bottom edges are open (four free sheet edges).
507 words, about 3 min4Choosing the Tax-Season Reviewer
A 10-person accounting firm needs one temporary reviewer for the eight weeks of tax season. The work is repetitive, deadline-driven, and errors are costly. Three internal candidates are available. Dana has 12 years of review experience, but she is the only person trained on the firm's largest payroll client and currently handles that account alone.
551 words, about 3 min5The Average Sales Claim
A sales dashboard reports a team of five and March sales of 184,000. Four full-time reps each sold 38,000; the fifth rep, working 20 hours a week, sold 32,000. The director writes: "Average sales per rep rose from 35,400 in February to 36,800 in March - a 4% gain - so the team improved." In February all five reps were full-time and total sales were 177,000. The part-time arrangement began March 1 and will run through June.
504 words, about 3 min