# Wonderlic: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/wonderlic

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Candidate assessment](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/candidate-assessment/index.md) | 0% | 33 | 17% | 6 |

## What the models said for it

- "SHL and Wonderlic win where decades of validation evidence matter most" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Candidate assessment)

## And against it

- "older or less transparent ones like some legacy SHL, Wonderlic, or Criteria tools" (Grok 4.20, Candidate assessment)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Wonderlic, from 10 of the 11 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- resources.rework.com: 7
- firsthr.app: 5
- getapp.com: 4
- leadchangegroup.com: 4
- softwareadvice.com: 4
- capterra.com: 3
- gartner.com: 3
- codility.com: 2
- cohesyve.com: 2
- g2.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://resources.rework.com/tools/recruiting-ats/best-pre-employment-assessment-tools-2026: 7
- https://firsthr.app/compare/hiring/pre-employment-assessment: 5
- https://capterra.com/pre-employment-testing-software: 2
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/digital-assessment-platforms-in-education: 2
- https://leadchangegroup.com/pre-employment-testing-software/enterprise: 2
- https://softwareadvice.com/hr/assessment-comparison: 2
- https://aclu.org/news/racial-justice/the-long-history-of-discrimination-in-job-hiring-assessments: 1
- https://aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-files-ftc-complaint-against-major-hiring-technology-vendor-for-deceptively-marketing-online-hiring-tests-as-bias-free: 1

## In its own words

What Wonderlic's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Select, Develop, and Retain your employees with Wonderlic (https://wonderlic.com/)
- For: businesses (https://wonderlic.com/)
- Customers named: Aveda, Duracell, Subway, UHaul, Berkshire Hathaway, Mercedes Benz, British AIrways, Du Pont

## What it publishes

Every page wonderlic.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 838 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 462 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- case study: 31 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-12-01
- webinar or virtual event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-04-23
- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-04-30
- comparison: 20 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-29
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-10-23
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Employee engagement what it is why it matters and how to improve it https://wonderlic.com/blog/human-resources/engagement/employee-engagement-what-it-is-why-it-matters-and-how-to-improve-it
- Recent: 2026-08-18 blog: Gen z concerned about ai at work https://wonderlic.com/blog/employee-selection/artificial-intelligence/gen-z-concerned-about-ai-at-work
- Recent: 2026-08-17 blog: Employee turnover rate benchmarks by industry https://wonderlic.com/blog/human-resources/employee-turnover/employee-turnover-rate-benchmarks-by-industry
- Recent: 2026-07-23 blog: Employee engagement surveys https://wonderlic.com/blog/human-resources/employee-engagement-surveys
- Recent: 2026-07-09 blog: How to reduce employee turnover https://wonderlic.com/blog/human-resources/how-to-reduce-employee-turnover
- Recent: 2026-06-29 comparison: Voluntary vs involuntary turnover https://wonderlic.com/blog/human-resources/voluntary-vs-involuntary-turnover

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.