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New answer on Nov 07, 2022
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Anonymous A asked on Nov 06, 2022

Hi all, 

 

I just had Bain Sova test. The test is set to take 75 minutes, so I started with logical, verbal, and numerical reasoning. I kept the personality questions to last, but I had a technical issue (pages were not loading properly in that part), and I lost around 3 minutes. 

So, I needed 78 minutes in total to finish the test. ٍShall I share that with the recruiter? Does that mean I failed the test?

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Hi there,

If it makes you feel better, you can share it with the interviewer. They likely won't actually do anything as a result, but as long as you send over a polite message, it shouldn't hurt.

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Share it with the recruiter but you should not be worried.

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