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Bain SOVA Practice

Bain’s SOVA online assessment recreated test by test — timed numerical, verbal, logical and personality sections in the real formats, with server-side scoring and a diagnostic feedback report.

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Tests: Numerical, Verbal, Logical, Personality·Format: Real SOVA formats, timed·Scoring: Server-side, answers never exposed·Report: Competency + pacing feedback

Overview

Four SOVA tests, the real formats, marked like the real thing.

Bain’s online assessment is the SOVA suite: a timed mix of numerical, verbal and logical reasoning plus a personality questionnaire. Our practice runs all four in the real formats — business exhibits with a calculator-friendly timer, True / False / Cannot-say statements, visual matrix puzzles, and the 5-column forced-choice personality grid.

Every test is scored server-side — correct answers, rule explanations and the personality profile never touch the browser — and each attempt ends with a diagnostic report: competency bars, pacing against the clock, and per-question walkthroughs.

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    Four timed testsNumerical, verbal, logical and personality — pick one or train all four.
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    Real SOVA formatsExhibits, statements, matrix puzzles and forced-choice screens.
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    Server-side scoringAnswer keys stay on the server — no viewing the mark scheme.
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    Diagnostic reportsCompetency bars, pacing and per-question explanations.
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    Fresh draws each attemptQuestion sets are re-drawn from the bank every run.

The four tests

What each SOVA test covers

Each is £10 for 3 timed attempts — or take all of them in the Bain bundle.

📊 SOVA Numerical

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3 attempts · 15 questions in 5 blocks
  • Charts, tables and business exhibits
  • Calculator-friendly, exam-true timing
  • Quant + pacing feedback report
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📖 SOVA Verbal

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3 attempts · 5 passages, 3 statements each
  • True / False / Cannot-say statements
  • Business-report passages
  • Answer-type diagnostics in your report
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🧩 SOVA Logical

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3 attempts · 15-matrix draw
  • 1×4, 2×4 and 3×3 matrix formats
  • Find the rule, pick the missing cell
  • Pattern-rule walkthrough after marking
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🧭 SOVA Personality

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3 attempts · 41 forced-choice screens
  • 4 statements per screen, each column once
  • Scored against the ideal consultant profile
  • 8-dimension fit breakdown in your report
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Screenshots

The four tests, side by side.

SOVA Numerical: a business exhibit with four answer options.
Numerical — charts, tables and rate problems in five timed blocks.
SOVA Verbal: a passage with a True, False or Cannot-say statement.
Verbal — True, False or Cannot-say against a business passage.
SOVA Logical: a pattern puzzle with six answer cells.
Logical — find the rule, pick the missing cell.
SOVA Personality: forced-choice statement rows in a five-column grid.
Personality — forced-choice statements, every column used once.

Pricing

Take every Bain tool in one pass.

The Bain bundle is all five Bain tools — the four SOVA tests plus the video interview — at 3 attempts each.

Best value

In the Bain bundle

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All 5 Bain tools · 3 attempts each
  • The four SOVA tests + the video interview
  • 3 attempts of every Bain product
  • Save £20 vs buying separately
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🎥 Bain Video Interview

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3 timed interviews
  • 4 Bain questions — motivation, judgement & behavioural
  • 45-second prep countdown per question
  • STAR + business-judgement scored report
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