This course holds 5 full practice tests for Bain’s Sova test, in the format candidates have reported since late 2024, plus our pre-2026 question bank of 560+ questions in 32 sets.
Got a TestGorilla email instead? This course is built for Sova. Its numerical and logical questions train skills TestGorilla also tests, but TestGorilla adds sections on business judgment and people management. See our Bain TestGorilla Practice Tests.
What’s inside
5 full practice tests in the current format. Each test has three parts, in the order candidates report them:
- Personality questionnaire: 24 blocks of four statements. In each block, you pick the statement most like you and the one least like you. It isn’t scored. The key is consistency. It’s there so the format feels familiar on test day.
- Numerical reasoning: 15 questions on 5 data sets, three questions per data set.
- Logical reasoning: 15 diagram questions. You work out the rules behind a series of panels and pick the panel that comes next.
Every numerical and logical question comes with a worked solution.
Pre-2026 question bank: 560+ questions in 32 sets, written for the earlier version of the test:
- Numerical, 9 sets: 5 numerical reasoning sets and 4 sets of chart problems
- Logical, 8 sets: 3 deduction, 3 induction, and 2 visual induction sets
- Verbal, 9 sets: 3 sets each of comprehension, statement, and inference questions
- Personality, 6 sets: 2 sets of personal questions and 4 sets of situational judgement
Recent candidates don’t report a verbal reasoning or situational judgement section, so treat those sets as optional extra practice.
How to use the course
- Take Practice Test 1 first, before any other practice. It shows where you stand and which section needs the most work.
- Read the solution to every question you missed, and to every one that took you more than about a minute.
- Drill your weaker section in the question bank.
- Take Practice Tests 2 to 5, and compare your score and your time with your last attempt.
Short on time? Take Practice Tests 1 and 2, and read the solution to every question you missed. Then drill your weaker section: the numerical chart problems #1, #2, #3, #4, or the visual induction sets #1, #2 for logical reasoning.
How the practice tests work
- No countdown, as on the real Sova test. Candidates report about 18 minutes for the numerical part and 15 for the logical part. Treat those as your ceiling and time yourself.
- One question per screen. Answer each one before you move on.
- Calculator, pen and paper allowed, as Bain allows on the real test.
- Our practice target: 12 of 15 correct within those times. Neither Bain nor Sova publishes a pass mark.
- Solutions: they appear under “View questions” after you finish.
How the question bank works
- Each set has its own time limit, based on how many questions it has and how hard they are.
- If you get stuck, make your best guess and move on.
- After each set, look at the questions you missed and work out where you lost time. That’s what makes the speed stick.
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