Is it game over if you don’t finish the modelling test?
As title says, is this an automatic rejection or could I still stand a chance to get through to the next stage?
As title says, is this an automatic rejection or could I still stand a chance to get through to the next stage?
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Broadly speaking, you're out of the race. Not a big deal. Just continue to practice in your free time.
Depends - if they gave you 3h you probably should have finished... if it was a 1h full 3 statement, probably not
Damn this sucks I got so carried away with trying to make the LBO model beautiful and dynamic that I completely forgot about the 2nd section.
My fault I should have managed time better, lesson learned.
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