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    Bristows written assessment

    Hi, I havent heard back either but I also emailed GR and they said that invitation to the second written assessment which seems to have been a new addition this year is no indication of performance from the first exercise and the two are assessed together to decide invitations to final interview.
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    Bristows written assessment

    Hi, I also did the written exercise on Monday - I've now been asked to complete a problem-based exercise. I was under the impression that the selection process was written exercise then invite to second interview if your performance was good, not this extra problem based written assessment. I've...

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