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The Excel tasks employers test, and how to solve them under time pressure.

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Excel data cleaning interview question

Extra spaces, names in the wrong order, numbers stored as text and dates that aren't dates: the cleaning task interviewers love, solved with formulas, and a sheet that grades yours.

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FILTER, UNIQUE and SORT: an Excel interview question

List each customer once, A to Z, for the region someone picks, in one formula that updates itself. The dynamic-array answer interviewers look for, and a sheet that grades yours.

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PMT interview question: a loan's monthly payment

The finance question in Excel interviews: a loan's monthly payment and its total interest, with the rate, period and sign traps explained, an NPV follow-up, and a sheet that grades yours.

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Excel lookup interview question: match two tables

The lookup task almost every Excel interview includes: bring a value across from a second table. The answer interviewers want, why VLOOKUP fails here, and a sheet that grades yours.

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SUMIFS interview question: summarise sales by region

Turn a raw sales list into a summary by region and product, without a pivot table. The formula interviewers expect, the $ signs that make it copy, and a sheet that grades yours.

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Working days and due dates: Excel interview question

Invoices due at the end of next month, and the working days a client has to pay: the date task interviewers set, solved with EOMONTH and NETWORKDAYS, plus a sheet that grades yours.

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Reading is step one. Writing the formula is the skill.

Practise in a live grid that grades what your formula calculates, with a specific hint when it's wrong.

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