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EXCEL

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

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EXCEL Interview Questions 02

Formulas and Functions

1 What is the syntax for the VLOOKUP function and its limitations?

2 When would you use the IF Function or a Nested IF in Excel?

3 In Excel, what is the precedence order for operators in formulas?

4 Can you walk me through using the SUM and SUMIF functions in Excel?

5 What is the function to retrieve the present date in Excel?

6 Can you explain how the AND function operates in Excel?

7 Can you explain the difference between COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTIF, and COUNTIFS?

8 How would you use Excel to calculate the average, median, and mode of a dataset?

9 How would you use Excel to calculate the correlation coefficient between two
datasets?

10 What is the INDEX and MATCH formula in Excel, and how is it different from
VLOOKUP?

11 Explain the order of operations Excel follows when evaluating a formula.

12 Explain the difference between the IF and SWITCH functions in Excel.

13 Explain the difference between SUBSTITUTE and REPLACE in Excel.

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EXCEL Interview Questions 03

Pivot Tables
1 What is a Pivot table and when would you use it?

2 What are Pivot charts?

3 Are pivot tables and power pivot the same in Excel?

Data Analysis
1 What is Data Validation?

2 How would you use Excel to identify outliers in a dataset?

3 How can you find distinct values from a range?

4 I need to convert the rows into columns, how can we do this more effectively?

5 We have data in 100 pdf files, how can we import this into Excel?

Excel Tips and Tricks

1 How can we protect workbooks in an Excel sheet? Is it possible?

2 What is the difference between a relative and absolute cell reference in Excel?

3 Is there any way to automate repetitive tasks in Excel?

4 How can you enable the drop-down options for a cell?

5 If you don’t want to change the Cell Addresses as they are copied, what do you do?

6 How do you clear formatting in Excel without removing the Cell Content?

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EXCEL Interview Questions 04

Excel Functions for Date and Time

1 Difference between Time Intelligence and Date functions?

2 How do you use the DATE function to calculate the days between two dates?

3 How do you use the DATE function to calculate a person's age in years?

4 How do you use the DATE function to convert a date in text format to a date value?

Excel Cell Referencing

1 What are the different types of cell referencing?

Excel Macros
1 What is a Macro in Microsoft Excel?

Excel Security
1 Is there any way to secure an Excel Workbook?

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