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Recently Asked Excel Interview Q&A

Note- Using the data table mentioned below, you'll have to find the answers to the
10 interview questions provided. (I have also given the answers along with the
questions, but for practice, you'll need to do it in Excel on your desktop).

Question 1: What was the sales target of employee ID '111' in 2023? Use two
different formulas.

Answer 1:
Formula 1: Use ‘XLOOKUP’

=XLOOKUP(111, A2:A16, E2:E16)

Formula 2: Use ‘INDEX’ and ‘MATCH’

=INDEX(E2:E16, MATCH(111, A2:A16, 0))

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Question 2: Extract the first two letters from the department name in the dataset.

Answer:

Use the ‘LEFT’ function:


=LEFT(B2, 2)
Drag down the formula for all rows.

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Question 3: Determine the sales target for the employee who achieved the highest
sales in 2023.

Answer:

Use ‘MAX’ and ‘INDEX’ with ‘MATCH’:


=INDEX(E2:E16, MATCH(MAX(D2:D16), D2:D16, 0))
(Employee ID 115 has the highest sales in 2023, so the target is 26000.)

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Question 4: Retrieve the total sales from 2022 for the "IT" department without
using direct references.

Answer:
Use SUMIF to sum the sales for IT department:
=SUMIF(B2:B16, "IT", C2:C16)
(The total is 84000.)

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Question 5: How many employees from the IT and Marketing departments


combined are there in the dataset?*

Answer:

Use ‘COUNTIF’ with an ‘OR’ condition:


=COUNTIF(B2:B16, "IT") + COUNTIF(B2:B16, "Marketing")
(There are 8 employees combined from both departments.)

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Question 6: Apply conditional formatting to highlight rows of all employees who


exceeded their 2023 sales target.

Answer:

1. Select the range `A2:E16`.


2. Go to Conditional Formatting > New Rule.
3. Use this formula:
=$D2>$E2
4. Set your desired formatting.

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Question 7: Create a pivot table to find the total sales for each department in 2023.

Answer:
1. Select the dataset.
2. Go to Insert > Pivot Table.
3. Set Department as Row and Sales 2023 as Values.
4. The total sales for each department in 2023 will be displayed.

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Question 8: Apply data validation to ensure that the Sales Target 2023 column
only accepts values between 10,000 and 30,000.

Answer:

1. Select the range `E2:E16`.


2. Go to Data > Data Validation.
3. Set the criteria to allow whole numbers between 10000 and 30000.

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Question 9: Use filter to display only the employees whose sales in 2023 exceeded
20,000.

Answer:

1. Select the dataset.


2. Go to Data > Filter.
3. Apply a filter on the `Sales 2023` column to display values greater than 20000.

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Question 10: Add a slicer to your pivot table to allow filtering by the Department.

Answer:
1. After creating the pivot table, go to PivotTable Analyze > Insert Slicer.
2. Choose `Department`.
3. Now, use the slicer to filter the pivot table by department.
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