Excel Interview Questions
Excel Interview Questions
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Q1 - Insert a formula to calculate the profit % (selling price - cost price, divided by cost price)
Item Cost Price Selling Price Q1 Profit % Excel follows general mathematica
rules for calculations, which is:
Product A 50 70
Product B 30 45 Parentheses,
Exponents,
Product C 45 60 Multiplication and
Product D 60 80 Division,
Addition and
Product E 40 55 Subtraction
Parentheses,
Exponents,
Multiplication and
Division,
Addition and
Subtraction
Q1 - Insert a formula to calculate the profit % (selling price - cost price, divided by cost price)
=(D7-C7)/C7
Item Cost Price Selling Price Q1 Profit % Excel follows general mathemati
rules for calculations, which is:
Product A 50 70 40%
Product B 30 45 50% Parentheses,
Exponents,
Product C 45 60 33% Multiplication and
Product D 60 80 33% Division,
Addition and
Product E 40 55 38% Subtraction
Parentheses,
Exponents,
Multiplication and
Division,
Addition and
Subtraction
A2.4
utorial watch tutorial
Q2.4 - How many employees are aged over 30? Learn COUNTIF &
COUNTIFS FUNCTIONS
T, COUNTA &
FUNCTIONS
n COUNTIF &
FUNCTIONS
Counting Functions - Answers read tutorial
A2.4
read tutorial watch tutorial
10 =COUNTA(B5:B14)
4 =COUNTBLANK(D5:D14)
Q2.4 - How many employees are aged over 30? Learn COUNTIF &
COUNTIFS FUNCTIONS
3 =COUNTIF(C5:C14,">"&30)
COUNTA &
FUNCTIONS
COUNTIF &
FUNCTIONS
Logic Functions read tutorial
Q3.1 - Write a formula to determine if the "Monthly Sales" for each employee has reached a sa
more. If they have, return "Met"; otherwise, return "Not Met."
Q3.2 - Write a formula that checks if the "Monthly Sales" are greater than 8000 and the "Perfor
higher. If both conditions are true, calculate a bonus of 5% of Sales, otherwise return 0.
Q3.1 - Write a formula to determine if the "Monthly Sales" for each employee has reached a sa
more. If they have, return "Met"; otherwise, return "Not Met."
=IF(E12>=$G$9,"Met","Not Met")
Q3.2 - Write a formula that checks if the "Monthly Sales" are greater than 8000 and the "Perfor
higher. If both conditions are true, calculate a bonus of 5% of Sales, otherwise return 0.
=IF(AND(E12>$H$9,F12>=$H$10),E12*0.05,0)
es" for each employee has reached a sales target of 5000 or Learn IF, IFS, Nested IFs,
Met." IF(AND and IF(OF formulas
Q4.1 - In column F, lookup the department ID in column K and return the Manager Name.
Q4.2 - In column G, lookup the department ID in column K and return the Department Name. B
n K and return the Department Name. Bonus points: return the results as a spilled array.
Learn XLOOKUP
Manager
Tom Evans
Linda White
Sam Brown
Nancy Lee
Lookup Functions - Answers
Q4.1 - In column F, lookup the department ID in column K and return the Manager Name.
=VLOOKUP(D10,$K$10:$L$13,2,0)
Q4.2 - In column G, lookup the department ID in column K and return the Department Name. B
{=_xlfn.xlookup(D10:D19,K10:K13,J10:J13)}
Learn XLOOK
n K and return the Department Name. Bonus points: return the results as a spilled array. Learn INDEX & MAT
Q4.2 Department Name Q4.2 INDEX & MATCH Alternative Department Name
#NAME? White Goods White Goods
#NAME? Small Appliances Small Appliances
#NAME? Furnture Furnture
#NAME? White Goods Brown Goods
#NAME? Small Appliances
#NAME? Brown Goods
#NAME? Furnture
#NAME? White Goods
#NAME? Brown Goods
#NAME? Small Appliances
Learn VLOOKUP
Learn XLOOKUP
Department ID Manager
101 Tom Evans
102 Linda White
103 Sam Brown
104 Nancy Lee
Text Functions read tutorial watch tutorial
Q5.1 - In column G write a formula to combine the product name and price formatted with $, co
Q5.2 - In column H, write a formula to split the specifications out into their separate componen
and price formatted with $, comma separators and 2 decimal places. e.g. Laptop - $1,200.00
Master Custo
Price Q5.1 Product Name - $ Price Q5.2 Spec 1 Q5.2 Spec 2 Q5.2 Spec 3
1,200
800
600
580
490
Master Custom Number
$1,200.00
Formats
Q5.1 - In column G write a formula to combine the product name and price formatted with $, co
=C10&" - "&TEXT(F10,"$#,###.00")
Q5.2 - In column H, write a formula to split the specifications out into their separate componen
{=_xlfn.textsplit(D10,";")}
and price formatted with $, comma separators and 2 decimal places. e.g. Laptop - $1,200.00
Master Custo
Price Q5.1 Product Name - $ Price Q5.2 Spec 1 Q5.2 Spec 2 Q5.2 Spec 3
1,200 Laptop - $1,200.00 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?
800 Smartphone - $800.00 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?
600 Tablet - $600.00 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?
580 Headphones - $580.00 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?
490 Smartwatch - $490.00 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?
$1,200.00
Master Custom Number
Formats
PivotTables read tutorial watch tutorial
Q6.1 - Insert a PivotTable in cell G8 that summarises the Sales in the table below by Category d
Bonus Points: reference the data in a way that allows new data and updates to automatically
Q6.2 - Add a column to the PivotTable that calculates the percentage each category's sales are
Q6.3 - Filter the PivotTable for the year 2022 using a Slicer.
Q6.1 - Insert a PivotTable in cell G5 that summarises the Sales in the table below by Category d
Bonus Points: reference the data in a way that allows new data and updates to automatically
Q6.2 - Add a column to the PivotTable that calculates the percentage each category's sales are
Q6.3 - Filter the PivotTable for the year 2022 using a Slicer.
Data
Sum of Sales % of Total
383,800.00 48.08%
71,200.00 8.92%
209,400.00 26.23%
133,900.00 16.77%
798,300.00 100.00%
Data Cleaning read tutorial watch tutorial
Q7 - Fill the empty email address cells with a formula that creates the email address from the fi
Bonus Points: Select all the empty cells before typing in the formula and then enter the formu
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Data Cleaning - Answers read tutorial
Q7 - Fill the empty email address cells with a formula that creates the email address from the fi
Bonus Points: Select all the empty cells before typing in the formula and then enter the formu
=LOWER(B10&"."&C10&"@example.com")
mple.com
mple.com
mple.com
Tables, Conditional Formatting, Filters &
Q8.1 - Identify the duplicate rows in the dataset below. read tutorial
Q8.2 - Filter the dataset below to only show duplicate rows.
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