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Advanced Excel Interview QNA

The document provides a list of advanced Excel interview questions and answers specifically for the HR domain. Key topics include the differences between VLOOKUP and INDEX-MATCH, calculating employee tenure, using COUNTIFS for data analysis, and creating Pivot Tables for reporting. It also covers functions for filtering data, handling errors, and formatting employee records.

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Advanced Excel Interview QNA

The document provides a list of advanced Excel interview questions and answers specifically for the HR domain. Key topics include the differences between VLOOKUP and INDEX-MATCH, calculating employee tenure, using COUNTIFS for data analysis, and creating Pivot Tables for reporting. It also covers functions for filtering data, handling errors, and formatting employee records.

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Advanced Excel Interview Q&A for HR Domain

Advanced Excel Interview Questions with Answers (HR Domain):

1. What is the difference between VLOOKUP and INDEX-MATCH?

Answer: VLOOKUP searches data vertically and only to the right, while INDEX-MATCH can search

both left and right, making it more flexible.

2. How do you calculate Employee Tenure in Excel?

Answer: Use the formula =DATEDIF(D2, TODAY(), "Y") to calculate the difference between Joining

Date and Today in years.

3. What is the use of COUNTIFS in HR data?

Answer: COUNTIFS helps count employees based on multiple conditions like department and

joining date, e.g., =COUNTIFS(C2:C100, "HR", D2:D100, ">2022-01-01").

4. How do you highlight duplicate employee records?

Answer: Use Conditional Formatting with the formula =COUNTIF(A:A, A2) > 1.

5. What is the purpose of Pivot Tables in HR Reporting?

Answer: Pivot Tables summarize large datasets, such as showing the number of employees per

department or total salary by department.

6. How can you dynamically update a range in Excel?

Answer: Use OFFSET with COUNTA, e.g., =OFFSET(A2, 0, 0, COUNTA(A:A), 1).


7. How do you calculate the total salary of employees joined after a certain date?

Answer: Use SUMIFS like =SUMIFS(E2:E100, D2:D100, ">2022-01-01").

8. How can you filter HR data without Pivot Tables?

Answer: Use the FILTER function (Office 365), e.g., =FILTER(A2:E100, C2:C100="HR").

9. What is the difference between TRIM and SUBSTITUTE functions?

Answer: TRIM removes extra spaces, while SUBSTITUTE replaces text within a string.

10. How can you rank employee salaries in descending order?

Answer: Use =RANK.EQ(E2, E2:E100, 0).

11. How do you create a dropdown list for Employee Designation?

Answer: Go to Data -> Data Validation -> List and enter the desired options.

12. How can you calculate working days between two dates excluding weekends?

Answer: Use NETWORKDAYS function, e.g., =NETWORKDAYS(D2, TODAY()).

13. What is the use of IFERROR in VLOOKUP?

Answer: IFERROR helps handle errors if the lookup value is not found, e.g.,

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(101, A2:E10, 3, FALSE), "Not Found").

14. How do you concatenate Employee ID and Name with a separator?

Answer: Use TEXTJOIN or CONCATENATE like =TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, A2, B2).
15. How do you identify employees with salary greater than 50000?

Answer: Use Conditional Formatting with the formula =E2>50000.

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