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Data Analytics in Excel

This Data Analytics in Excel test evaluates a candidate’s ability to perform a range of data analysis tasks.

Multiple Choice

10 minutes

Covered skills

- Essential Excel Data Analysis Functions

- Data Cleaning,  Text Functions, Dates, and Times

- Data Visualization in Excel

- Miscellaneous Analysis Tasks

This Data Analytics in Excel test evaluates a candidate’s ability to perform a range of data analysis tasks. This screening test will help you hire experts who can implement Excel functions and formulas, employ data validation skills, and create visuals.


This screening test will enable you to identify individuals proficient in data analytics using Excel. These candidates possess the skills to perform efficient data analysis, enabling your organization to make data-driven decisions, optimize processes, and gain a competitive advantage. Data analysts with expertise in these areas can help your company achieve improved data-driven outcomes and enhanced overall performance.


This Data Analytics using Microsoft Excel test evaluates candidates’ abilities to demonstrate expertise in fundamental Excel data analysis functions, including SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MAX, MIN, and SUMIFS. 


Their ability to execute basic data analysis tasks using these functions is assessed. This test also focuses on data cleaning techniques employing Excel functions.


Candidates are evaluated on their proficiency in tasks such as:


- Text extraction

- Date and time manipulation

- Handling leading/trailing spaces

- Removing non alphanumeric characters

- Creating meaningful data visualisations within Excel

- The creation of charts, graphs, pivot charts, and using data presentation techniques

- Diverse data analysis tasks

- VLOOKUP

- Conditional formatting

- Sorting and filtering

- Working with subtotals

- Using Quick Analysis tools

- Creating PivotTables

- Implementing data validation

- Conducting financial analysis

- Working with a dataset in Excel for data analysis

- Applying VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP functions to search for specific values within datasets


This screening test will help you identify data analysts with a strong understanding of data analytics features and capabilities of Microsoft Excel. Performing data analytics in Microsoft Excel can result in better productivity and cost savings for your business.


Using Microsoft Excel to its full potential will help your company maximize this tool's benefits in the data analytics domain.

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