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The MS Excel online test assesses knowledge of organizing, calculating, analyzing, and visualizing data within a spreadsheet. This test requires downloading template files, performing required tasks within MS Excel (including the free web version), and uploading the file for automatic evaluation.

The assessment includes work-sample tasks such as:

  • Writing formulas to perform calculations and look up data from a reference range.
  • Organize and summarize large data sets with sorting, filtering, and pivot table tools. 
  • Creating and customizing charts to communicate data graphically.

A good candidate for any job requiring the use of spreadsheets should be able to use MS Excel to efficiently process data and create accurate reports.

Sample public questions

Easy
7 min
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Public
AI-resistant
MS Excel
Cell References
Formulas and Functions

Your company sells products to customers in two cities, New York and San Francisco. You have been asked to calculate each product’s retail prices inclusive of sales taxes in these cities.

Specifically, you need to:

  • Write formulas to calculate the retail prices, inclusive of sales tax, using the base price of each product.
  • Make sure you reference cells A5 and B5 in your formulas.

Note: Do not use array formulas in your work.

Your task is to download the file ‘TaxInclusive-RawData.xlsx’ file and execute the request. When you have completed your work, save it in .xlsx format, then upload that file for evaluation.

Easy
7 min
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Public
AI-resistant
MS Excel
Data Filtering
Data Management
Date Ranges

Your company’s accounting department has asked you to give them a list of orders filtered by two periods of time:

  • On 'Sheet1', they need orders spanning a two-month period starting from the 1st of July, 2018, and stretching through the 31st of August, 2018.
  • On 'Sheet2', they need all orders for the period before the 1st of July, 2018, and all orders for the period after the 31st of August, 2018.

Your task is to download the file 'TimeFilters-RawData.xlsx’ file and execute this request. When you have completed your work, save it in .xlsx format, then upload that file for evaluation.

Easy
15 min
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Public
AI-resistant
MS Excel
Axis Titles
Charting
Column Chart

You have been asked to create a column chart and need to make it look the same as the chart provided in the image below.

The Sales Comparison column chart

Your task is to download the ‘SalesComparison-RawData.xlsx’ file and use your spreadsheet knowledge to create the chart shown here. You should attempt to recreate this chart using any columns colors you want, but be sure to:

  • Create a clustered column chart.
  • Set up the horizontal axis categories and remove horizontal gridlines to match the image.
  • Adjust the vertical axis scale and remove vertical gridlines to match the image.
  • Add a chart title, vertical axis title, and legend that match those displayed in the image above.
  • Ensure your data series are in the correct order.

When you have completed the chart, save it in .xlsx format, then upload that file for evaluation.

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Skills and topics tested

  • MS Excel
  • Charting
  • Data Labels
  • Pie Chart
  • Formulas and Functions
  • INDEX MATCH
  • Two-Dimensional Lookup
  • Advanced Filter Tool
  • Data Filtering
  • Data Management
  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Cell References
  • Bar Chart
  • Chart Axes
  • Match Type
  • VLOOKUP
  • Field Groups
  • Pivot Tables
  • Conditional Formulas
  • Data Sorting
  • Date Functions

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