Welcome to your Excel Skills Assessment
You’re about to do something most Excel users never dare to do.
This quiz is not about memorizing formulas.
It’s not about trick questions or textbook theory.
It’s about how Excel is actually used in real work, real reports, real deadlines.
In the next few minutes, you’ll face scenarios that mirror:
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cleaning messy data
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making smart decisions with formulas
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choosing the right tool instead of the popular one
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thinking like someone who truly understands Excel
Every question is carefully designed to reveal:
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where you’re already strong
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where small gaps are holding you back
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what kind of Excel user you really are
There’s no pressure.
There’s no pass or fail.
Just clarity.
Start the quiz when you’re ready; and discover your true Excel skill level.
You maintain a report where new rows are appended weekly. Several formulas, pivots, and charts depend on this data. Which approach minimizes the risk of broken formulas and reduces future maintenance?
You need to prevent users from entering dates before 2020 in a column. Which Excel feature should you use?
What symbol starts every Excel formula?
What happens when you copy a formula containing $A1 down?
Sales amounts are in column B, returns in column C. You need net sales, but only for rows where sales exceed 1000. Which formula satisfies this requirement?
You analyze product prices (column A) sold in different quantities (column B). You need the true average price paid, considering quantities. Which formula gives the correct result?
Which function counts non-empty cells?
Why is SUM(A:A) sometimes discouraged in large files?
You have this formula for bonus: =IF(Sales > 100000, "Yes", "No") But sometimes Sales is blank. You want blank results if Sales is blank. Which formula?
You compare two date columns using: =IF(A2>B2,"Late","On time") Sometimes one of the cells contains text instead of a date. What is the most robust fix?
What does IFERROR mainly improve?
You have multiple orders per customer. Your task is to return the latest order date for each customer. Which approach handles duplicates correctly?
Why does XLOOKUP reduce the risk of errors in large models?
Which function returns the position of a value in a range?
You receive customer names exported from a system like this: " John Smith " You need the result to be: "John Smith" Which formula produces the correct result?
A column contains full names, but some have middle names. You need a solution that adapts automatically. Best approach?
You need to calculate years of service for employees. Which formula correctly ignores partial years?
You need to calculate the end of the quarter for any date. Which formula works for all months?
Why would an analyst create a helper column before building a Pivot Table?
A Pivot Table total does not match the raw data. What is the first thing you should verify?
A revenue line chart shows a dramatic increase, but values changed only slightly. What is the most likely cause?
You want to show revenue values and year-over-year % change together. Which solution communicates this most clearly?
Which chart is best to compare categories at one point in time?
=UNIQUE(FILTER(A1:A100, B1:B100>1000)) What does this formula return?
You need the top 5 products by sales, dynamically. Which construct achieves this?
A workbook recalculates slowly with thousands of formulas. Which optimization is most effective?
Which Excel feature helps ensure consistent formulas across rows?
You receive a CSV file every morning with identical structure, but: - the file name changes daily - new rows are appended You need to: - clean the data - apply the same transformations every day - refresh the result with minimal manual work What is the most appropriate approach?
A dataset contains: - multiple columns with inconsistent data types - null values - inconsistent text casing You want a solution that: - applies steps in a fixed order - documents each transformation - can be easily modified later Which solution best fits these requirements?
Users report slicers reset when reopening the file. Most likely reason?
You are building a worksheet where users must: - enter only predefined values - avoid spelling mistakes - select from a controlled list The solution should: - prevent invalid entries at the moment of input - require minimal user training What is the most appropriate approach?
