Interview with a Recruiter
 

I have an excel test at an interview with a recruiter. I have been using
Excel for some time but need to know what kind of skills would the test
consist of. IF anyone has any relevant answers, please reply asap.

I have never taken nor given an Excel test, but I would suggest that if you
know about

- functions (SUMIF, MATCHG, INDEX, VLOOKUP, etc.)
- graphs
- pivot tables
- number formats (currency, percentage, etc.)
- conditional formatting
- data validation
- sorting
- filtering
- Excel options (manual./automatic calculation, etc.)

to a reasonable level you will be okay. Beyond that is getting more than
competent. If it is specifically for Excel you may need more and also VBA,
but remember, as with all interviews, try and wrest the initiative, when
given a lead, take it and offer your knowledge and skills, don't wait to be
asked.

Good luck.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

"edmonton101" wrote in message
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I have an excel test at an interview with a recruiter. I have been using
Excel for some time but need to know what kind of skills would the test
consist of. IF anyone has any relevant answers, please reply asap.

excellent advise Bob. Better to show off what you know than to wait for the
interviewer to probe for areas of ignorance.
--
Gary''s Student


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

I have never taken nor given an Excel test, but I would suggest that if you
know about

- functions (SUMIF, MATCHG, INDEX, VLOOKUP, etc.)
- graphs
- pivot tables
- number formats (currency, percentage, etc.)
- conditional formatting
- data validation
- sorting
- filtering
- Excel options (manual./automatic calculation, etc.)

to a reasonable level you will be okay. Beyond that is getting more than
competent. If it is specifically for Excel you may need more and also VBA,
but remember, as with all interviews, try and wrest the initiative, when
given a lead, take it and offer your knowledge and skills, don't wait to be
asked.

Good luck.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

"edmonton101" wrote in message
...
I have an excel test at an interview with a recruiter. I have been using
Excel for some time but need to know what kind of skills would the test
consist of. IF anyone has any relevant answers, please reply asap.

I had to do an excel test with a recruiter about 7 years ago. One of the
things they tested was Scenarios - I remember because I had never used
them before and haven't used them since.

Also the test I did was an online program which asked you to perform a
task in Excel and then tracked your response. I found it responded
better to using the Menus e.g EditCopy rather than ctrl+c. As I said
that was some time ago so they may be more sophisticated now.

Good luck
Rowan

edmonton101 wrote:
I have an excel test at an interview with a recruiter. I have been using
Excel for some time but need to know what kind of skills would the test
consist of. IF anyone has any relevant answers, please reply asap.

Hi,

My 2 cents. I recently did an excel test which measures productivity as
well. The productivity is more if you use more of keyboard shortcuts
instead of using Menus to navigate.

Regards

Govind.


Rowan wrote:
I had to do an excel test with a recruiter about 7 years ago. One of the
things they tested was Scenarios - I remember because I had never used
them before and haven't used them since.

Also the test I did was an online program which asked you to perform a
task in Excel and then tracked your response. I found it responded
better to using the Menus e.g EditCopy rather than ctrl+c. As I said
that was some time ago so they may be more sophisticated now.

Good luck
Rowan

edmonton101 wrote:

I have an excel test at an interview with a recruiter. I have been
using Excel for some time but need to know what kind of skills would
the test consist of. IF anyone has any relevant answers, please reply
asap.

You see, they are more sophisticated these days <g

Govind wrote:
Hi,

My 2 cents. I recently did an excel test which measures productivity as
well. The productivity is more if you use more of keyboard shortcuts
instead of using Menus to navigate.

Regards

Govind.


Rowan wrote:

I had to do an excel test with a recruiter about 7 years ago. One of
the things they tested was Scenarios - I remember because I had never
used them before and haven't used them since.

Also the test I did was an online program which asked you to perform a
task in Excel and then tracked your response. I found it responded
better to using the Menus e.g EditCopy rather than ctrl+c. As I said
that was some time ago so they may be more sophisticated now.

Good luck
Rowan

edmonton101 wrote:

I have an excel test at an interview with a recruiter. I have been
using Excel for some time but need to know what kind of skills would
the test consist of. IF anyone has any relevant answers, please reply
asap.

Hi Govind,

That is an interesting comment. I would think that is so subjective. Person
ally I am shortcuts person, but I always thought it was because I was
brought up in pre-GUI days, my younger colleagues are far more
mouse-oriented.

Regards

Bob

"Govind" wrote in message
...
Hi,

My 2 cents. I recently did an excel test which measures productivity as
well. The productivity is more if you use more of keyboard shortcuts
instead of using Menus to navigate.

Regards

Govind.


Rowan wrote:
I had to do an excel test with a recruiter about 7 years ago. One of the
things they tested was Scenarios - I remember because I had never used
them before and haven't used them since.

Also the test I did was an online program which asked you to perform a
task in Excel and then tracked your response. I found it responded
better to using the Menus e.g EditCopy rather than ctrl+c. As I said
that was some time ago so they may be more sophisticated now.

Good luck
Rowan

edmonton101 wrote:

I have an excel test at an interview with a recruiter. I have been
using Excel for some time but need to know what kind of skills would
the test consist of. IF anyone has any relevant answers, please reply
asap.