s3ven_LvLs
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Had to take an excel test for the interview. Definitely failed that joint. Not sure if that means I am not gonna get the job. Anybody got tips with this kinda thing or am i just gonna have to try to know as much as possible.
Any of yall work data entry/jobs that use excel ?
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Excel is a basic so make sure you get it down soon
Excel is a basic so make sure you get it down soon
1/2OfDaBruinz
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One thing about it, you can't bullshyt your way through an excel test
If the job was through a temp agency that means you probably won't get it. If it was straight on with a company I don't know
You can learn the basics pretty quickly with online tutorials like the poster above me said. But the advanced levels you won't learn in just a few days
s3ven_LvLs
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One thing about it, you can't bullshyt your way through an excel test
You can learn the basics pretty quickly with online tutorials like the poster above me said. But the advanced levels you won't learn in just a few days
Yeah I think I blew the opportunity but I'm a brush up. I wish that I would have known beforehand what was going to happen.
I use excell everyday at work and I use it too keep track of my bills at home. The best way to understand excel is to play around with it; learn the basic things, then move to understanding formulas, functions, graphs, tables, how to change formuals and have real time results reflect into the graph and ect.
What did you have to do for that test?
Check this website out Formulas and Functions in Excel
What did you have to do for that test?
Check this website out Formulas and Functions in Excel
s3ven_LvLs
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First they gave a already completed table and told me enter in the data on a new table.
After that I had to edit the table via merging cells creating header and changing the fonts and then they gave me some formulas but that is when i got lost. I only had like 15 mins
1/2OfDaBruinz
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Back in the day I lied to a temp agency and told them I was an expert level Excel user. They had me take a test and a I didn't have a clue of what the fukk I was doing
The lady at the Temp office looked at me like
That was the day I learned to never lie about Excel experience.
s3ven_LvLs
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Back in the day I lied to a temp agency and told them I was an expert level Excel user. They had me take a test and a I didn't have a clue of what the fukk I was doing
Thing is I was not lying lol I used excel for lab reports in college but not to the level that they had in store for me .
Neil Tyson
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tbh I learned excel on the job.
I did say I was an expert in excel but they didn't do any checks until white lady asked me to work on something on excel and I was like sure thing.
When I was clicking through the menus I was confused as fukk.
Then I just googled and troubleshoot my problems and what I needed to. and I became a pro within a week.
They really need to give ya'll chances but I see why they're doing it.
Not many can learn computer shyt as fast as I can.
I would learn, I think it's important for most office work.
I did say I was an expert in excel but they didn't do any checks until white lady asked me to work on something on excel and I was like sure thing.
When I was clicking through the menus I was confused as fukk.
Then I just googled and troubleshoot my problems and what I needed to. and I became a pro within a week.
They really need to give ya'll chances but I see why they're doing it.
Not many can learn computer shyt as fast as I can.I would learn, I think it's important for most office work.
what yall know about slicers,drop down menus, power pivot, and layering translucent / transparent graphs over one another to combine graphs with tables and shyt
what yall know about coding Macros and shyt in VBA
I was good before but I've learned so much in the last year cause my manager is a wiz with the shyt. Excel is a really powerful tool once you get creative and use your mind. Been learning a business intelligence software called PowerBI in the last week and that shyt is even better
what yall know about coding Macros and shyt in VBA
I was good before but I've learned so much in the last year cause my manager is a wiz with the shyt. Excel is a really powerful tool once you get creative and use your mind. Been learning a business intelligence software called PowerBI in the last week and that shyt is even better
1/2OfDaBruinz
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Did they ask what level you were? From my experience most places will ask if you were beginner, intermediate, or advanced. Or they might ask if you can do specific functions like build pivot tables
I had to take a stats class (online) last semester where we had to do a lot of work in Excel. I learned a lot on YouTube just because I learn better when I can see something being done, and it helped me to be able to pause, do the work on my own, then go back to the video. Come test time, I'm glad I watched those videos (just searched by typing in exactly the process the question called for) otherwise I could have failed! So definitely check out YouTube. There are all kinds of tutorials on there. Good luck!
s3ven_LvLs
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That sounds crazy if you put basic and they gave your formuals. Formuals are really intermediate and the basic/beginner is just changing fonts, centering the data and other stuff like that.
You never know; you probably did good, they could have put the formuals on the test to see how
much you know. For pratice, you can download a bootleg copy of excel and pratice.