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I was just given an Excel test in an interview today. If you want I can try getting my hands on it for you. PM me

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Wow what did they ask you and what job were you interviewing for?

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i guess it makes sense as students recognize how important it is to have "excel skills" more and more people who dont have them put them on their resume. this increases teh chance an employer will hire one of these and after a few times of being "fooled" they simply include an excel test in the interview process to save time/$.

i've never seen, heard of one save in this thread.

also, even, your advice about not using the mouse is key. i didn't mention it b/c it is simply a given for me. writing macros is by far, for now, the differentiator of "skill" for certain positions. also knowing programs like matlab.

Barron

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I half disagree on the macro thing. I've had multiple jobs and classes that were extremely excel-heavy. Most of them didn't require macros at all. I guess you kind of said the same thing, "certain positions." It's relatively rare that you really need to be familiar with VBA though. However, as I'm sure you know, when you do need it it can be absolutely crucial. I wouldn't put that on the list of first things to learn though. Same goes for Matlab too. Heavily quantitative jobs might make it a necessity, but I've never had to use it in my life. I've never even seen the program.

Also, my name is Evan, not Even.

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as someone who uses matlab a lot and loves it, its not even close to standard for financial jobs.