Excel Interview Questions

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1) What is Microsoft Excel?

Microsoft excel is an electronic worksheet developed by Microsoft, to be used for organizing, storing

and manipulating.

2) What is ribbon?

The ribbon runs on the top of the application and is the replacement for the toolbars and menus.

The ribbons have various tabs on the top, and each tab has its own group of commands.

3) How can I hide or show the ribbon?Use the CT! and "# key to toggle $ show or hide the ribbon.

4) How can you wrap the text within a cell?

%ou have to select the text you want to wrap, and then click wrap text from the home tab and you

can wrap the text within a cell.

) Is it possible to pre!ent so"eone fro" copyin# the cell fro" your wor$sheet?

%es, it is possible. &n order to protect your worksheet from getting copied, you need to go into Menu

bar 'eview ' (rotect sheet ' (assword. )y

entering password, you can secure your worksheet from getting copied by others.

%) How you can su" up the &ows and 'olu"n nu"ber (uic$ly in the excel sheet?

)y using *UM function, you can get the total sum of the rows and columns, in an excel worksheet.

) How you can add a new excel wor$sheet?

To add a new +xcel worksheet, you have to insert worksheet tab at the bottom of the screen.

*) How you can resi+e the colu"n?

To resize the column, you have to change the width of one column and then drag the boundary on

the right side of the column heading till the width you want. The other way of doing it is to select

the "ormat from the home tab, and in "ormat you have to select UT-"&T C-!UM /&0T1 under

cell section. -n clicking on this the cell size will get formatted.


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,) What are three report for"ats that are a!ailable in Excel?

Compact

eport

Tabular

1-) How would you pro!ide a .yna"ic ran#e in /.ata 0ource of i!ot ables?

To provide a dynamic range in 20ata *ource3 of (ivot tables, 4rst create a named range using o5se

function and base the pivot table using a named range created in the 4rst step.

11) Is it possible to "a$e i!ot table usin# "ultiple sources of data?

&f the multiple sources are di5erent worksheets, from same workbook, then it is possible to make

(ivot table using multiple sources of data.

12) Which e!ent do you use to chec$ whether the i!ot able is "odied or not?

To check whether the pivot table is modi4ed or not we use 2(ivotTableUpdate3 in worksheet

containing the pivot table.

13) What you could do to stop the pi!ot table fro" loosin# the colu"n width upon

refreshin#?

"ormat loss in pivot table can be stopped simply by changing the pivot table options. Under the

2(ivot Table -ptions3 turn on the 2+nable (reserve "ormatting3 and disable 2 uto "ormat3 option.

14) What is I5 function in excel?

To perform the logic test &" function is performed. &t checks whether certain conditions is true or

false. &f the condition is true then it will give result accordingly if the condition is false then the

result or out6put will be di5erent.

+xample7 "or example, you select the cell and you want to display that cell as 28reater than 4ve3,when value is true 9:; or ;< and 2less than 4ve3 when value is false9 =;


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The ?uick way to return to a speci4c area of worksheet is by using name box. %ou can type the cel

address or range name in name box to return to a speci4c area of a worksheet.

1,) What is the benet of usin# for"ula in excel sheet?

Calculating the numbers in excel sheet, not only help you to give the 4nal @sum upA of the number

but, it also calculate automatically the number replaced by another number or digit. Through exce

sheet, the complex calculations becomes easy like payroll deduction or averaging the studentAs

result.

2-) What is the /What If condition in excel for"ulas?

The 2/hat &f3 condition is used to change the data in Microsoft excel formulas to give di5erent

answers.

+xample7 %ou are buying a new car and want to calculate the exact amount of tax that will be

levied on it then you can use the 2/hat &f3 function. "or instance there is three cells B,)B and CB

"irst cell says about the amount, second cell will tell about the percentage 9.;D< of tax and 4nal

cell will calculate the exact amount of tax.

21) How you can disable the auto"atin# sortin# in pi!ot tables?

To disable the automating sorting in pivot tables,

8o to ' 2More *ort -ptions3' ight Click 2(ivot table3 ' *elect 2*ort3 menu ' *elect 2 More

-ptions3 ' 0eselect the 2 *ort automatically when the report is created3.

22) What is the 78. function does in excel?

!ike &" function, 0 function also does the logical function. To check whether the output will be

true or false the 0 function will evaluate at least one mathematical expression located in anothe

cell in the spreadsheet. &f you want to see the 4nal result or output of more than one cells in single

cell it is possible by using 0 function.

+xample7 &f you have two cells, # and E, and the value you put in those two cells are '; and you

want result should display as @TU+A in cell )# if value';, and @"alseA if any of those values=;. %oucan use 0 function to do that.

23) How cell reference is useful in the calculation?

&n order to avoid writing the data again and again forcalculating purpose, cell reference is used.

/hen you write any formula, for speci4c function, you need to direct excel the speci4c location of

that data. This location is referred as, cell reference. *o, every time a new value added to the cell,

the cell will calculate according to the reference cell formula.

24) What is the se(uence of operatin# "athe"atical operation in Excel?

The order of se?uence of operating is )+0M*

)rackets

+xponents

0ivision

Multiplication

ddition

*ubtraction

2) What does a 9::;


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/hat is the short cut key for applying the percentage format with no decimal place in +xcel EG#HI

Cntrl>*hift>D

) Cntrl>D

C *hift>D

0 Cntrl>*hift>J

Mention what does the !+ formula used for in +xcel EG#HI

Counts the total sum of the numbers

) Count only the numbers

C Count number of character excluding spaces

0 Count number of characters including spaces

/hat are the reports available in +xcelI

Compact

) eport

C Tabular

0 ll of the above

&t is not possible to display the text in the data area of (ivot TableI

TU+

) "!*+

Mention what is the use of 0 formulaI

8ive the sum of two number Koined by 0

) Counts blank cells in a given cell

C Checks whether all conditions are passed or not

0 "inds the largest number in a list


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Mention what is the use of ept formulaI

&t repeats a particular text n number of times

) &t removes the unnecessary space from the text

C &t 4nds the maximum of a given list of numbers

0 &t 4nds the minimum of a given list of numbers

/hat is the use of ot formulaI

To 4nd the number in the list

) To count character without spaces

C Check whether condition pass is true or not

0 To negate a logical value

/hat does the pv formula is used forI

Calculates the outstanding payment amount

) Calculates net present value from a series of future payments

C Calculates how much you should pay for your mortgage

0 "inds out how much a series of payment is worth in future

/hat is the syntax of and formulasI

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