This repository contains an Excel practice workbook designed for entry-level Data Analyst interview preparation.
The file includes datasets and guided exercises to practice Excel functions commonly tested in interviews.
Data_Analyst_Practice.xlsx→ Excel workbook with 3 sheets:- Employees → Employee details (ID, Name, Department, Salary, Joining Date)
- SalesData → Product sales by region with sales amount & date
- LookupTable → Horizontal table for practicing HLOOKUP and LOOKUP
The questions in this project help you practice:
- Text Functions → LEFT, RIGHT, MID, LEN, UPPER, LOWER, PROPER
- Logical Functions → IF, AND, OR, IFS
- Date & Time Functions → YEAR, MONTH, TODAY, DATEDIF
- Conditional Counting & Summing → COUNTIF, COUNTIFS, SUMIF, SUMIFS
- Lookup Functions → VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, LOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX + MATCH
- Extract first and last names from the Employee Name column.
- Check if an employee is a “High Performer” using IF + AND.
- Calculate how many days an employee has worked till today.
- Use COUNTIFS to count employees in Sales with a salary > 50,000.
- Find an employee’s salary using VLOOKUP and INDEX+MATCH.
- Download the Excel file from this repository.
- Open in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
- Attempt the questions in the README or create your own.
- Practice regularly to strengthen your Excel skills.
If you’d like to add more questions or datasets, feel free to fork the repo and submit a pull request.
Created by Mohd Fuzail for practicing Excel skills as part of Data Analyst interview preparation.