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Excel mock tests

Employer Excel tests come in three shapes. Practise each one under real conditions: timed, no hints, nothing marked until you submit. Then see a score for each skill, why each answer works and the lesson that fixes each gap.

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Take a test to see where you stand.

The average of your best score in each of the 5 tests (0 taken). Tests you haven't taken count as 0.

Next: Excel screening quiz

Quick screen

Multiple-choice questions against the clock, like the 5 to 10 minute Excel screens many employers send first.

Quick screen · BasicFree

Excel screening quiz

15 multiple-choice questions in 10 minutes, like the quick Excel screens many employers send before an interview.

Anyone applying for office, admin, sales or analyst roles who might get a quick knowledge screen first.

15 questions 10 min 70%

Hands-on test

Real tasks in a live spreadsheet, like the 25 to 35 minute simulated-Excel tests used for office and analyst roles.

Hands-on test · BasicFree

Basic Excel skills test

10 tasks in 15 minutes on an orders table: totals, averages, COUNTIF and SUMIF, an IF flag, absolute references and a filter.

Admin, office, customer service and entry-level roles.

10 tasks 15 min 70%
Hands-on test · Intermediate Premium

Intermediate Excel skills test

12 tasks in 25 minutes on an HR roster: XLOOKUP across sheets, SUMIFS and COUNTIFS, IFS, text and date formulas, conditional formatting and a PivotTable.

Analyst, operations, HR, finance and sales support roles.

12 tasks 25 min 70%
Hands-on test · Advanced Premium

Advanced Excel skills test

11 tasks in 30 minutes on a sales ledger: dynamic arrays, two-way and multi-criteria lookups, SUMPRODUCT, sorting by two keys and a two-way PivotTable.

Financial analyst, data analyst, business intelligence and consulting roles.

11 tasks 30 min 70%

Case study

One business scenario and its workbook. You finish the report the way an analyst would on the job.

Case study · Intermediate Premium

Excel case study test

A 40-minute analyst-style case: finish a coffee chain's Q1 report with SUMIF, lookups, % of target, a PivotTable and the key numbers.

Analyst, finance, operations and graduate roles, where the test is a workbook and a brief rather than separate questions.

12 tasks 40 min 70%

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Which test should I take first?

Start with the free screening quiz to warm up, then the free basic hands-on test. If a skill comes up short, the results link straight to the lesson that teaches it. Retake a test a few days later, then move up a level. Aim to pass with time to spare: real tests feel faster than practice.

New to Excel?

Start with the course and come back when you know SUM, IF and COUNTIF. The first lesson takes about 5 minutes and needs no signup.