Mock analyst take-home task
Run a take-home task end to end, from checking and cleaning the data to a short summary that answers each question with a number.
In this lesson
- Check before you total: repeated rows, blanks, numbers stored as text, dates stored as text.
- Remove exact copies with Data, then Remove Duplicates, every column ticked.
- Average order value:
=AVERAGEIFS(Orders!$G$2:$G$49,Orders!$E$2:$E$49,A2), revenue divided by orders for each group.
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- Skill
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- Stage
- Analyst
Where it sits in Interview prep
- The 10 tasks employers test25 min
- Timed test: pivot tables12 min
- Timed test: cleaning data12 min
- Mock analyst take-home taskThis lesson15 min
The steps
15 steps: 2 explanations, 7 Do this, 5 questions, 1 Your turn.
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Why your formula broke when you copied it
Lock a cell with $ so a formula keeps working when you copy it down.
Beginner · 7 min · Free, with no sign-up
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Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.
On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/GX5R