Excel Based Assessments
Test candidates in real spreadsheets and grade the work itself, so anyone claiming advanced Excel skills can prove it by building the model.
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What actually happens
A live spreadsheet test that checks whether someone can actually clean.
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Give them a messy workbook
Candidates open a real dataset with duplicates, broken dates and mismatched IDs, exactly like the file they would inherit on day one.
Excel Assessment / Sheet Q3 sales rawfx=SUMIFS(D:D, C:C, "West", B:B, "<>")OrderRepRegionAmount10241E. BrooksMidwest4,82010241E. BrooksMidwest4,82010242N. AlvarezWest12,40010243T. NashNortheast10244G. TranWest7,15010245A. LewisSouth3,940Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks
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Every keystroke is graded live
Formulas, pivots and lookups are evaluated as they are typed, so partial credit reflects the method, not just the final cell value.
Excel Assessment / Task log Hannah PikeAutograding10/10Removed duplicate orders
Task 1 · exact match
8/10Normalized date column
Task 2 · TEXT + DATEVALUE
10/10VLOOKUP → region owner
Task 3 · used XLOOKUP
9/10Pivot by rep and quarter
Task 4 · correct layout
6/10Reconciled to control total
Task 5 · off by $240
10/10Flagged missing amounts
Task 6 · conditional format
Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks
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See the working, not just the number
The report shows which functions were used, where the model broke and how long each task took, so you can compare two 80s properly.
Reports / Excel Hannah PikeSpreadsheet proficiency
86 / 100
Data cleaning90Lookups100Pivots & summary88Reconciliation60Strong with XLOOKUP and pivots. Control-total variance left unresolved at submission.
Illustrative preview · sample data, not performance benchmarks
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What you get out of it
Prove spreadsheet skill in the spreadsheet itself.
- Real filesnot multiple choice
Candidates build formulas, pivots and lookups in a live sheet the way they would on the job.
- Auto-scoredin minutes
Cell-level checks grade the work, so no analyst spends an evening reviewing submissions.
- Clearlevel mapping
Beginner, intermediate and advanced come out as evidence instead of a claim on a résumé.
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Before you ask.
Yes a live spreadsheet in the browser with formulas, pivots, lookups and charts. No multiple-choice questions about what a formula would return.
From basic formatting and SUMIF up to nested lookups, pivot analysis, data cleanup and financial modeling, graded per task.
Each task is scored independently on the final values and the method used, so a candidate who gets the right answer a different way still earns credit.
Yes for the major platforms Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, SmartRecruiters, iCIMS, Ashby and others through native sync or API. Anything custom is handled with a webhook or scheduled sync.
Data stays inside your account and is never used to train models outside it. Xobin is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, with GDPR-aligned data processing and configurable retention.
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