I will be starting a consulting gig within 1 month and I need to master excel before going in. Are there any online courses that provide complete training with interactive worksheets and lots of data to actually practice?
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Hi,
You need to learn the following:
Basics
- Fast excel - throw away your mouse and put some tape on your touchpad. Do everything with your keyboard!
- The main formulas (especially vlookup, column, etc)
- Pivot tables
- Nice formating
- Modeling - you need at least to know how to structure your sheets (Inputs, outputs, sources, versions, etc)
Advanced skills include:
- Financial modeling (making proforma statement)
- Valuation of projects / companies
The best offline courses are Training the street.
Best!
Wallstreet prep is probably the best. To "excel" however, you will need to work on a project and actually creat models: just going through a course will never replace hands on experience.
Is one month enough time? Absolutely! Good luck, happy learning
Hi!
Super recommended that you do a refreshment on the basics, any in the internet will do.
Cheers!
Dear A,
Congratulations to your offer!
It would be helpful for you to learn the business-focused Excel features.
In business, about 80% of your work will come from 20% of the functionality of the Microsoft Excel.
The core skills of a competent business Excel user are something like:
- Formatting & basic formulas
- Mouse-free Excel navigation
- Vlookups & conditional statements
- Data analysis - filtering, sorting, and analyzing data
- Data visualization - tables, charts, and dual axis charts
- What-if-analysis
- Pivot tables
If you can do these things, you’ll outperform 95% of people in the workplace.
To learn these concepts, you could:
- Learn the concepts online for free
- Take an online course
If you’re looking for something free, I’d recommend Googling & Youtube-ing those topics on my list. Tons of free material online. On Udemy you can also find some courses.
If you’re short on time, take a short business-focused online course.
I’d recommend the following business-focused course focused on mastering the 20% of functions that make up 80% of Excel work.
Best,
André
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