The Excel crash course for consulting analysis
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Do you want to become known as the ‘Superstar Analyst‘ on your team? Want to deliver rapid analysis and insights, but unsure where to start with the various formulas? Still slowly clicking around in messy Excel workbooks?
Excel mastery is an upfront investment that will save you thousands of hours throughout your career. This was one of the best personal investments I ever made which was further honed as a BCG consultant and Amazon PM. I would like to pass on my key learnings.
Consultants, Business Analysts, Data Analysts, and Business Intelligence Engineers pride themselves on rapidly delivering beautiful, dynamic, and structured analysis. If you work in this field, mastering Excel is essential.
After this crash course, you will know exactly how to do that. We will walk through examples of all the important formulas a superstar analyst needs to know, and the little-known shortcuts to do it faster than anyone else.
By the end of this course, you will:
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Master all the important formulas in Excel that matter, without getting overwhelmed by less important details
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Know the best-practices used in consulting and tech business analysis
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Understand when and how to use each formula – you will shine in delivering workbooks that are beautiful and insightful, not just correct
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Note: This course does not include VBA, Statistical Analysis, or data links to other programs (e.g., Python, SQL)
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Insert filters, multiple sort -
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Create tables
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Find and replace data
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IFERROR for calculations
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IFS for creating buckets in a new column
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LEFT RIGHT LEN SEARCH for manipulating text
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LEFT RIGHT LEN SEARCH for manipulating text (advanced)
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Cleaning dates
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Using Excel's Smart Autofill feature
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Format numbers quickly, set decimal points
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Using detailed formatting options in Ctr + 1
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Conditional formatting
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Align text, font color
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Adding cell borders
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Cell highlights
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Use Paste Special to copy formats from another cell
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Clear formatting from cells
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Insert and delete comments from cells
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Set row width and column height, Use autofit
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Show and hide gridlines
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Color the tabs in your workbook
