Interviewing for a new job that sounds heavily Excel-based. Any red flags I should ask about to avoid another soul-crushing spreadsheet grind?

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Isn’t that THE 🚩? When you ask them how they manage their data and they respond, “with excel.”

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^ true. Plus tons of smaller finance and consulting firms

Ask their most recent achievement using Excel, and the function that made it possible. It should give you an idea where the rest of the team is at in their skills so you know if you have to carry everyone.

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Always about process, not the button (or tool/ system).

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What were you doing before?

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