Goldman Sachs | Excel Skills for Business

Get Career Ready

Build the technical skills you'll use on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Goldman Sachs. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Build the technical skills you'll use on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Goldman Sachs. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to build your technical skills with us at Goldman Sachs. Complete example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced3-4 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntermediate

At Goldman Sachs, we’re excited to equip learners like you with one of the most critical skills any professional in any industry should have: the ability to use Excel & spreadsheets.

With Excel and spreadsheets, professionals at Goldman Sachs are able to advise on some of the most transformative deals and business projects in the world - with some being in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Throughout this job simulation and course, you’ll familiarize yourself with some of the tricks, patterns and tools professionals at Goldman Sachs use every day at work.

Benefits for students:

• No applications, self-paced and can participate from anywhere in the world
• Certificate of completion from Goldman Sachs awarded to those that complete the program recognizing the Excel skills demonstrated
• Come out of this program with a complete and professional Excel model that you can walk through employers and interviewers with

Skills you will learn and practice:

Excel

Cell Biology

Formatting, Comments and Naming

Assumption Analysis

Financial Forecasting

Financial Statement Analysis

Cash Flow Modeling

Data Visualization

How it works

Introduction from Goldman Sachs

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Tasks in this program

Task One: Basic Excel Skills

30-60 mins

Introductory

Understand key shortcuts and functionalities in Excel related to banking and finance

What you'll learn

An overview of Excel shortcuts including data selection, editing, and formatting.

What you'll do

Practice the key Excel shortcuts after watching some video resources.

Reviews

Over 20900

5 Star Reviews

"I liked the practicality of the program. From shortcuts to macros, you learn everything you need to know about Excel to work at a company like Goldman Sachs. Overall, everything is clearly explained and nicely put so you can complete each task alone, and you also get a model answer after each task so you can correct any mistakes you might have made..."-- Student from Universitat de Barcelona

"This program has improved my excel skills, also had given me a different view of using excel effectively."-- Student from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith

"If you are really looking forward in making a career in investment banking this is one of the best course to start and gain experience."-- Student from Institute of Hotel Management, Catering & Nutrition

"The program is hands on and sets us up for success! It is easy to complete and is truly a workplace simulation in the way tasks are introduced and they way I was guided to complete them. Very realistic and practical."-- Student from Lingnan University

"I like how the program taught me a little bit more about shortcuts and how to cut down time when I'm working on Excel projects for school or in my future job."-- Student from West Virginia University

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