So I've now failed the MOS Excel Associate exam twice and I'm genuinely frustrated. First attempt I scored a 712, needed 700 to pass — so I thought I was close and would easily clear it the second time. Nope. Scored 698. I've been using a MOS practice test site and watching YouTube tutorials, but clearly something isn't clicking with how the actual exam works.
The thing that keeps catching me off guard is the project-based format. I'm decent at Excel day-to-day at work, but the live-in-the-application tasks are a completely different beast. I've got maybe 3 weeks before I need to pass this for a job application. Has anyone put together a solid study guide routine that actually targets the tricky stuff — like conditional formatting, named ranges, and those chart modification tasks?
Any exam tips from people who've passed recently would mean a lot right now. I don't want to pay for a third attempt if I can avoid it.