interview question

[M&S]

How familiar are you with Excel and Access?

How can i answer this interview question? how specific i have to describe my proficiency in excel and access?

[Trojan_Horse]

In Excel, they'll want to know if you can create Pivot Tables, lookups, conditional statements, use sorts, filters, goal seek, etc.

In Access, they'll want to know if you can use filters & sorts, create queries (it so, how complex), import specs, etc

For both of these, they'll probably ask if you have any experience with macros and if so, how much. Can you just record them or are you able to use VBA and write your own?

If you've used Excel and Access but aren't comfortable with most of these things then you shouldn't say your proficient.

[rhino365]

what in your opinion makes a successful actuary?