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PowerPoint Test for New Hires. January 2012. confidential & proprietary information. 2. Instructions. Welcome! First, we’d like to get a feel for your analytical abilities and writing style… On each of the next three slides, please do the following:
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PowerPoint Test for New Hires January 2012 confidential & proprietary information
2 Instructions • Welcome! First, we’d like to get a feel for your analytical abilities and writing style… • On each of the next three slides, please do the following: • 1) Replace the “xxx” in the headline with your overall take on the data shown in the chart. This should be a one-sentence summary which illustrates what you believe to be the most important finding or the main point of the slide based on the information you’ve been given. • 2) Replace the “xxx” in the bullets with your own explanation of how the data might be read and interpreted. *Note that the data on the following slides is not true data, it was generated solely for the purposes of this test.
Xxx • Xxx • Xxx Purchases of Breakfast Sandwiches (% purchasing at least once per week)
Xxx • Xxx • Xxx Purchases of Breakfast Sandwiches (% purchasing at least once per month)
Xxx Breakfast Sandwich Preferences (top-2 ratings; 10-point scale) • Xxx • Xxx • Xxx
6 Instructions Now we’d like to see how familiar you are with PowerPoint software. Please follow the instructions located in the green header on each of the following slides.
Make an exact copy of this slide and place it at the end of this deck (as the last slide). • On the new slide, change the data to match the table below and show it in descending order from left to right. • Make all of the bars the same color blue. Product Comparison Chart #1
Make the product names bold and 20 point Calibri font. • Show the data in descending order from top to bottom. • Decrease the space between each bar to approximately half the distance there is currently. • Change the bars that are currently BLUEto the same exact shade of blue as the blue on the previous slide. • Change the bars for are currently TURQUOISEto the same exact shade of orange as the orange on the previous slide. • Make a color-coded legend appear just below the chart. • Make the percentages for each bar of data appear on the inside end of the bar. • The series in BLUE should be named “Males” and the series in ORANGE should be named “Females”. • Change the color of the bars ONLY for Product A to RED. Product Comparison Chart #3
On a new slide, recreate the chart below as a column chart. • Show data for “would use it frequently” at the top and “would never use this” at the bottom. • Change “Product A” to “STRAWBERRY FLAVOR”. Product Comparison Chart #2
Using the data provided, insert a pie chart in the space provided below. • Use your best judgment regarding the formatting for the pie chart (size, colors, labels, etc.). Product Comparison Chart #4 • Xxx • Xxx • Xxx
11 Instructions Here’s one last thing we’d like you to do. Please make the page numbers appear at the bottom left-hand corner of each slide (instead of at the top right as they currently appear). Thanks very much for your time and consideration!