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Meta: Interview oral — explain each bug in 60 seconds

TalkTrack lists five bugs. Broken tip #3 says “always lock every cell with $”. Demo C4 is typed-over (500) instead of =A4*B4. Fixed restores the good tip and formula.

About this data: Practice names Arjun Mehta (Ahmedabad) and Nina Weber (Zurich). Teaching only.

Why → What → How

Why: Hiring managers ask you to teach — not only to type formulas under pressure.

What: Oral checklist + Demo audit cell.

How:

  1. Open TalkTrack.
  2. Time yourself 60s per row.
  3. Fix the bad tip on #3.
  4. On Demo, restore =A4*B4.

Ravindra Bagale’s Tip

Structure: name the symptom → cause → one-line fix → how you would prevent it next week.

Bugs explained (with mini examples)

Bug 1 — Bad teaching tip

“Always lock every cell with $”.

Bug 2 — Typed-over Demo

C4 is 500, not a formula.

Practice tasks (12)

  1. Task 1. How many talk rows?
    Hint: 5.
  2. Task 2. Broken tip #3 says?
    Hint: Always lock every cell with $.
  3. Task 3. Better tip #3?
    Hint: Ask whether the cell should move when copied.
  4. Task 4. Demo C4 broken?
    Hint: 500 typed.
  5. Task 5. Demo C4 fixed?
    Hint: =A4*B4
  6. Task 6. Oral structure?
    Hint: Symptom → cause → fix → prevent.
  7. Task 7. Name one space bug phrase.
    Hint: TRIM before MATCH.
  8. Task 8. Circular advice?
    Hint: Closed-form, not blind iteration.
  9. Task 9. Sheet for tips?
    Hint: TalkTrack.
  10. Task 10. Sheet for live demo?
    Hint: Demo.
  11. Task 11. Timebox per bug?
    Hint: 60 seconds.
  12. Task 12. Save fixed.
    Hint: Yes.

In-browser formula check

Type the fixed formula you would put in the named cell. We check formula text — open the workbook for full recalculation.

Step-by-step solution (try first)
  1. Replace TalkTrack tip #3 with the relative-vs-absolute question.
  2. On Demo set C4==A4*B4.

Quick quiz

Q1. Oral timebox per bug:
Q2. Broken tip #3:
Q3. Demo C4 broken type:
Q4. Best oral order:
Q5. Circular refs: