Meet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs

After one of the team members applied for a corporate job at Weigel’s—a local convenience store chain with about 90 locations ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Students “excel” at Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge Regional Competition

On Sunday, April 6, the Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC) Regional Competition was hosted at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Organized by MECC ...
People

Spreadsheets Get Intense in Viral Clips from the Microsoft Excel Championships

The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship finals were held in Las Vegas on Dec. 2 and 3 Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...