Online Calendars and Scheduling
Online calendars store events in the cloud and let people view, share and coordinate schedules. Candidates must know the parts of an event: title, date and time, time zone, duration, location or conferencing link, description, attendees, reminders/notifications, and recurrence rules (daily, weekly, custom, with an end date). Understand calendar sharing and permission levels - see free/busy only, view details, or modify - and how delegation lets an assistant manage someone's calendar.
Learn the scheduling concepts questions probe: free/busy lookup to find common open slots, invitations with accept/decline/tentative responses, and how responses update the organizer's view. Know all-day events versus timed events, reminders relative to the start, and multiple calendars shown in different colours that can be toggled on or off. Understand time-zone handling: an event is stored with a zone, so travellers may see it shift unless the calendar displays a fixed zone.
Traps to watch: assuming a recurring event can be edited only as a whole - you can usually change a single occurrence or the series; forgetting that declining an invitation may or may not remove it from your calendar depending on settings; and confusing sharing a calendar (ongoing visibility) with inviting someone to an event (one meeting). Also expect items on availability privacy and on avoiding double-booking.
Rule of thumb: schedule by checking free/busy first, then send an invitation so the event lands in everyone's calendar with a single source of truth. Worked example: To book four colleagues across two time zones, view their free/busy, pick a slot shown free for all, and send an invitation with the correct time zone so each attendee sees their local time.