I've tried index match and xlookup to no avail. I don't use offset much, and not sure if that's the fix either. I can't share the spreadsheet because it has sensitive data, but I'll provide the screen shots and the formula that is currently used here.
=XLOOKUP(BI$2,answers!$E:$E,XLOOKUP(testers!$A543,answers!$B:$B,answers!$F:$F))
excel-lookup-formula testers worksheet: I'm trying to pull the 'response' provided by user ID (col A) to a specific question (Row 2)
excel-lookup-table answers worksheet User IDs (Col B) Question # (Col E) Response (Col F)