Top 20 Interview Questions asked to Business Analysts

Are you going for a Business Analyst interview and feeling nervous because you are not sure which interview questions could be asked? To help you, in this case, I’m sharing some common Interview Questions which are commonly asked in the Business Analyst interview.


Below Is The List Of Top 20 Interview Questions Asked To Business Analyst:


1. Tell me about yourself.
Basic common interview question but as a business analyst show confident.

2. What kind of documents have you created in your previous organization?
Name only documents which you have prepared and had knowledge on. The interviewer may ask further questions based on your answer.

3. What is UML?
Common diagrams - Use case and process flow diagram)

4. What do you know about GAP Analysis?
Research what is GAP analysis? Why do we need GAP analysis? Template of GAP analysis?

5. How do you deal with difficult stakeholders?
Answer with some examples, you can explain some scenarios in your past organization

6. What will you miss most about your current job?
Answer honestly because the interviewer will ask the further question based on your answers

7. Tell me about your typical approach to a project.
Answer with some examples

8. When are you done with requirement gathering?
Mention each phase of requirement gathering process.

9. What are the key strengths of a business analyst?

10. Have you worked with any Business Intelligence tool? If Yes then name it.
It’s better if the business analyst has worked with an analytical tool.

11. How do you handle changes to requirements?
Most common question but answer wisely and explain all trick you use.

12. What is the difference between a functional requirement and a Technical (NonFunctional) requirement?
You know it better if you are going for a Business Analyst interview :-)

13. What is the purpose of requirements traceability?

14. Describe a time when you had to win a difficult stakeholder over to accept the project change that will affect his/her department. How did you do it?
Explain with a scenario in your previous organization

15. Which techniques do you use to gather requirements smartly?
Explain standard techniques used by business analysts with some example i.e. "how it worked in the very difficult project" and you can also explain the technique which you have discovered.

16. How do you manage multiple projects?
Answer with some example.

17. Explain the Role of a Business Analyst.
Research on this and answer with patience and example.

18. Questions on Domain knowledge?
It’s very important because business analyst should be strong in domain knowledge, therefore, study well even you are already working in that domain. You can negotiate your offer based on your domain knowledge.

19. Questions on SDLC.
You should have basic knowledge of Waterfall and Agile.

20. Do you have any question for me?
As a business analyst, you should ask many questions but it should be related to topic J . You can show your talent in asking a question in this part.


Remember, always answer with patience and never hurry and answer loudly. Study your domain well, before attending interviews and always explain your answers with examples because the interviewer will judge your skills based on your way of answering and explaining.


These are my list of top interview questions asked to Business Analyst. Please share if you have come across any other common questions which could be helpful for others.



More quality read for Business Analysts:

[ S.W.O.T. Analysis ] - All You Need To Know
[GAP Analysis] What and How? - All You Need To Know
How Personal S.W.O.T. Analysis can help to achieve your GOAL?

ALL THE BEST!!

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