Business Analyst interview questions

Tell me about a recommendation you made that was not adopted. What did you learn?

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Tell me about a time you found the real requirement behind a request that was asking for something else.

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Tell me about a time you had to deliver a recommendation to a stakeholder who disagreed with your data.

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Tell me about a recommendation you made that was not adopted and what you did next.

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Tell me about a recommendation you made that was rejected. What would you do differently?

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Tell me about a recommendation of yours that was rejected and what you did next.

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Tell me about a recommendation you made that was not adopted and what you did next.

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Why do you want to work on this team's problems specifically?

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Tell me about a recommendation you made that was not adopted and what you did next.

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Tell me about a recommendation you made that was rejected and what you did next.

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Why do you want to work on this team's problems?

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Tell me about a recommendation you made that was rejected and what you did next.

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Tell me about a recommendation you made that was rejected and what you did next.

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How much SQL do you write?

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How do you present a data-backed recommendation to a stakeholder who distrusts the data?

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Walk me through gathering requirements for a change that risk, operations and engineering want for different reasons.

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How do you gather requirements from a stakeholder who cannot say what they want?

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Two stakeholders want incompatible things. What do you do?

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A stakeholder demands a change mid-sprint. What now?

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How do you handle a stakeholder who will not attend your sessions?

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A sales team says their reporting process takes too long. How would you find out what is actually wrong?

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Walk me through how you would gather requirements for a change that affects three teams with different priorities.

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How would you decide whether a manual approval step should be automated?

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the single biggest improvement it revealed.

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How do you explain a data-driven recommendation to someone who distrusts the data?

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Walk me through a process you mapped end to end and the improvement it revealed.

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Describe a recommendation you made that was rejected. What did you do next?

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How would you decide whether a manual approval step should be automated or removed?

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How do you prioritize between three requirements from three teams with different goals?

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A support team says their process is too slow. How would you find out what is actually wrong before proposing anything?

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Walk me through gathering requirements for a change that three teams want for different reasons.

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How would you decide whether a manual review step should be automated or removed?

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the improvement it revealed.

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How do you present a data-backed recommendation to someone who distrusts the data?

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A support team says their ticket process is broken. How would you find out what is actually happening before proposing anything?

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Walk me through gathering requirements for a change that two departments want for different reasons.

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How do you decide whether a manual step should be automated or simply removed?

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the improvement that surprised the people running it.

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An operations team says their planning process takes too long. How would you find out what is actually wrong?

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Walk me through gathering requirements for a change that two groups want for different reasons.

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How would you decide whether a manual approval step should be automated or removed?

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the improvement that surprised the people running it.

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How do you present a data-backed recommendation to a team that distrusts the data?

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A sales operations team says their reporting process takes too long. How would you find out what is actually wrong?

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Walk me through gathering requirements for a change that three teams want for different reasons.

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How would you decide whether a manual review step should be automated or removed?

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the improvement it revealed.

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How do you present a data-backed recommendation to someone who distrusts the data?

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A team says their planning process takes too long. How would you find out what is actually wrong before proposing anything?

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Walk me through gathering requirements for a change that two teams want for different reasons.

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the improvement it revealed.

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How do you present a data-backed recommendation to someone who distrusts the data?

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A service center says its scheduling process is too slow. How would you find out what is actually wrong?

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Walk me through gathering requirements for a change that operations and engineering want for different reasons.

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How would you decide whether a manual approval step should be automated or removed?

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the improvement it revealed.

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A merchant-onboarding team says their review process takes too long. How would you find out what is actually wrong?

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Here is a process with a flaw in it. Find the flaw before proposing a fix.

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the improvement it revealed.

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How do you present a data-backed recommendation to someone who distrusts the data?

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A planning team says their forecasting process takes too long. How would you find out what is actually wrong?

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Walk me through gathering requirements for a change that two business units want for different reasons.

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How would you decide whether a manual approval step should be automated or removed?

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Describe a process you mapped end to end and the improvement it revealed.

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How do you present a data-backed recommendation to a team that distrusts the data?

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Functional or non-functional requirement, what is the difference?

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What is the difference between a BRD, an FRD and an SRS?

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Use case or user story?

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What is a requirements traceability matrix for?

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How do you prioritize a backlog?

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What is gap analysis?

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How do you document a process?

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What is your role in UAT?

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Agile or waterfall, and what changes for you?

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Which tools have you used?

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