hi there my name is Richard McMunn from
the interview training company past my
interview com
and in this tutorial I will teach you
how to pass a business analyst interview
now in particular I'm gonna give you
some important tips to make sure you
score highly during your business
analyst interview and I'm also going to
give you a number of sample interview
questions that I believe are going to
come up during your interview and high
scoring arms and so please do stick
around if you have a business analyst
interview coming up now before I get
into those tips and the interview
questions and answers a very warm
welcome to this tutorial my name is
Richard McMunn and I've been helping
people for about twenty years now
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much now in preparation for your
business analyst interview please do
make sure that you aim to demonstrate
the following skills qualities and
attributes these are really important
demonstrate that you have excellent
business analytical skills that's really
important an understanding of the
project life cycle process now even
though you are not as a business analyst
a firm project manager you do need to
have an understanding of the project
life cycle process you have to also be
able to conduct organizational gap
analysis and I'll explain what that is
as we go through this tutorial but also
once you've done that analysis implement
the findings to reach the objectives of
the business and you are working for you
should also have outstanding
interpersonal and communication skills
because you're gonna be dealing with
people from across the organization I'm
also able to assess process and
determine requirement
and also deliberate data-driven
recommendations so those are the things
that I'm gonna be focusing on when we go
through now my sample business analyst
interview questions and answers so
please do take notes as we progress
through these if you don't want to take
notes that's fine I will tow at some
stage where you can download my full set
of 25 answers to tough business analyst
interview questions so the first
interview question during your business
analyst interview is going to be there
tell me about yourself
interview question what I've done here
is I've integrated a little bit more
which is tell me about yourself and why
you think you are suited to the role of
business analyst because that assesses
whether you understand exactly what
forms part of the business analyst role
here is my suggested answer I am a
highly efficient and effective business
analyst who can be relied upon to work
towards achieving the organizational
objectives defined by you the senior
management team now with a proven track
record of effectiveness and a keen
desire to make a rapid and successful
impact the business analyst skills I use
will I feel be attractive to your
company as your business analyst I will
gather and disseminate all necessary
information that will help me meet the
key objectives of your organization I
will create a solid strategic business
development plan based on the
information and data that I gather I
will also identify opportunities for
your business to grow quickly whilst
instilling a culture of achievement
within my departments and I will always
communicate effectively with internal
project managers the senior management
team and also external stakeholders I'm
very passionate about my role as a
business analyst and I feel strongly I
can make a positive and long-lasting
impact on your organization now that's
an in-depth answer and the reason why
I've created an in-depth one it's
because he's essentially two parts these
are tell me about yourself and why you
think you will be suited and because
that demonstrates some strengths in
there as well some key attributes that
you have that will enable you to perform
highly as a business analyst and you're
gonna be up against other people so we
need to have a
positive hard-hitting answer to that
first question second question of your
business and a list interview what are
the most important skills of a business
analyst and why so what are the most
important skills of a business analyst
and why here we go I believe there are
eight core skills required of a
successful and competent business
analyst these are an ability to liaise
with key senior managers directors and
stakeholders to establish the
predetermined objectives of the
organization you need to hold your team
and other departments accountable for
their actions in respect of working
towards the objectives defining your
business plan you require keen
analytical skills and also an ability to
dissect information and data to help you
achieve the key requirements of your
plan based on risk vs. benefits you need
an ability to build strong relationships
with both internal team members and
project managers as without these
relationships you'll be constantly
struggling you need an ability to work
collaboratively with external
stakeholders also you need to be capable
of utilizing project management skills
and also an understanding of the project
lifecycle as without these you will not
be able to achieve your objectives you
must also be able to multitask and
manage numerous projects all at once so
as a business analyst you cannot
function competently without numerous
and vast projects on the go all at once
and finally a strong ability to follow
processes and systems and encourage
organizational departments to do the
same as a must the successful business
requires systems and processes and this
is one thing I will look to develop in
my role as your business analyst what I
like about our answer is you're focusing
on eight specific things there which
will be attractive to any employer does
not matter which organization you are
applying for to become a business
analyst those will be attractive and
what I like about it as well is you are
talking from a strategic level if you
like with those words that I have
highlighted in capitals next question
what's your understanding of gap
analysis so to be a competent business
analyst you need to have an
understanding or understand
of gap analysis what it is and how you
utilize it so here is my answer to that
question as a business analyst it's
important to have a clear understanding
understanding of Tilly how you can
utilize it within an organization to
essentially help achieve predetermined
business goals or objectives now gap
analysis is a technique used to
determine what steps of business or
organization needs to take in order to
move from their current situation to
where they want to be in the future for
example if an organization needs to
improve efficiency and output with a
view to increasing revenue and
profitability
sorry profitability then the business
analyst may decide to facilitate
brainstorming sessions interviews with
key employees and managers and also
analyze key organizational information
and data now once this process has been
completed the business analyst will have
sufficient details data and information
to create a clear plan of action to
overcome the challenges present and more
importantly ensure the organization gets
where it needs to be in order to achieve
the desired objectives so that's a great
answer it shows in detail that you
understand what gap analysis is and you
give an example there of how you would
use it now if you want to stick around
I've got two more business analyst
interview questions and answers to take
you through so please do stick around
but when you're ready if you click that
link in the top right hand corner of the
video it will take you through to my
website pass my interview comm to a page
where you can download my full set for
25 business analyst interview questions
and high scoring answers including the
ones that I'm going through right now
next question what are the different
stages of a successful project so I've
mentioned earlier on at the beginning
that youyou are not fully a project
manager as a business analyst but you
need an understanding of project
management skills and and be able to use
them within your role there are six
stages of a project you need to focus on
in order to ensure it is successful to
begin with there is the initiation stage
during this stage or a project you need
to define the reason for the project and
also gain a clear purpose this then
enables you to work on a planning stage
which is where you would essentially map
out what everyone needs to do in order
to bring the project to a successful
clusion the planning stage includes a
team you will need the resources you
have to acquire the action you will need
to take and also timeline for completion
you would then move on to development
stage of the project where you bring
everything together including the people
and resources before providing them with
a clear brief of what everyone needs to
do you would then move on to the
implementation and testing stages of the
project before finally finishing off
with the closure stage now the closure
stage is where you would deliver the
project and provide ongoing support if
needed and at the end of every project
it's also good practice to look back at
the lessons learned so you can
continually learn grow and develop as an
organization a solid answer that shows
you understand the different stages of a
successful project here's a tricky one
describe a situation where you were
struggling to meet an important project
deadline what did you do to resolve the
situation here's my model answer I was
tasked with leading an important project
for a previous employer with a very
strict deadline early on during the
project implementation stage you became
clear the two members of the team was
struggling to meet their objectives as
soon as identified the issue I called a
team meeting to establish the facts of
the problem and also the reasons why
they were unable to meet their goals now
it quickly became clear their experience
in the required area was lacking despite
me being given assurances they were up
to the job so I immediately sourced two
replacement team members from different
departments within the organization and
i briefed them and what needed to be
done by what timeframe the project was
then successfully achieved on time and
to specification and once the project
was over I took the steps to facilitate
suitable training for the initial two
team members to make sure they were
suitably equipped to participate in and
complete future organizational projects
the the beauty of that answer is you are
tackling the immediate problem so you're
struggling to meet a deadline you take
immediate steps to resolve it so that
shows strength of character it also
shows leadership then what you do at the
end once your projects complete you then
look to facilitate the training of the
the initial two people to get them up to
speed so you they can then be used as
resources in future projects so that
shows a level of intelligence and
leadership skills as
business analysts now if you want my 25
stick around 25 business analysts
interview questions and answers if you
click the link below the video or go to
my website past me interview comment
take you through to here there are 25
business analyst interview questions and
answers here the five that I've just
gone through plus another 20 on at that
page there so I suggest that you get a
copy of those there's also some tips on
the page 5 tips for passing your
business analyst interview you can read
those as well but those are the
questions that I recommend you get
because they're high scoring answers and
it will put you ahead of the competition
at your business and list interview I
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