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Business Analyst Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Business Analyst interview, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples.

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Have you ever broken a confidentiality agreement?

Companies will have confidentiality agreements for a variety of reasons. These could protect their trade secrets or ensure that you do not bring their trade secrets to another company or client. Talk to the interviewer about your thoughts on confidentiality agreements.

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30 Business Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

Below is a list of our Business Analyst interview questions. Click on any interview question to view our answer advice and answer examples. You may view six answer examples before our paywall loads. Afterwards, you'll be asked to upgrade to view the rest of our answers.

  • Behavioral

    1. Have you ever broken a confidentiality agreement?

  • Behavioral

    2. What was the last presentation you gave? How do you feel it went?

  • Behavioral

    3. How would you deal with conflict on your team?

  • Behavioral

    4. How do you react when you are dissatisfied with the quality of your work, or the outcome of a project?

  • Education

    5. Have you considered advancing your education to include an MBA?

  • General

    6. How would you rate your performance in this interview so far?

  • General

    7. Is compensation the most critical factor for you when taking a new job?

  • General

    8. Tell me more about your degree, and the business analysis field in which you are most interested.

  • General

    9. How would you ultimately describe your work style?

  • General

    10. Are you currently interviewing with any of our competitors?

  • General

    11. Which career development goals have you set for yourself this year?

  • General

    12. Are you Six Sigma certified? Why is Six Sigma important to you, as a business analyst?

  • General

    13. What key strengths should a business analyst possess?

  • Operational

    14. Which decision-making technique do you deploy most often?

  • Operational

    15. How often do you discuss work with your colleagues to think up new systems and styles of working?

  • Operational

    16. What are your thoughts on Agile software development? Do you encourage Agile methodologies with your clients?

  • Operational

    17. As a business analyst, when do you consider a project successful and complete?

  • Operational

    18. How do you show your clients the importance of communication during a project?

  • Operational

    19. How do you determine the difference between a risk and an issue?

  • Operational

    20. Tell me about your experience working with teams from various departments of the organization.

  • Operational

    21. Talk to me about your specific technical skills as a business analyst.

  • Operational

    22. Tell me about your involvement in systems development life cycle and user acceptance testing.

  • Operational

    23. When planning, how often do you create alternative scenarios to help you adjust to changing situations?

  • Operational

    24. Which data modeling software do you prefer to use?

  • Technical

    25. Describe Kano Analysis and why it is important.

  • Technical

    26. What are the various SDLC models?

  • Technical

    27. What does the acronym INVEST mean, to technical teams and project managers?

  • Technical

    28. What does the acronym PEST stand for, and have you ever used it?

  • Technical

    29. What is benchmarking, and why is it important?

  • Technical

    30. Name two important types of charts or diagrams a business analyst would use. Why are these important?