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IT Business Consultant Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your IT Business Consultant interview, here are 33 interview questions and answer examples.

IT Business Consultant was written by on March 8th, 2022. Learn more here.

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Tell me about a time when you had two or more stakeholders with conflicting needs and how you helped to resolve the situation.

Stakeholders on technology projects typically represent groups with conflicting business needs. This question is aimed at ensuring an IT business consultant candidate has the ability to identify conflicts and facilitate their resolution.

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33 IT Business Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

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  • Behavioral

    1. Tell me about a time when you had two or more stakeholders with conflicting needs and how you helped to resolve the situation.

  • Behavioral

    2. What types of individuals do you seek out as mentors?

  • Behavioral

    3. How do you handle situations when the needs of the business conflict with the direction of a technology team?

  • Behavioral

    4. Describe a time when you had to convince a customer that their desired solution was not in their best interest.

  • Behavioral

    5. Tell me about a time when you had to deliver difficult news to a customer.

  • Behavioral

    6. How do you handle clients that are uncomfortable adopting new technology?

  • Behavioral

    7. Tell me about a time when you had to sacrifice quality due to budgetary, resource, or time constraints?

  • Behavioral

    8. Describe a time when you implemented a solution that was customized to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders within a business.

  • Behavioral

    9. Describe a time when you suggested an unusual idea to a client.

  • Discovery

    10. Describe your experience designing and delivering global technology solutions.

  • Discovery

    11. What qualities of a company's culture do you appreciate the most? Dislike?

  • Discovery

    12. What business intelligence or analytic software do you have experience with?

  • Discovery

    13. Who do you typically view as your peers and/or partners?

  • Discovery

    14. Tell me about a time you were required to give an executive-level presentation.

  • Discovery

    15. What software development methodologies do you have experience in?

  • Discovery

    16. What kind of experience do you have traveling to client sites?

  • Discovery

    17. What is your process for staying up-to-date with the latest technology trends and solutions?

  • Discovery

    18. What is the most valuable lesson you have learned so far in your career?

  • Discovery

    19. What do you view as the most important qualities for an IT business consultant to possess?

  • Discovery

    20. What do you consider optimal qualities for members of the teams you work with?

  • General

    21. Describe the impact of an operational efficiency you were responsible for.

  • General

    22. Describe your experience with enterprise-level solutions such as ERP or CRM.

  • General

    23. What are some of the factors involved in deciding between SaaS, 3rd party solutions hosted on-premises, and custom developed solutions?

  • General

    24. Describe your preferred project discovery process.

  • General

    25. Describe your experience with vendor selection initiatives and the artifacts you were responsible for.

  • General

    26. What is the largest system implementation you have participated on in terms of number of users and budget?

  • General

    27. What are the factors involved in prioritizing system development and implementation work?

  • General

    28. What do you view as the main goal of the IT business consultant role?

  • Leadership

    29. What kind of leadership experience do you have?

  • Operational

    30. How do you move a project forward when you are faced with limited time for discovery and analysis?

  • Operational

    31. How would you explain the concept of technical debt to a client and convince them to invest appropriately to resolve it?

  • Operational

    32. How do you test and monitor the efficiency of the solutions you recommend and/or implement?

  • Operational

    33. How would you partner with a client to define a high-level technology vision?