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1 Agile Define Burndown Chart

1 Agile Define SCRUM Team
1 Agile Define Velocity 

1 Agile How do you gather requirements in an Agile Project?

1 Agile How to prioritize the product Backlog?
1 Agile What are the different roles in SCRUM
1 Agile What are the different SCRUM Ceremonies?
1 Agile What is a Planning Poker?
1 Agile What is a product backlog?
1 Agile What is a retrospective?
1 Agile What is a sprint backlog?
1 Agile What is a Sprint Review?
1 Agile What is a Story Point?
1 Agile What is a task in JIRA?
1 Agile What is SPRINT Planning?
1 Agile what is Stand-up in a sprint?
1 Agile What is Story Grooming?
1 Agile Who is a Product Owner?
1 Agile Who is a SCRUM Master
1 Agile What are the different techniques of estimation in Agile?
1 Agile What is JIRA?

1 Agile What is SCRUM

1 Agile What are the challenges faced by a BA in Agile projects?
1 Agile Tell me about RUP methodology? How many workflows RUP has? Name them.
1 Diagrams What is a wireframe?
1 Diagrams What is prototyping?
1 Diagrams Are you familiar with UML?
1 Diagrams What are the different types of UML diagrams?
1 Diagrams What is a class diagram?
1 Diagrams what is a swim lane diagram?
1 Diagrams what is an Activity Diagram?
1 Diagrams What is an decomposition diagram?
1 Diagrams What is the Importance of a flow chart?
1 Diagrams What is use case diagram?
1 Diagrams What is the difference between Wireframe vs Mockup vs Prototype
1 Diagrams What is Business Flow Diagram?
1 Diagrams What is ER Modelling?
1 DocumentatDifference between a FRD and BRD?
1 DocumentatWhat is a BRD?
1 DocumentatWhat is a user manual?
1 DocumentatWhat is MOM - Minutes of Meetings?
1 DocumentatWhat is the difference between BRD and SRS?
1 DocumentatWhat is the different kinds of documents created by a BA?
1 DocumentatWhat methods should I use to get documentation reviewed?
1 DocumentatWhat is a RFP?
1 DocumentatWhat is a SLA?
1 DocumentatWhat is a Project charter?
1 DocumentatWhat is SLA?
1 Elicitation Define Elicitation & stakeholder management?
1 Elicitation How to set agenda before meeting a stakeholder to elicit requirements?
1 Elicitation How will you elicit requirements in a new project?
1 Elicitation What is a Interview technique?
What is a Questionnaire technique?
1 Elicitation
What is a Survey technique?
1 Elicitation
What is brainstorming?
1 Elicitation
What is focus group?
1 Elicitation
What is observation technique?
1 Elicitation
How do I know when I’m done eliciting requirements?
1 Elicitation
1 RequiremenDefine Non functional requirements with examples.
1 RequiremenDescribe the main qualities of a good requirement?
1 RequiremenWhat is scope creep and how can you avoid?
1 RequiremenHow Did you perform impact analysis?
1 RequiremenHow do change management process and how does BA handles new changes?
1 RequiremenHow do you gather requirement in a waterfall method?
1 RequiremenHow do you know when requirements are complete?
1 RequiremenHow do you manage multiple stakeholders?
1 RequiremenHow will you manage new requirements post implementation in waterfall?
1 Requiremenwhat are the common issues when gathering requirements?
1 RequiremenWhat are the best practices for interacting with stakeholders for requirements?
1 RequiremenWhat are the steps in Moscow?
1 RequiremenWhat is a Feasibility Study?
1 RequiremenWhat is an SMART technique from requirement perspective?
1 RequiremenWhat is difference between Requirement gathering vs elicitation?
1 RequiremenWhat is Gap analysis?
1 RequiremenWhat is influence vs interest matrix from stakeholder perspective?
1 RequiremenWhat is Risk analysis?
1 RequiremenWhat is Root cause analysis?
1 RequiremenWhat is the difference between requirement and specifications?
1 RequiremenWhat is the purpose of requirements traceability?
1 RequiremenWhat do you mean by scope of a project?
1 RequiremenWhat is the difference between Functional vs Non-functional Requirement
1 RequiremenWhat is 5W1H?
1 RequiremenHow do you approach getting sign off on requirements?
1 RequiremenHow do you convert requirements into technical specifications?
1 SDLC Define Waterfall Methodology
1 SDLC How is the agile methodology different from Waterfall methodology?
1 SDLC What are the different phases in SDLC process?
1 SDLC Which is better, the Waterfall Model or Scrum?
1 SDLC What are the different SDLC methodologies?
1 Testing How do you lead a UAT Session?
1 Testing What are the various testing stages in a software project life cycle?
1 Testing What is the role of a BA in UAT?
1 Testing What is UAT?
1 Testing Give an example of a test Scenario?
1 Testing Give an example of Testcase
1 Testing How's testing done in Agile?
1 Testing What is a Test Plan?
1 Testing What is Black Box Testing?
1 Testing What is Integration testing?
1 Testing What is Unit testing?
1 Testing What is White Box Testing?
1 Testing What is your approach to gathering test data?
1 Testing What is Software Testing Life Cycle?
1 Testing What is HP ALM and have you used it?
1 Testing What is Shakeout testing?
1 Testing What is Smoke testing (Ad-hoc testing)?
1 Testing What is Functional testing?
1 Testing What is Regression testing?
1 Testing What is System testing?
1 Testing What is Load testing?
1 Testing What is Stress testing?
1 Testing What is Performance testing?
1 Testing What is Alpha testing?
1 Testing What is Beta testing?
1 Testing What is Defect Management?
1 Use Case Define alternative flows in a use case with example
1 Use Case Define Extends in a use case?
1 Use Case Define includes in a use case?
1 Use Case Define postconditions in a use case with example
1 Use Case Define precondition in Use case with an example?
1 Use Case Explain trigger in USE Case with an example
1 Use Case What is an assumption in a use case?
1 Use Case What is an exception in a use case?
1 Use Case What is the normal Flow in a use case? Give an example?
1 Use Case Give examples of Use Cases you have developed?
1 Use Case Who is an actor?
1 User Story What are User Stories?
1 User Story What is a Acceptance criteria in a story?
1 User Story What is an epic?
1 User Story What is definition of done in a user story?
1 User Story What is INVEST in a User story?
1 User Story What is the standard title format of a User story?
1 User Story Give examples of User stories you have developed?
2 Data Define the process flow of Data Migration?
2 Data Difference between Normalized & Denormalized data?
2 Data How do you do Data Reconciliation using excel?
2 Data How to approach Data Integration ?
2 Data How to create a Data Map?
2 Data How to do Data Modelling?
2 Data What are common Data Integration Issues?
2 Data What are the best practices for Data Migration?
2 Data What are the best practices in data Integration?
2 Data What are the best practices of Data Reconciliation ?
2 Data what are the Data Reconciliation Process?
2 Data What are the Data Reconciliation Tools?
2 Data What are the differences between Logical, Physical, CDM?
2 Data What is Data migration?
2 Data What is Master Data Management?
2 Data What is the process for data validation testing?
2 Data what is the purpose of Data Reconciliation Process ?
2 Data What is your approach to understanding a dataset?
2 Data What is Datamart?
2 Data What is Datatype?
2 Data How do you approach data profiling/cleansing?
2 Data What are the different steps of a data migration?
2 Data WarehCan you give some examples of implementation of SailPoint
2 Data WarehCan you give some examples of implementation of Salesforce
2 Data WarehCan you give some examples of implementation of ServiceNow
2 Data WarehDefine SAP BO Dashboards
2 Data WarehDefine Tableau Dashboards
2 Data WarehDescribe ETL testing process
2 Data WarehHow do you design a Database?
2 Data WarehHow o do reporting using SAP BO?
2 Data WarehHow to do discovery in SAP BO?
2 Data WarehHow to integrate Data Sources into Powerbase?
2 Data WarehName the different tools used in data warehousing?
2 Data WarehWhat are ETL Test Cases & test scenarios
2 Data WarehWhat are the advantages of data warehouse?
2 Data WarehWhat are the advantages of SailPoint?
2 Data WarehWhat are the advantages of Salesforce?
2 Data WarehWhat are the advantages of ServiceNow?
2 Data WarehWhat are the components of a data warehouse?
2 Data WarehWhat are the different database testing types?
2 Data WarehWhat are the different Types of Data warehouses?
2 Data WarehWhat are the different types of ETLtools?
2 Data WarehWhat are the disadvantages of data warehouse?
2 Data WarehWhat are the Powerbi Calculated Fields?
2 Data WarehWhat are the Powerbi Filters?
2 Data WarehWhat is DataStage?
2 Data WarehWhat is Power BI?
2 Data WarehWhat is source to target mapping?
2 Data WarehWhat is the purpose of SailPoint?
2 Data WarehWhat is the purpose of Salesforce?
2 Data WarehWhat is the purpose of ServiceNow?
2 Data WarehWhat is DBMS?
2 Data WarehWhat is database?
2 Data WarehWhat is ETL?
2 SQL Give an example of Create Table command
2 SQL Give an example of Insert INTO
2 SQL Give an example of Order By and when do you use?
2 SQL Give an example of outer join?
2 SQL Give me an example when we use group by clause in sql?
2 SQL Give me an example when we use having in sql?
2 SQL How do you do performance Tuning by SQL?
2 SQL How to Use the Where Command?
2 SQL How would you use AND command?
2 SQL How would you use BETWEEN command?
2 SQL What are the best practices in SQL?
2 SQL What happens when you use Delete Command?
2 SQL What happens when you use UPDATE command?
2 SQL What is Foreign Key?
2 SQL What is Inner Join?
2 SQL What is Insert command used for?
2 SQL What is Primary Key?
2 SQL What is Procedures in SQL?
2 SQL What is Schema?
2 SQL What is Select Distinct?
2 SQL What is Trigger in SQL?
2 SQL What is Unique key in sql?
2 SQL What is Update?
2 SQL Where would you use LIKE Command?
2 SQL What is Natural Key/Business Key?
2 SQL What is Surrogate Key?
2 SQL What is Left outer Join?
2 SQL What is Right outer Join?
3 General Can you define a Business Analyst?
3 General How do you deal with a problematic stakeholder?
3 General How does BA support the team in maintenance stage?
3 General What is RACI matrix?
3 General What are some of the common tools that a business Analyst uses?
3 General What are the R & R of a BA?
3 General What do you understand by good assertive skills?
3 General What do you understand by good negotiation skills?
3 General What is the difference between BA and Business Analysis?
3 General Who is a sponsor?
3 General Does a Business Analyst need to have technical knowledge also?
3 General What is the difference between Process vs Project?
3 General What is a Project
3 General What is Project Lifecycle
3 General What is Pre-project Phase?
3 General What is Project Proposal
3 General what is ROI
3 General Who is PMO
3 General What is KPI
3 General what are Service Requests
3 General Difference between Business Analyst & System Analyst?
3 General How to manage projects in JIRA?
3 General What do you understand by configuration management?
3 General What do you understand by version control?
3 General What is SWOT analysis
3 General What is Timeboxing?
3 General Who is an SME?
3 General Can you talk a little bit about your previous project?
3 General Describe your previous project?
3 General Give examples where you were disappointed with your performance?
3 General How do I approach other team members when I join a project?
3 General How do I deal with a problematic stakeholder?
3 General How do you interact with developers?
3 General How do you support end user adoption of your solution?
3 General Give me the steps involved in a JAD session you conducted from your most recent project
3 General How is the typical day as a BA?
3 General How should BA perform risk management for your project?
3 General How should I contribute to meetings when I first get to the project?
3 General How should I present the outputs of my testing efforts to the business team?
3 General How to approach gaining understanding of new tool or applications
3 General How many years of domain experience you have and a sentence about what you have done in the doma
3 General How was your first week at work as a BA?
3 General How will you work with a manager from a BA background?
3 General How will I know what documents I need to get access to?
3 General How will you communicate with technical team?
3 General How will you present a technical solution to a non technical stakeholder?
3 General How will you resolve conflict during JAD sessions?
3 General How will you work in an environment where there is no documentation?
3 General How will you work with multiple project managers on multiple projects?
3 General How will you work with people in a new project?
3 General How will you work with team members who are offshore?
3 General How would you get up speed when you a new project?
3 General How would you give updates to stakeholders?
3 General How would you plan to work in a fast pace environment?
3 General Is it good to have exposure in multiple domains?
3 General Purpose of the Business Analyst within an organization?
3 General Real time examples of tool based integration project
3 General Describe about some of the challenges from the last 2 projects and how did you handle it
3 General What are the airline domain?
3 General What are the challenges working for an environment mainly working with seniors?
3 General What are the different types of domain?
3 General What are the documents you have completed in your experience?
3 General What are the expectations from a BA in a new project
3 General What are the main reasons for a project failure?
3 General What are the main strengths as a good BA?
3 General What do I do if I’m not being given the proper access in a timely manner?
3 General What do you do when a developer incorrectly codes your requirement?
3 General What happens if I’m approached by a technical team member?
3 General What is a hospitality domain?
3 General What is a travel domain?
3 General what is an insurance domain?
3 General What is banking domain?
3 General What is Domain?
3 General What is Impact Analysis? Can you explain your thoughts on it?
3 General What is Mitigation Analysis?
3 General What is the best way to present my project progress to the business team?
3 General What is the purpose of a BA within an organization?
3 General What should I do if I’m not able to meet my project deadline?
3 General What will my first day as a business analyst be like at a new project?
3 General What will you do if you are not able to meet project deadline?
3 General Where do you see yourself five years from now?
3 General Where will I get the templates from to make the different deliverables?
3 General Who will I be reporting to once I go to the project?
3 General Why Domain knowledge is needed?
3 General How do you mentor a junior BA?
3 General How do you give real time examples to explain a scenario to a developer?
3 General Tell me if and how you think you can make a difference if you are hired?
3 General Did you have a culture shock when you first came to the U.S.?
3 General What kind of skills and knowledge do you have so that you can join us?
Answers
A burndown chart or burn down chart is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time
The fundamental scrum team comprises one scrum master, one product owner and a group of developers. Within a scrum team, there is n
 Velocity is a measure of the amount of work a Team can tackle during a single Sprint

Identify the relevant stakeholders.

Establish project goals and objectives.
Elicit requirements from stakeholders.
Document the requirements.
Confirm the requirements.
Prioritize the requirements.
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s. Within a scrum team, there is no rank or hierarchy.