Business Analyst Behavioral Interview Questions

Some of the common Business Analyst Behavioral or Situational Interview Questions asked during Business Analyst Interviews.

Be prepared with answers for the interview questions below when you prepare for an interview.  Here are 25 Business Analyst Behavioral or Situational Interview Questions which are repeatedly asked in interviews.  All the Best for a successful career as a Business Analyst!

Business Analyst Behavioral / Situational Interview Questions

1. Describe a time when you had to deal with a stakeholder that just didn’t want to participate in one of your requirements workshops and tried to sabotage it. What did you do?
2. Describe a situation when you were unable to deliver one of your requirements documents on time. What did you do?
3. Tell us about a time when you needed to gain approval for one of your business requirements documents but a stakeholder kept on delaying or postponing meeting with you.
4. As a business analyst, describe your ideal project environment.
5. Describe a time when you introduced a new idea or process into a project or department and how it improved the process or situation.
6. Describe a situation where you had to mentor a colleague on any tool or concept. How did you approach this?
7. Describe a time when you had to facilitate a requirements gathering activity where your stakeholders were not located in the same city. If you haven’t done this before, describe to us how you will deal with this type of situation.
8. Describe a situation where you used business analysis techniques to gather business requirements from stakeholders. Which techniques did you use and why did you choose those techniques?
9. Describe a time when you were responsible to plan and facilitate a requirements workshop. How did you go about it?
10. Describe a time when you had to win a difficult stakeholder over to accept the project change that will affect his/her department. How did you do it?
11. Describe a time when you were in a project where change happened constantly without any change control to requirements. How did you deal with this situation and how did you overcome the associated challenges?
12. Describe a time when you had to deal with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. How was the message different?
13. Explain how you organize or prioritize your workload?
14. If you are asked to include particular requirement in current requirements, what will you do?
15. Tell me about a time when you had too many things to do and you were required to prioritize your tasks?
16. What is your typical way of dealing with conflict? Give me an example.
17. Tell me about a time you were able to successfully deal with another person even when that individual may not have personally liked you (or vice versa).
18. Give me an example of a time when something you tried to accomplish and failed?
19. Give me an example of when you showed initiative and took the lead?
20. Tell me about a recent situation in which you had to deal with a very upset customer or co-worker?
21. Tell me about a time when you delegated a project effectively?
22. Give me an example of a time when you used your fact-finding skills to solve a problem.
23. Tell me about a time when you missed an obvious solution to a problem?
24. Describe a time when you anticipated potential problems and developed preventive measures?
25. Tell me about a time when you were forced to make an unpopular decision?