20 Use case and Business analyst interview questions

Every business analyst has a connection with UML’s Use cases. Mostly in the interviews technical persons asks question about use cases to business analyst. I found following questions very useful and common. May be it helps you out!

1. How many use case engagements have you been on and what was your role?
2. How many use case specifications have you written?
3. What are the 3 most important skills or qualities a good business analyst?
4. How does the role of Business Analysts differ from a Project Manager? From a SME?
5. How would you explain a use case to someone that’s new to use cases or to a customer?
6. What is an actor?
7. What’s the difference between a system use case vs. a business use case?
8. How long (time/calendar) may an instantiated use case run before it could complete its goal?
9. What is an alternate flow? What is an exception?
10. What’s the difference between << include >> and << extend >> relationships and the criteria for using each one? And what is your recommendation on usage of these relationships?
11. What is actor generalization and give me an example of a use case generalization?
12. What’s the difference between functional and non-functional requirements (NFR)? Please provide me with examples of both.
13. What types of requirements should not be documented in use cases?
14. What’s your recommended approach on documenting business rules within use case specifications?
15. How do you identify the basic flow / course? What would you do if someone was struggling to identify the basic flow / course for a new use case?
16. Use case specifications are in a written format. What style do you like to follow when writing your use case specifications (e.g., prose, bulleted-list, essential use case, tabular)?
17. How do you go about generating or identifying your list of actors?
18. How do you go about finding or identifying use cases? Where do you look to find use cases?
19. What are good sources for use case mining?
20. Do you have a preferred number of pages or steps for a use case specification?

Waqar Hussain

a project management professional and blogger who write about project management and entrepreneurship in Pakistan

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