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How would you measure the success of a new feature?
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Define a goal metric, a baseline and guardrail metrics, run an experiment or before-after comparison and review adoption, retention and revenue impact.
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02
What is the difference between OLTP and OLAP systems?
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OLTP handles many small day-to-day transactions; OLAP supports analysis over large historical data with aggregates and reporting.
03
XLOOKUP vs VLOOKUP?
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XLOOKUP can look left or right, uses exact match by default, returns a custom value if nothing is found and doesn't break when columns move. VLOOKUP only looks right and needs a column number.
04
How would you prioritise 10 features with a limited budget?
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Score them with RICE or value-vs-effort, align with goals, consider dependencies and risks, validate with stakeholders, then use MoSCoW for the release plan.
05
What is a BRD review and who signs it off?
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Stakeholders and the sponsor review the Business Requirements Document for completeness and accuracy, and the business owner gives formal sign-off before design begins.
06
Which what-if analysis tools does Excel have?
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Goal Seek (find the input for a target output), Data Tables (see outputs for many inputs) and Scenario Manager (save best, base and worst cases).
07
What is a product backlog vs a sprint backlog?
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The product backlog is the ordered list of all desired work; the sprint backlog is the subset the team commits to in the current sprint.
08
Build a break-even analysis in Excel.
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Break-even units = Fixed costs ÷ (Price − Variable cost per unit).
Add a data table to test different price and volume scenarios.
09
A food delivery company's orders fell 15%. How do you investigate?
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Check data accuracy, then segment by city, restaurant, time and user type; look at supply, delivery time, pricing, competitors and seasonality before proposing fixes.
10
How would you forecast next quarter's sales in Excel?
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Use FORECAST.ETS or a trendline on monthly history, check seasonality, compare with a simple moving average and present a range, not a single number.
11
How would you estimate the market size for an electric scooter in India?
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Top-down: two-wheeler market x EV share x addressable segment. Bottom-up: target households x adoption rate x price. Compare both for a sanity check.
12
Guesstimate: how many cups of tea are sold in Delhi per day?
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Population about 20 million, adult tea drinkers about 50%, cups bought outside per person around 1 on average. This gives roughly 10 million cups, then adjust for offices and stalls.
13
Difference between INNER JOIN and LEFT JOIN?
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INNER returns only matching rows; LEFT returns all rows from the left table and NULLs where there is no match.
14
What are the 4 Ps of marketing?
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Product, Price, Place and Promotion, the levers a business uses to bring an offering to market.
15
What is a process flow and which tools do you use?
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A diagram of steps, decisions and owners in a process, made using BPMN or flowcharts in tools like Visio, Lucidchart or draw.io.
16
What is a market entry strategy case?
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Decide whether and how to enter a market by evaluating attractiveness, competition, capabilities and entry mode (build, buy, partner), then risks and next steps.
17
How do you find duplicate customers?
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SELECT email, COUNT(*) FROM customers GROUP BY email HAVING COUNT(*) > 1;
18
Explain Porter's Five Forces.
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A model assessing industry attractiveness through supplier power, buyer power, threat of new entrants, threat of substitutes and rivalry among competitors.
19
Revenue grew but profit fell. Why could that happen?
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Look at the cost side: heavier discounts, higher CAC, logistics costs, product mix shifting to low-margin items, one-time expenses or pricing changes. Break contribution margin down by segment.
20
What is SQL and why do business analysts need it?
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A language for querying databases. BAs use it to pull data themselves, validate numbers, check reports and answer questions without waiting for engineers.
21
What is the 80/20 rule in business analysis?
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Pareto principle: about 80% of outcomes come from 20% of causes, such as most revenue from a few customers or most defects from a few issues.
22
What is scope creep and how do you control it?
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Uncontrolled growth of requirements. Control it with a clear scope statement, change control process, impact analysis and sponsor approval for additions.
23
Guesstimate: how many pizzas are sold in Mumbai on a weekend?
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About 20 million people, roughly 10% order pizza on a weekend, about 1 pizza per 2 people in an order. This gives roughly 1 million pizzas, adjusted for outlets and delivery capacity.
24
Guesstimate: how many cars are sold in India every year?
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Structure it: households × car-owning share ÷ replacement cycle + first-time buyers + commercial fleet. State each assumption clearly and sanity-check the final number.
25
How do you protect a worksheet or workbook?
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Review > Protect Sheet or Workbook with a password, lock cells, hide formulas and allow only selected cells to be edited.
26
Which Excel functions do business analysts use daily?
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VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, IF, text functions, PivotTables and charts.
27
A client's profits are falling. How do you structure the problem?
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Split into revenue and cost, then revenue into price, volume and mix, and cost into fixed and variable; check internal factors and external market factors.
28
How do you validate data before analysis?
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Check row counts against the source, nulls, duplicates on keys, value ranges, date coverage and that totals reconcile with finance reports.
29
How would you improve a company's low app conversion rate?
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Map the funnel, find the biggest drop-off, check usability and load time, run A/B tests on fixes and track conversion lift.
30
What is the profit equation and how do you use it in cases?
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Profit = Revenue minus Cost, where revenue = price x volume and cost = fixed + variable. Split each part to find which one explains a change.
31
What is the difference between a chart and a dashboard?
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A chart shows one view of data; a dashboard combines several charts and KPIs on one page for monitoring.
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How do you chart a trend with a target line?
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Create a line or column chart of actuals and add the target as another series formatted as a line.
33
What is the difference between COUNT(*) and COUNT(column)?
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COUNT(*) counts all rows; COUNT(column) counts only rows where that column is not NULL.
34
How do you validate that a report's numbers are correct?
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Reconcile totals with source tables using SQL, check filters and joins for duplication, compare with prior periods and verify with business owners.
35
How do you calculate the percentage contribution of each category?
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SUM(sales) per category divided by SUM(SUM(sales)) OVER () and multiplied by 100 gives each category's share of the total.
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What is the role of a BA in Scrum?
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They help the Product Owner refine the backlog, write stories and acceptance criteria, clarify details with developers and support testing and demos.
37
What are fixed costs and variable costs?
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Fixed costs stay constant regardless of volume, such as rent; variable costs change with volume, such as raw materials.
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How would you decide whether to launch a new product?
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Assess market size and demand, customer need, competition, unit economics, capabilities, risks and strategic fit, then test with a pilot before scale-up.
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What are acceptance criteria?
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Clear, testable conditions a story must meet to be accepted, often written as Given-When-Then scenarios.
40
How would you size the market for IT courses in Delhi NCR?
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Top-down: NCR population aged 18–30 × share of graduates × share wanting paid upskilling × average fee. Cross-check bottom-up with institutes × batches × students × fees. State your assumptions.
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What is a CTE?
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A named temporary result introduced with WITH that makes long queries readable and reusable in the same statement.
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What is a traceability matrix?
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A table linking each requirement to design, test cases and delivery status, ensuring nothing is missed and helping assess change impact.
43
How do you compute CAGR in Excel?
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CAGR = (End value / Start value)^(1/years) - 1, entered as =(B2/A2)^(1/n)-1.
44
What is a SWOT analysis?
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A framework listing internal Strengths and Weaknesses and external Opportunities and Threats to assess a project or business position.
45
What is a RACI matrix?
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A table assigning Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed roles per task so ownership is clear.
46
How do you find the top 5 customers by revenue?
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SELECT customer_id, SUM(amount) AS revenue FROM orders GROUP BY customer_id ORDER BY revenue DESC LIMIT 5;
47
How do you evaluate a marketing campaign's ROI?
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ROI = (incremental profit - campaign cost) / campaign cost. Measure incremental sales using a control group or before-after comparison.
48
How do you analyse variance between budget and actual?
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Variance = Actual - Budget, shown as amount and percentage, with conditional formatting to flag large gaps and comments on the drivers.
49
How do you manage conflicting requirements from two senior stakeholders?
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Clarify the underlying goals, present data and trade-offs, facilitate a joint session, escalate to the sponsor if needed and document the agreed decision.
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What is gap analysis?
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Compare the current state (as-is) with the desired state (to-be), list the gaps in process, people or technology, and plan actions to close them.
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What is the difference between SQL and Excel for analysis?
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Excel suits small to medium data and quick ad-hoc work; SQL queries large databases directly and repeatably.