Business Interview Questions

Job description said NOTHING about giving presentations nor did anyone offer that this would be a quality expected of a BA when directly asked about it (if so, I would have prepared an adequate response). That information was deliberately withheld from me in an effort to trip me up in the formal interview.

I'd answer this by saying that these were actually two different questions - how one feels about giving a presentation on something you have knowledge about but on the fly, versus how one feels about giving a presentation about which one lacks knowledge. Clearly, the first situation would be preferable.

I guess you could see it that way, but it wasn't that way at all. By virtue of the fact that they wouldn't move on to the next topic/question after it was answered, it was clear to me that this was a question intended to disqualify/trip me up.

A functional requirement is the what; a system requirement is the how.

1. Review documentation/ release notes. 2. List/ Review the steps in the upgrade. 3. Get the other parties involved to set aside time. 4. Then I would look at the media, and take any backups if needed. 5. I would set up a time which i would communicate to the users asking them to stay out of the system. 6. Complete the upgrade 7. Communicate with the users that it is ok to log back in to the system.

Step 1: Calculate profit (250 * 250 * 0.27 = 16875) Step 2: Calculate discount price (250 * 0.9 = 225) Step 3: Calculate price of chair (250 * 0.73 = 182.5) Step 4: Calculate profit margin ( (225 - 182.5)/225 = .19) Step 5: Calculate new conversion rate (225 * 0.19 * x = 16875) x = 395 395/50000 = 0.79% the new conversion rate

This is incorrect Old revenue = 50000*250*.005=250*250 New revenue with conversion rate r% = 50000*r*250*.9 = old revenue = 250*250 r = .55%

Scenario 1 Number of sales=50,000*.5/100 = 250. Revenue=250*250 = 62,500. Profit is 27%. Therefore 62,500 = 1.27*cost Therefore cost = 49,212.598. Profit = 62,500-49212.598 = 13,287.40. Cost of chair = 250/1.27 = 196.85 Scenario 2 Number of sales = 50,000*r/100 = 500*r (r is new converion rate) Revenue = 500*r*.9*250 Total cost = 500*r*196.85 Profit = 500*r(250*.9-196.85) = 13,287.40 500*r*(28.1496) = 13,287.40. Therefore r = 0.944. The first answer considers profit as margin (percentage of sales) which seems incorrect or needs to be clarified

I described a simple statement: Select (Name all columns from tables or use * for all) From (table name(s)) Where (any conditions, join statements ect) Group By / Order By to sort or aggregate the data

EMC is all about leveraging resources and angles of attack. Those resources include channel partners, outside influencers and clients in like industries. An EMCer refuses to loose... so get creative...

I explained the context for my client's initial inclination and how I persuaded them to adopt a different alternative through case studies, data and postulating how their selection would impact their users in the future (creative visualization).