Question bank
Interview questions, with guidance on how to answer
834 questions across 64 roles. Open one to see what a strong answer includes and common slips, then drill it out loud with Ava. New to answer structure? Start with the learning hub.
Behavioural
Past experience: what you did and what happened.
220 questions
Technical
Craft knowledge and how you would do the work.
572 questions
Case
A scenario to reason through and decide.
29 questions
System design
Design a system and defend the trade-offs.
13 questions
834 questions.
- TechnicalMid levelScrum Master
When have you decided that Scrum was not the right fit, and adapted to something else like Kanban?
Tests: Scrum & agile practice
- BehaviouralMid levelScrum Master
Two senior engineers disagree strongly during planning and the rest of the team goes quiet. What do you do?
Tests: Conflict resolution
- TechnicalSeniorScrum Master
How have you coordinated delivery across several teams working on the same product?
Tests: Scaling & cross-team coordination
- TechnicalSeniorScrum Master
Leadership wants a fixed date and fixed scope for a big release. How do you respond as the agile lead?
Tests: Delivery metrics & flow
- TechnicalSeniorScrum Master
How do you know when a team no longer needs you as much, and how do you help them get there?
Tests: Coaching teams
- BehaviouralAny levelScrum Master
Tell me about a time you protected your team from outside pressure or constant interruptions.
Tests: Servant leadership
- TechnicalAny levelScrum Master
Describe an impediment outside your team's control that you managed to get resolved. How did you do it?
Tests: Removing impediments
- TechnicalEntry levelBusiness Analyst
If a manager says their team's reporting process is too slow, what questions would you ask first?
Tests: Requirements elicitation
- TechnicalEntry levelBusiness Analyst
How would you write a requirement so that a developer and a tester both read it the same way?
Tests: Documentation & user stories
- BehaviouralEntry levelBusiness Analyst
Tell me about a time you had to understand a process or business area you knew nothing about. How did you learn it?
Tests: Domain & business acumen
- TechnicalMid levelBusiness Analyst
Walk me through how you would map how a process works today and how it should work in future, and which tools you would use.
Tests: Process modelling
- BehaviouralMid levelBusiness Analyst
Tell me about a time stakeholders gave you conflicting requirements. How did you resolve it?
Tests: Stakeholder communication
- TechnicalMid levelBusiness Analyst
Describe how you have used data, whether spreadsheets or queries, to back up a recommendation.
Tests: Data analysis
- TechnicalMid levelBusiness Analyst
How do you write acceptance criteria, and how do you know a user story is ready for the team to start building?
Tests: Documentation & user stories
- TechnicalMid levelBusiness Analyst
After a solution goes live, how do you check that it actually delivered the benefit everyone expected?
Tests: Solution evaluation
- CaseSeniorBusiness Analyst
How would you build a business case for replacing an old core system, including costs, benefits and risks?
Tests: Solution evaluation
- BehaviouralSeniorBusiness Analyst
A senior leader has already chosen a solution before the requirements are clear. How do you handle it?
Tests: Critical thinking
- TechnicalSeniorBusiness Analyst
How do you decide which requirements truly matter when the budget only covers about half of them?
Tests: Domain & business acumen
- BehaviouralAny levelBusiness Analyst
Tell me about a time you discovered the real problem was different from the one you were asked to solve.
Tests: Critical thinking
- BehaviouralAny levelBusiness Analyst
How do you run a workshop with a room full of stakeholders who all want different things?
Tests: Stakeholder communication