I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Compassites Software (Bengaluru) in Jul 2017
Interview
The interview process was conducted very efficiently, was told to wait for about 10 mins after reaching their offices and then the first technical round started.This went for around 30 mins where the interviewer asked questions pertinent to the Business Analysis field especially about the Agile methodology. Waited fr 15 mins before i was told i have been shortlisted for the managerial round which started shortly after. The person interviewing was a Delivery Manager,it was more of a discussion than an interview,went on for about an hour.
After two rounds someone from the HR team informed that the feedback was positive and i could expect a call back in a couple of days.Sadly did not receive any updates from anyone from the company after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1)How do you document Non Functional Requirements in your projects
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Compassites Software (Bengaluru) in Jun 2017
Interview
Unprofessional, uncouth, unpolished interview process.
Interviewer came in with an attitude of a bully. For an experienced candidate like me, he demeaned my experience and slashed things written on my resume as I spoke about it. Shamelessly asked questions such as why I changed careers from being a developer to a BA. asked if development wasn't good enough for me. Was unnecessarily interested in what visa I had initially and what I had now.
Went on to ask me a series of definitions about FRD, BRD, Use case, User story, agile, which I answered. Gave me a business functionality and asked me to write the "Business rules" for it. I asked him if he (The business) had any pre-conditions or restrictions to the functionality. Insisted I (The BA) should "guess it". After I guessed some restrictions he says they are "wrong". Business rules come with the problem statement and are assumptions handed over to the BA in the beginning. Pathetic.
He then saw I had mentioned BABOK training on my resume. He asked me what that was. I said its the BA Book Of Knowledge, a set of standards for BAs. I wasn't certified but was aware of contents.
He goes on to ask me about UML saying "You might know it, its mentioned in the BABOK, you see," mocking me. To which I answer that in my line of work I have used Use Cases and User stories but haven't used UML. He then reveals his personal CBAP certification and BABOK knowledge and demeans me for NOT EVEN knowing such a small thing.
I mention that in most companies I had worked for, I followed templates for everything, and we didn't HAVE to know the definitions of anything. It was more about how effectively we got the information translated for the developers to understand.
I regret visiting this company for a supposedly "full-day-multiple-rounds" face to face interview without having a phone screening round. Had I known this on the phone screen, I wouldn't have wasted my day visiting them.