Recently I was asking this question in the interviews of aspiring Business Analyst candidates. I got lot of answers. I realized few candidates don't have clarity about business analyst role and the skillset needed to be an awesome BA. I started my career as a BA and went through many ups and downs throughout career. From my experience here are my top 3 pick for awesome business analyst skillset/strengths
1. Customer obsession - Always think about the customers journey before starting to work on a requirement. The solution should solve a problem and have a great impact to customer journey/enhance customer experience.
2. Communication: Communication includes everything - written, oral, non-verbal, listening skill. It is the best skill you have to engage with the stakeholders. Choose your words carefully, prepare yourself before you are going to make an important communication. Sometime first impression is the last impression.
3. Data driven decision making: A BA always face situation when she/he needs to pick one solution out of many. The decision should be based on data. The data might not be always numerical, it can be qualitative data also. Sometimes data are hidden. A BA needs to identify the hidden data.
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