Sample
Sample Candidate
Business Analyst · Bangalore, India
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Professional summary
Business analyst with 3 years of experience gathering requirements and mapping processes for banking clients. I bridge business teams and developers so that the right thing gets built.
Experience
Business Analyst · Employer · 2022 to now
- Gathered and documented requirements for a loan processing system used by 20 branches.
- Mapped the current process and found 4 steps that could be removed.
- Wrote user stories and acceptance criteria for a team of 8 developers.
- Created SQL reports to track the impact after go-live.
Skills
Requirements gathering · Process mapping · User stories · SQL · Excel · Stakeholder management · Agile · Gap analysis
Education
Degree, college, year
Writing the summary
The summary in the sample names the role, the years of experience, the main skills and one strength, in 2 or 3 lines. Swap in your own: for this job, name Requirements gathering and Process mapping only if you have used them.
Writing experience bullet points
Each line in the sample is an action, the task and a result, such as “Gathered and documented requirements for a loan processing system used by 20 branches”. Use your own numbers, and lead with the lines closest to the job post.
Skills and keywords for a business analyst resume
These skills often appear in job posts for this role. List the ones you can prove, using the same words as the job description so an ATS (applicant tracking system, the software many employers use to store, search and filter resumes) can match them.
What recruiters check first
Management recruiters look for the scope you handled (team, budget, products) and the outcomes you drove. Show decisions, not only duties.
- Scope: team, budget, products
- Outcomes and metrics
- Decisions you made
If you are a fresher
Show case studies or internship work where you documented a process or analysed data.
Prepare for the interview
Common questions for this role. Answer tips are on the Business Analyst interview questions page.
- How do you gather requirements from busy stakeholders?
- What is the difference between a BRD and an FRD?
- How do you handle conflicting requirements?
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Frequently asked questions
What should a business analyst resume include?
A short summary, experience with measured results, a skills section that uses the words from the job post, then education and certifications. Recruiters in this field look for Requirements gathering, Process mapping and User stories.
Which skills should I list?
Only the ones you can show proof for. For this role that often means SQL, Excel, Stakeholder management and Agile.
How do I get past the applicant tracking system?
Use one column, standard headings such as Experience and Skills, and the exact skill names from the job description. Keep key details out of images, tables and icons.
Can freshers apply?
Show case studies or internship work where you documented a process or analysed data.