Sharpoint Interview questions for Business analyst

By Isha Attlee
Q. What are the key Responsibilities of a SharePoint BA?

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. As a SharePoint BA, a candidate must have hands-on experience of SharePoint server 2007 or WSS 3.0.

The Candidate should also know
. The basics of collaboration and Web content management in sharePoint.
. The management of events in the company using SharePoint calendar.
. To create mockups/wireframes of key SharePoint interface components.
. To analyze,define and document business processes and work flows.
. Out-of-Box SharePoint WebParts and its usage.
. Concept of external LOB integration with SharePoint.
. SharePoint Template and design knowledge.
. Content Publsihing and security in SharePoint.


Q. Why would you recommend SharePoint portal for Collaboration?

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SharePoint is a great collaboration Tool. It helps your organization get more done by providing a platform for sharing information and working together in teams, communities, and people-driven processes.

In other words, employees can share information(data/documents) by simply uploading/check-In the documents in the sharePoint document workspace. They also have facility to send E-mails or Alerts, and start approval process around the documents.

Overall, It is an excellent sharing tool with in-build workflow capabilities, to automate the content approval proccess.


Q. How would you plan SharePoint Testing.

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We can Test a SharePoint site for various customizations that will be done by a developer or a designer.

For e.g. some important steps for Testing Custom WebParts are:

* Verify that you can add the Web Part properly to a sharepoint page, and nothing fails.
* Verify that the Web Part can access its resources in different setup configurations.
* Verify that the Web Part renders appropriately based on user permissions.


For Testing Design and Layout changes:

* See if companies Logo is displayed correctly. Verify that it shows up on each and every page of the Site.
* Verify that the application Pages such as "settings.aspx" also inherit a company branding layout.
* Verify design in Various browsers.


Q. How would you publish a daily news content in sharePoint.

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SharePoint is well known for its Publishing features. It has a pre-build Announcement template which can be used to enter and publish announcements on the portal. We need to also add a announcement list view webpart to the sharepoint page to display the entered announcement.
A content specialist can also delay the Publsihing or/and can add an expiry date for the announcement.