Hi Fishes,

I am a QA engineer in an edutech company. I have an experience of 7.5 years (manual testing- database, front end, mobile and api testing).

I want to move to a BA role. I have good communication skills and an analytical mind. Below are 3 of my biggest questions.

1. Is it too late to switch to a BA role?
2. What are the skills,tools or certifications required?
3. How should I approach a job opening, given that I have no work experience as a BA.

Pls do pitch in your thoughts

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No, I don't think it is too late. You can move to business analysis at this stage.

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Can u pls share some pointers to how to make the switch. Thank you

Hello fishes, thanks for the ppl who supported and responded to my query earlier. Happy to inform u all that I have moved to a BA role 😃

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Thank you..I am not sure if I can be of much help to you here, I just got lucky I would say. There was an internal opening for which I applied, attended an interview and cleared it. Questions were scenario based(should be able to answer them if you are comfortable with creating test scenarios.) Am not sure about how it happens outside 🙁. Will try to share pointers as I progress in the role.

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