What Analysts Don’t Know: An Analysis of 500+ Interviews
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20 min
In 2025, the expert team at SSP Soft conducted over 400 interviews with systems and business analysts, each time assessing candidates' knowledge across 15 key topics: from requirements identification and process modelling to architectural patterns, API integrations, and data analysis.
In this talk, we'll explore:
- Actual competency gaps.
- Profiles of specialists by level: how the knowledge of Middle, Middle+, and Senior positions differs in practice.
- “Interview bluffing” — how often candidates attempt to present wishful thinking as real experience.
- Market requirements in 2025 and a forecast for 2026.
- Supply and demand dynamics, potential industry trends.