Real experience, badly recalled under pressure
Most BAs have done the work that would answer "tell me about a difficult stakeholder" well — they just haven't structured it into a story they can retrieve calmly in an interview. Turning real project memory into a rehearsed, honest answer is a different skill from having done the work in the first place.
What it does
- Anonymises first, confirms with you. Client and product names replaced, identifying figures removed, sector generalised, internal systems stripped — you approve the anonymised version before it's used.
- Portfolio samples with a redacted artefact. Context, problem (quantified), approach, a redacted extract, measured outcome, and what you'd do differently — the line interviewers remember most.
- STAR answers for the standard set. Difficult stakeholder, conflicting requirements, a project that went wrong, influencing without authority, missing information, explaining technical concepts, prioritising under pressure.
- A 60-second positioning statement. Drawn from your actual record, not a generic template.
- Never inflates scope or invents a metric. Uses only what you say you did, and names where your evidence has gaps.
Example
Illustrative, not a real candidate's history.
A senior stakeholder kept overriding agreed requirements late in the project. I pushed back by showing the impact on the delivery date and got a formal sign-off process introduced.
STAR — Difficult stakeholder Situation: senior stakeholder repeatedly changed signed-off requirements late in delivery. Task: protect the delivery date without damaging the relationship. Action: quantified the schedule impact of each change and proposed a formal sign-off gate. Result: change rate dropped after the gate was introduced; date held.
How it works with Claude
A one-off 10-minute install into your Claude account.
Describe your real project work, honestly, no need to polish it first.
Get anonymised samples and interview-ready STAR answers back.
FAQs
How is client work anonymised before it's used in a portfolio?
Client and product names are replaced, identifying figures removed, the sector generalised to an industry, and internal system names stripped — then the anonymised version is confirmed with the user before it's used anywhere.
What STAR questions does it prepare answers for?
The standard set BA interviews return to: a difficult stakeholder, conflicting requirements, a project that went wrong, influencing without authority, missing information, explaining a technical concept to non-technical people, and prioritising under pressure.