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I think we need a little more detail on what you’re talking about.There’s no official DOL document called a “PERM Worksheet” (there is something like this for determining Prevailing Wage intended to both be used by DOL internally, and to provide guidance to employers in assessing what the determination will be). There is an actual electronic PERM application form which can be found in PDF format for review.I suspect you may be talking about a document used by your company or their law firm to gather the necessary information to prepare the case - we don’t know what this looks like, but knowing what a PERM requires we can guess what they ask about. They need accurate information about all education and experience - including start and end dates down to the day (the PERM electronic form requires this info).I would also focus on the specific skills, techniques, methods, technologies etc. used in prior jobs that were a requirement of your employer when recruiting for your current job (or the future job they’ll be offering in the PERM filing). The strongest cases are the ones which are clear about the employer’s minimum requirements for the position and how you met them in terms of these elements of experience.

Historically, Excel was limited in the amount of data it could store and analyze, inability to handle simultaneous access by two or more people, and inability to deal with relational data tables. Remember though that you are attacking a moving target with a question on Excel’s main limitations and weaknesses. With each succeeding version, Microsoft has been reducing or eliminating those limitations and weaknesses.Amount of data to store and analyzeExcel 2007 brought the big grid, with 16,384 columns and 1,048,476 rows. For most people, that was plenty. But database advocates continually pointed out that those were still limits, and that Excel got sluggish when you filled its worksheets up with data.Excel 2010 brought the PowerPivot add-in, which allowed Excel to analyze a hundred million rows of data. The allied Power Query add-in let you bring in and condition data from a wide variety of sources. Excel 2013 improved these add-ins, and Excel 2016 made their functionality part of the basic installation.Excel 2013 and 2016 became Large Address Aware in 2016, so 32-bit installs could use up to 4 GB of RAM, a significant improvement over the 2 GB limit for Excel 2007. Excel 2010 came in both 32 and 64-bit versions, and the 64-bit version let you use as much RAM as you could afford (up to 8 TB). While Microsoft initially recommended the 32-bit version for most people because of compatibility with certain VBA add-ins, most of them have since become 64-bit compatible. I switched over to 64-bit when I installed Excel 2016, and haven’t ever regretted that decision.Some people complain that Excel gets slow when you stuff a worksheet full of data. If the worksheet contains only data, you should see consistently snappy response. But if the worksheet rows are packed with formulas, you may start to notice some sluggishness for recalc each time you hit Enter. When that becomes a problem, change to Manual calculation mode and hit F9 to force a recalculation only when you think one is required.People also complain that Excel can’t do lookups very quickly when your lookup table has hundreds of thousands of rows. They say that databases are much more efficient because their data tables are indexed. Poppycock! Sort your Excel data by the lookup column and then use the enormously faster binary lookup form of VLOOKUP or INDEX & MATCH. You should see a 100X to 1000X improvement in speed using a formula like:=IF(VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:A,1)=A2,VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!A:Z,4),"Not found") Microsoft addressed slow lookup in 2018 by indexing the lookup tables used by functions like VLOOKUP, MATCH and XLOOKUP. This is the same technique used in databases, and allows the lookup formula to go directly to the right row. When you deal with million row lookup tables, the formulas recalculate over a thousand times faster—and no need to sort the data. This improvement applies to subscription copies of Excel and the upcoming Office 2021.Simultaneous accessMicrosoft’s early attempt at allowing simultaneous access to an Excel file (Shared Workbook) was somewhat buggy, and frequently resulted in file corruption. Excel experts everywhere recommended against its use for this reason, and suggested an Access database if simultaneous use was really a requirement.Excel Online allows you to work with an Excel file stored on OneDrive or Sharepoint using a web browser. One of the early features implemented in this was the ability for two or more people to work with a file simultaneously. This was implemented using locks on the parts of the file that each person was working on, so one person could make changes while the others could view.In 2017, Microsoft added automatic saves to files stored on OneDrive. Even if two people are working on the file at the same time, neither one needs to worry about losing their work.Relational data tablesExcel handled flat databases early on. But anytime you had some data in one table, and other data in a different table, there was difficulty. As a result, there are numerous forum questions for how to join tables together, merge their data, identify duplicates/unique entries, resolve conflicts, or populate a column using data from the other table. Each of those problems could be solved, but in many cases you needed to have advanced Excel skills to do it.Microsoft’s Power Query add-in in 2010 began to address these issues. You could write queries using icons on a toolbar that even included features like pivoting and unpivoting the raw data. You could also link two tables together by specifying the fields in each table that would map a relationship. Once the relationship was mapped, getting a property in one table that was specified by a different one became easy. You could edit those queries and mapping relationships using the M language.The Power Query features have been made an integral part of Excel 2016 in the Get & Transform Data group on the Data tab of the ribbon. They are shockingly powerful, and I regret having resisted learning about them for so long.Excel versus database appsExcel is not a database, but people frequently use if for database purposes. I find it insightful to wonder why that should be the case.Excel is available to everybody using Office. Database applications have always been restricted, with only a handful of people getting an app like Access. More powerful database software like SQL requires both IT Department permission and participation during installation.Access to corporate database software is restricted by the IT Department because of the potential damage that can be done. They protect corporate database integrity by exporting files in Excel or .pdf format.Database software is hard to use for anything but data entry, but everybody already knows how to use Excel. That’s why there are jobs called Database Architect, Database Developer and Database Analyst.Do you need a new report or more insightful report format? Get in line at the IT Department, and don’t plan on getting anything soon (or ever) unless you have strong backing from top management.Given the preceding database limitations, is it any surprise that people respond by using Excel as a database?

10 Important Interview Questions and their Answers1. What do you see as the key skills of a business analyst?Answer: There are several skills required to be a successful Business Analyst. They are not just linited to your work. These skills even include your personal qualities and approach towards your clients. Some of the key skills expected from any Business Analyst are:• Customer Service skills• Strategic thinking approach• Good communication skills• Collaborating with other employees and colleagues• Analytical skills• Leadership skills• Customer oriented• Ability to drive and adapt to the changes.2. What is a use case model?Answer: A business analysis presentation of the steps involved in defining the interactions between a user (actor) and a system (computer system) is termed as use case model. It gives details on the interactions and sets the expectations of how the user will work within the system. The use case model consist of 2 main elements:• Use case diagram – It is a graphical representation that details which actors can operate which use cases• Use case description – It is a detailed textual step by step presentation of interactions and dialogue between the actor and the system.3. What is an activity diagram and why is it significant?Answer: An activity diagram is a simple and intuitive type of a flow chart which enables analysts to present a robust and easy visual of the workflow of a business use case. The objective of activity diagram is to show various activities taking place in an organization in different departments. Different departments in any organization like HR, Accounts, Sales, etc. have access to the screens that relate to their fields but activity diagrams highlight the differences in the departments which help the developers when they code and design. The important elements in Activity diagram are initial nodes, control flows, activities, decisions, guard conditions, a fork and join and end nodes.4. Define SaaS?Answer: SaaS stands for Software as a Service. It is related to cloud computing. It is an online software for which you just need an internet connection and a web browser. Unlike other softwares, you need not have to install it on your machine. SaaS is a software delivery model in which the software, and usually the data, are hosted “in the cloud”5. What is a BCG Matrix?Answer: To evaluate and analyze the business units and product offerings of corporations, the Boston Consulting Group developed the BCG Matrix in 1986. Companies use this simple 2 x 2 matrix as an analytical tool in portfolio analysis, strategic management, product management, and brand marketing.6. What is PEST analysis and what is its importance??Answers: PEST basically stands for Political, Economic, Social and Technological. PEST analysis is used to assess the above four external factors in relation to your business situation. It is beneficial for your business as them help in understanding how these 4 factors will affect your business in the long term. A detailed understanding of PEST analysis can be obtained from our blog.7. What do you know about GAP Analysis and what is its importance?Answer: GAP analysis is the process of comparing the current state and the proposed state of any business and its functionalities. It comes under the Enterprise Analysis which is a knowledge area of a business Analyst. It helps in determining what steps need to be taken to meet the proposed state requirements for the business. In simple language it can be defined as a gap between 2 questions - ‘Where we are?’ and ‘Where we want to be?’This analysis can be conducted for:• How the Current business process activities and steps are vs how will be the future business process activities and steps.• How the data that a system provides to an interface is now vs how the data needs to be provided in the future• How well a business meets certain goals and metrics now versus the targeted goals and metrics in the future.8. What is UML modeling?Answer: UML is Unified Modeling Language. UML is the standard that the industry uses for visualizing, documenting and constructing various components of a system. It is a modeling standard used primarily for software development, but can also be used for other conceptual models such as describing job roles, business processes and organizational functions. For Business Analysts UML is being able to represent requirements with use cases, class diagram and state diagrams. For Business Analysts, the important part of understanding UML is in understanding the diagram tools and when and how to use them best.9. What is the importance of a flow chart?Answer: A flow chart is a tool that provides a graphical representation of a process. This chart will make a system easy to understand for everyone that is involved with the project that is underway. If you have a massive and complex project with many entities, data, data sources, data destinations and processes involved, a data flow chart is one of the most effective ways of making sense of all that data. The flowchart mostly concerns itself with the flow of data through the system. It is popularly used in Structured Systems Analysis and Design.10. As a business analyst, what tools, you think are more helpful?Answer: The degree and frequency to which a management performs the analysis of a company decides the success or failure in a business. Using business analysis tools can help greatly in increasing productivity and efficiency of work which will lead to business success. Some of the tools which are popular and usually used by Business analyst are:• ERP system – This system gathers information from accounting system, inventory records, sales performance and other key elements of your business. Having this information at your fingertips completes the prime step in performing regular business analysis to see if your company is operating efficiently. It also helps in identifying potential problems which can be worked on.• Microsoft Word – Microsoft word is another important tool which almost every business analyst uses. MS word is very handy in preparing requirements specification documents in absence of Requirement Management Tools. Templates can be created for the documentation of software requirements. Through MS word you can even set preferred fonts, apply your company’s theme, embed external objects such as a Visio diagrams or Excel worksheets, etc.• Microsoft Excel – Excel is one of the most powerful tools when you require any kind of Data analysis on the job. With MS Excel you can create pivot tables, examine trends in the data, sort and filter data, create charts or graphs, etc. It provides many built-in mathematical and financial functions that can help in analysis.• Balsamiq - It is a very useful tool through which you can create wireframes quickly in brainstorming sessions. It is also useful for getting immediate feedback from stakeholders. Business analysts and designers use this category of tools for creating mockups which can be converted into actual designs after signing off.• Rational Requisite Pro – It is one of the most important Requirements Management tools. Working on a large project in a business analyst team will require a concrete tool for managing your requirements. It provides the functionality of Word processing along with the capability to sort and query data using a dynamic database. Tracing requirements along with their changes and prioritize them for implementation becomes easy with this tool.These are the 10 important questions you can expect and prepare yourself for before going for a business analyst interview. But hold on, we are not done yet. We give you one more BONUS question and the answer to it, so here it is:BONUS question: What is Pareto Analysis?Answer: Pareto Analysis includes application of the Pareto Principle as a decision making technique. Also known as the 80/20 rule, Pareto analysis is frequently used within the context of quality control and defect resolution. It suggests that a vital few factors or causes are responsible for producing the majority of the problems. It plots the distribution of events in a standard Pareto Chart."For easy accessibility to these Q&As, we are providing you with the PDF file for the same which you can download and carry with you on your Laptop or Phone wherever and whenever you go."Let us know how you fair in your interview and all the best!