Interview QA

Question 1

Tell me about your debugging process.

Answer 1

• Identifying the issue
• Isolating the problem
• Gather and organize the documented information as much as possible.

Question 2

Why QA ?

Answer 2

I transitioned into QA during my internship as a software engineer. There was a need for QA and took that role . I realized that I enjoyed it.

Question 3

Why work for us ?

Answer 3

• There a few things that are important to me work culture is one of them. I like coming to work fully engaged and work culture has a big impact. It seems that you guys have a great sence of unity and good work culture. My background matches the job description and it seems as a good fit.

Question 4

Tell me about a time when you took criticism.

Answer 4

Well criticism opportunity to learn and grow.Thats basically how you improve. I think is an important aspect of development. A coworker that was checking . He brought it up I listened carefully without interrupting her. It was a container in a about us page. After that I went and fixed and thank her for her feedback.

Question 5

Tell me about positive / negative testing.

Answer 5

Positive testing checks for expected values while negative testing test for unexpected values.

Question 6

Tell me about end to end testing.

Answer 6

It test the functionality and performance of an entire software from an user prespective.

Question 7

What is a test environment.

Answer 7

It’s a sandbox where changes can be made without affecting production.

Question 8

What is the software development cycle.

Answer 8

Is the process of developing software.

Question 9

Tell me the steps on the software developing cycle.

Answer 9

• Gather information
• Design
• Develop
• Test
• Deploy
• Maintenance

Question 10

What is SDLC

Answer 10

Its a way to develop software in an efficient manner.

Question 11

Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

Answer 11

• Requirements
• Test planning
• Test case development
• Set up environment
• Test execution
• Test closure.

Question 12

What is a test plan ?

Answer 12

Its a blueprint for running a test

Question 13

Describe or write a test plan

Answer 13

First I need to understand what i am testing so I would spend some time reading any type of documentation that is available. User case , previous bugs that might linked etc.
Second I would brake down the requirements of the user case and make test cases of each one of them. I would include positive/ negative testing , edge cases , functional testing etc.

Third ask questions.
Fourth- I would prioritize the test cases based on their criticality.
Fifth- Go back and fill any gaps that are between the use case and the test cases. Its a good time to do exploratory testing.

Question 14

What is a use case.

Answer 14

Description of how a person uses a system. It usually included on the ticket.

Question 15

What kind of testing are you comfortable running.

Answer 15

Regression testing.
Positive/Negative testing
Smoke testing.
End to End testing.

Question 16

What are the benefit of manual testing?

Answer 16

• It can be done at a earlier stage of the software development process.
• You can test from a human perspective.
• Some test components may not justify the resources required for automation. ( Like a sale. )

Question 17

14) What is the difference between functional testing vs nonfunctional testing.

Answer 17

Functional testing ensures that most important components are working while non-functional examines other aspects of how well the application works.

Question 18

How do you prioritize test cases in agile ?

Answer 18

Based on several factor it could be buisness need. It could be based on functionality.

Critical

Major

Moderate

Low

Question 19

What is regression testing?

Answer 19

Its a way to test if any change in the code affects other aspects of the program.

Question 20

Name some test management tools ?

Answer 20

Testrail
Jira

Question 21

How did you participate on the stand up meeting and what was your role. ?

Answer 21

Well I usually start by informing any blockers followed by giving an update on what I am working on the previous day and that day.

Question 22

What is a test strategy ?

Answer 22

Test strategies is a set of guidelines that describe the test design and how to perform testing. It emphasizes the overall aspect of testing. It’s a high level document.

Question 23

what is a test plan ?

Answer 23

Is a detailed document that covers precies activities tasks and testing schedules.

Question 23

What is postman

Answer 23

Is a popular API tool used for testing and interacting with apis.

Question 24

What are different types of request you can send using postman. ?

Answer 24

The most popular ones are GET, POST, PUT, DELETE,PATCH

Question 25

Difference between regression testing vs smoke testing vs sanity testing.

Answer 25

Regression testing ensures that new code changes do not negatively impact existing functionalities. Smoke testing asses whether major functionalities are working correctly after a deployment. Sanity testing checks if a specific functionality of the software is working correctly.

Question 26

How would you design an effective test plan for new features?

Answer 26

First I need to understand what i am testing so I would spend some time reading any type of documentation that is available. User case , previous bugs that might linked etc. Second I would brake down the requirements of the user case and make test cases of each one of them. I would include positive/ negative testing , edge cases , functional testing etc. Third ask questions. Fourth- I would prioritize the test cases based on their criticality. Fifth- Go back and fill any gaps that are between the use case and the test cases. Its a good time to do exploratory testing.

Question 27

What project have you worked on that you're most proud of, and what was your role within the project?

Question 28

What are my biggest weaknesses.

Answer 28

public speaking

Question 29

Why do you want to work here and why are you a good fit for this position?

Question 30

Why are you interested in working with us?

Question 31

Describe why you would be a good fit for this role

Question 32

What is your process when you find a bug.

Answer 32

* Identifying the issue * Isolating the problem * Gather the documented information as much as possible.

Question 34

Difference between the QA and software testing. ?

Answer 34

Software testing is a part of QA as a whole. QA is a way of ensuring the overall quality of the software. QA is more of a framework and testing is one part of it.

Question 35

What is a test case ?

Answer 35

Is a detail set of instructions on how to test a specific aspect of the program.

Question 36

What is boundary testing

Answer 36

It test the boundary of input domain. For example testing a password with only one number. When the minium character is 8.

Question 36

What a test case includes ?

Answer 36

ID Description What is being tested Expected result The actual result Test steps

Question 37

What is bug triage. ?

Answer 37

Is reviewing Priortize And assign it to a team member.

Question 38

what is test metric

Answer 38

is a indicator of how

Question 39

How would you perform exploratory testing

Answer 39

basic functionality check for usability Data validation Compability testing.

Question 40

what is acceptance testing ?

Answer 40

how a well a program is working for an user.

Question 41

Difference between selenium and cypress

Answer 41

Cypress runs directly on the browser while selenium relies on a webdriver API.

Question 42

Give examples of selector

Answer 42

Data attribute, text content,Class , ID , XPATH

Question 43

How you target an element with cypress.

Answer 43

I like using Cypress data-* attributes.

Question 44

Give examples of functional testing vs non functional testing

Answer 44

Functional testing would be placing an order non functional testing can be load testing.

Question 45

What is unit testing

Answer 45

Is when you are testing a function , method or. a class.

Question 46

what is integration testing

Answer 46

is integration testing is when you are testing two component that interact with each other are working properly

Question 47

What is the relationship between software requirements and QA testing?

Answer 47

Requirements are the blueprint by which QA testing occurs. QA's role is to perform an audit on the requirement to ensure the functionality meets the stakeholders product scope criteria.

Question 48

What is pilot test

Answer 48

is a small scale conducted at a limited scaled.

Question 49

What is load testing ?

Answer 49

is when you are testing how program behaves with certain amount of users.

Question 50

difference between test script and a test case ?

Answer 50

A manual test script is step by step how to perform a test while a test case is slightly more general.

Question 51

What is grooming or Backlog refinement.

Answer 51

Its when the project manager prioritize the tickets that will be worked on this sprint.

Question 52

Sprint planning

Answer 52

Every three weeks they move the tickets that will be work on this sprint from the backlog to the sprint backlog.

Question 53

Sprint execution

Answer 53

Its basically when work gets done. In my case QA , any new features that im working on and developing any page. It last 3 weeks.

Question 54

Sprint Review

Answer 54

Its when we go over the work we have done.

Question 55

Sprint Retrospective

Answer 55

its when we see what we can do better

Question 56

what is Equivalence Partitioning.

Answer 56

Grouping input data into sets. that should yield the same output. Test cases are then selected from each group to represent its behavior, reducing redundancy and optimizing test coverage

Question 57

How do you typically identify software functionality gaps during the review of specifications and use cases? Give me an example

Answer 57

1. Review documentation 2. compare the requirements with what being tested. 3.ask questions 4. prioritize 5.Feedback or fill in gap Example: we have an app that lets the technician order their chemicals. The user case did not specified who was able to order chemicals. sometimes the chemical will go through without a employee id. There are teams of two that share equipment so it would cause a disruption in operations. I was able to catch it on a lower environment. We got back with the project manager to fix it.

Question 58

HTTP Status Codes

Answer 58

Status codes 100 Status codes ->[Informational] --> 100 continue 200 Status Codes [Success] -->. 200 --> ok 300 Status Codes [Redirection]-->. 300 --> mulitple choices 400 Status Codes (Client Error)-- --> 400 -> bad request 500 Status Codes (Server Error)--->. 500 --> internal server error

Question 59

Difference between load testing and stress testing

Answer 59

Load tests help you understand how a system behaves under an expected load. Stress tests help you understand the upper limits of a system's capacity using a load beyond the expected maximum

Question 60

What is the difference between Assert and Verify commands in test automation?

Answer 60

When an assert command fails it will stop executing code and the test will pause. When a verify command fails it will plow ahead and execute the rest of the code.

Question 61

What is assert in automation

Answer 61

Check if the codes conditions are true. If it fails it wills top executing the code and the test will pause.

Question 62

What is verify command in automation

Answer 62

Check if the condition is true. If it fails it will plow ahead and execute the rest of the code.

Question 63

What is the difference between Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Quality Testing?

Answer 63

Quality assurance plans the way in which test process will be monitored within a team and organization. Quality control finds defects and suggests ways to improve the software. Testing is the process in which quality assurance and quality control find bugs.