Exit this survey Common Interview Questions-1 Question Title * 1. How do you determine when you have done enough testing? Number of open bugs does not decrease over time User Acceptance Test passed QA Team meeting will determine if testing is done When major bugs are fixed Expected results are same as Actual results QA and Development teams both should agree on that By management request Determined by the project schedule Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Describe a software bug? Something the tester requests to be fixed or corrected Could be something "nice to have" rather than "must have" Violation of written requirements Software crashes or system hangs Missing feature or GUI element Mismatch between actual and expected behavior of software application Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. When do you automate testing? By management request When there is time left in between projects When the test is expected to be launched many times Each and every test should be automated if there is enough time and money If testing cannot be done manually I would automate regression test I would automate release acceptance test Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. When does Testing begin? After QA Team is built and trained Upon approval of the test plan Development stage - after the code is ready to be tested After the prototype comes back with release notes No testing, just quality assurance From the day one - with analysis and requirements After each and every release we do regression testing Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. If you found a bug what do you have to do next? Write an email to the developer with the bug description and steps to reproduce Check in the bug tracking system if that bug was already submitted Report the bug immediately Share the bug with fellow testers Show the bug to QA manager and ask for her opinion Reproduce the bug on several computers before reporting Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. If you find a bug and the developer says it is as-designed, what would you do? Discuss the situation with QA Manager First make sure the developer is right - do not take her words as 100% truth. Then close the bug if she is right. Discuss the situation with Development Manager Close the bug immediately Make sure the status of the bug report is "Fixed" Make sure there was nothing broken in related functional areas Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. How do you perform GUI testing? Using Microsoft GUI guidelines for Windows applications According to QA Manager directions Based on the company policies With Selenium IDE or Selenium RC or both Along the usability guidelines for WEB applications published on www.usability.gov Based on my broad user experience Manually Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. How do you see yourself in 3-5 years as a QA engineer? Business Analyst Someone who makes the difference in software testing White box tester QA Manager Software Developer Small business owner Test automation guru Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. If you log a bug and the developer says she can’t reproduce it, what should you do? Compare the environments: OS, version of the product, browser, etc. Reproduce it on the developer's computer See if I can reproduce it on 2-3 other computers. If not - close the bug report. Ask the Development Manager for a advice See if I can reproduce it on 8-10 other computers. If not - close the bug report. See if I cannot reproduce it myself - close the bug report Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. How do you test a toaster? Done