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Software testing interview questions

• How would you differentiate between.. Bug and Defect and Failure and Error.
• What are the goals of a performance testing of a web application?
• What is incremental testing?
• What is meant by Testing Methodology and what are different types of
Testing Methodology ?
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• How to write a test cases for File Management System which is maintained in
the offices?
• Please explain 3-tier architecture?
• WHAT IS GAP ANALYSIS?
• What is base lining?
• What is the difference between useabliity testing and GUI testing?
• What is the difference between System Testing and End-To-End Testing. Give
at least 2 Examples.
• What is globalisation testing?
• What you mean Domain Specific Testing? Testing is not Domain Specific?
• can u do 100% testing? can u make bug free product?
• How involved where you with your Team Lead in writing the Test Plan?
• What is structural and behavioural Testing
• What is Scenarios in term of testing
• What is UAT testing.When it is to be done?
• What is migration testing?
• What is the Record and playback method in Testing?
• Who defines quality?
• Describe to me when you would consider employing a failure mode and effect
analysis.
• Describe a past experience with implementing a test harness in the
development of software.
• How would you describe the involvement you have had with the bug-fix cycle
between Development and QA?
• What type of documents would you need for QA/QC/Testing?
• How to find that tools work well with your existing system?
• How would you ensure 100% coverage of testing?
• Who in the company is responsible for Quality?
• What is good code?
• What are basic, core, practises for a QA specialist?
• What are all the basic elements in a defect report?
• Is an “A fast database retrieval rate” a testable requirement?
• How would you define a “bug?”
• What is IEEE 829? (This standard is important for Software Test
Documentation- Why?)
• How do you prioritize testing tasks within a project?
• What is ISO 9003? Why is it important
• What are the key challenges of testing?
• What methodologies have you used to develop test cases?
• Have you ever completely tested any part of a product? How?
• What do you like least about Quality Assurance/Testing?
• What do you like most about Quality Assurance/Testing?
• Describe to me the Software Development Life Cycle as you would define it?
• How would you define Quality Assurance?
• What is software quality assurance?
• What is the difference between testing and Quality Assurance?
• Define Verification and Validation. Explain the differences between the two.
• How many hours a week should a tester work?
• How do you develop a test plan and schedule? Describe bottom-up and top-
down approaches.
• What is a successful product?
What is CMM and CMMI? What is the difference?
• What are the roles of glass-box and black-box testing tools?
• Describe to me what you see as a process. Not a particular process, just the
basics of having a process.
• Have you ever written test cases or did you just execute those written by
others?
• Write a test case for testing a printer which should work based on LAN
configuration?
• Define quality for me as you understand it
• What is the testing lifecycle and explain each of its phases?
• What is a “Good Tester”?
• Difference between Black & White box testing
• What is the Waterfall Development Method and do you agree with all the
steps?
• Difference between Efficiency and Effectiveness?
• What did you include in a test plan?
• What are ISO standards? Why are they important?
• Define the following and explain their usefulness: Change Management,
Configuration Management, Version Control, and Defect Tracking.
• How do you perform regression testing?
• How do you go about going into a new organization? How do you assimilate?
• Have you ever created a test plan?
• Explain the differences between White-box, Gray-box, and Black-box testing.
• Are regression tests required or do you feel there is a better use for resources?
• When should testing start in a project? Why?
• What is the responsibility of programmers vs QA?
• What is quality assurance?
• What are your strengths?
• When do you start developing your automation tests?
• What are your greatest weaknesses?
• What would you like to do five years from now?
• What do you like about QA?
• Describe me to the basic elements you put in a defect report?
• How would you build a test team?
• What sort of things would you put down in a bug report?
• How do you know your code has met specifications when there are no
specifications?
• What type of metrics would you use?
• How do you know when your code has met specifications?
• We believe in ad-hoc software processes for projects. Do you agree with this?
Please explain your answer.
• What did your base your test cases?
• Describe to me the difference between validation and verification.
• Why did you ever become involved in QA/testing?
• What made you pick testing over another career?
• How do you scope, organize, and execute a test project?
• Would you like to work in a team or alone, why?
• How do you analyze your test results? What metrics do you try to provide?
• What you will do during the first day of job?
• Tell me about the best bug you ever found.
• If automating – what is your process for determining what to automate and in
what order?
• When is a good time for system testing?
• What processes/methodologies are you familiar with?
• What is UML and how to use it for testing?
• What is Negative testing?
• How do you scope, organize, and execute a test project?
• When are you done testing?
• What is Localization testing and Globalization testing?
• When have you had to focus on data integrity?
• How do you go about testing a web application
• What is the role of QA in a company that produces software?
• What is an equivalence class?
• Who should test your code?
• What issues come up in test automation, and how do you manage them?
• Describe any bug you remember.
• Describe the role that QA plays in the software lifecycle.
• What methodologies have you used to develop test cases?
• At what stage of sdlc testing starts.
• What is Negative testing?
• Who is Kent Beck, Dr Grace Hopper, Dennis Ritchie?
• At what stage of the life cycle does testing begin in your opinion?
• How do you handle conflict with programmers?
• What is the difference between a test strategy and a test plan?
• How do you handle conflict with programmers?
• Who should you hire in a testing group and why?
• How would you differentiaite between.. Bug and Defect and Failure and Error.
• When should you begin testing?
• How would you differentiaite between.. Bug and Defect and Failure and Error.
• When should you begin test planning?
• For a bug with high severity can we give the priority also to be high…If so
why we need both?For example severity=1 and priority=1…Cant we have
only priority/severity??
• How do you differentiate the roles of Quality Assurance Manager and Project
Manager?
• What is the role of QA in a development project?
• What is unit testing?
• what are the bug and testing metrics
• Discuss what test metrics you feel are important to publish an organization?
• What kinds of testing have you done?
• What is the V-Model Development Method and do you agree with this model?
• What are the common bugs encountered while testing an application manually
or using test director,winrunner
• How does unit testing play a role in the development / software lifecycle?
• Explain the differences between White-box, Gray-box, and Black-box testing.
• What is the difference between a test strategy and a test plan?
• what is terminologe why testing necessary fundamental test process
psychology of testing
• What is the Waterfall Development Method and do you agree with all the
steps?
• What are ISO standards? Why are they important?
• In an application currently in production, one module of code is being
modified. Is it necessary to re- test the whole application or is it enough to just
test functionality associated with that module?
• What is the role of QA in a company that produces software?
• What is IEEE? Why is it important?
• Define each of the following and explain how each relates to the other: Unit,
System, and Integration testing.
• o you support automated testing? Why?
• What is the Entry And Exit Criteria of a test plan ? 2.How to Automate your
test plan ?
• What was a problem you had in your previous assignment (testing if
possible)? How did you resolve it?
• Define the following and explain their usefulness: Change Management,
Configuration Management, Version Control, and Defect Tracking.
• What is the V-Model Development Method and do you agree with this model?
• waht is testlog document in testing process?
• waht is testlog document in testing process?
• Why do you want to join our company?
• We have a testing assignment that is time-driven. Do you think automated
tests are
• What is the difference between smoke and sanity testing?
• We believe in ad-hoc software processes for projects. Do you agree with this?
Please explain your answer.
• What is Traceability Matrix ? Who prepares this document ?
• What is IEEE 829? (This standard is important for Software Test
Documentation-Why?)
• When is a good time for system testing?
• What is the testing lifecycle and explain each of its phases?
• What is a show stopper?
• What do you think the role of test-group manager should be? Relative to
senior management? Relative to other technical groups in the company?
Relative to your staff?
• Are regression tests required or do you feel there is a better use for resources?
• How can one file compare future dated output files from a program which has
change, against the baseline run which used current date for input. The client
does not want to mask dates on the output files to allow compares. – Answer-
 Rerun baseline and future date input files same # of days as future dated run of
program with change. Now run a file compare against the baseline future
dated output and the changed programs future dated output.
• How do you know when the product is tested well enough?
• what is workaround ?
• What is a “Good Tester”?
• How did you go about testing a project?
• Is a “A fast database retrieval rate” a testable requirement?
• what is the differerence between release notes for bugs and instruction notes
for enhancements?
• What is the exact difference between Integration & System testing, give me
examples with your project.
• When should testing be stopped?
• What is a break in function? How do u perform in the software?
• Should we test every possible combination/scenario for a program?
• Explain how testing fits in V-model?
• What are the seviority levels?
• What criteria do you use when determining when to automate a test or leave it
manual?
• under which category of testing ,user acceptance testing comes?
• What do you like (not like) in this job?
• What is difference between Authentication and Authorization?
• What are the properties of a good requirement?
• How do you deal with environments that are hostile to quality change efforts?
• At what stage the design of a project or application is validated
• what are six sigma standards how many types are there
• In general, how do you see automation fitting into the overall process of
testing?