1.

WhattypesofdocumentswouldyouneedforQA,QC,and

Testing?

2.

Whatdidyouincludeina

test

plan?

3.

Describeany

bug

youremember.

4.

Whatisthepurposeofthetesting?

5.

Whatdoyoulike(notlike)inthisjob?

6.

Whatisqualityassurance?

7.

WhatisthedifferencebetweenQAandtesting?

8.

Howdoyouscope,organize,andexecuteatestproject?

9.

WhatistheroleofQAinadevelopmentproject?

10.

WhatistheroleofQAinacompanythatproducessoftware?

11.

Definequalityformeasyouunderstandit

12.

Describetomethedifferencebetweenvalidationandverification.

13.

Describetomewhatyouseeasaprocess.Notaparticularprocess,justthebasicsofhavingaprocess.

14.

Describetomewhenyouwouldconsideremployingafailuremodeandeffectanalysis.

15.

DescribetometheSoftwareDevelopmentLifeCycleasyouwoulddefineit.

16.

Whatarethepropertiesofagoodrequirement?

17.

HowdoyoudifferentiatetherolesofQualityAssuranceManagerandProjectManager?

18.

Tellmeaboutanyqualityeffortsyouhaveoverseenorimplemented.Describesomeofthechallengesyoufacedandhowyouovercamethem.

19.

Howdoyoudealwithenvironmentsthatarehostiletoqualitychangeefforts?

20.

Ingeneral,howdoyouseeautomationfittingintotheoverallprocessoftesting?

21.

Howdoyoupromotetheconceptofphasecontainmentanddefectprevention?

22.

Ifyoucomeonboard,givemeageneralideaofwhatyourfirstoveralltaskswillbeasfarasstartingaqualityeffort.

23.

Whatkindsoftestinghaveyoudone?

24.

Haveyouevercreatedatestplan?

25.

Haveyoueverwrittentestcasesordidyoujustexecutethosewrittenbyothers?

26.

Whatdidyourbaseyourtestcases?

27.

Howdoyoudeterminewhattotest?

28.

Howdoyoudecidewhenyouhave‘testedenough?’

29.

Howdoyoutestifyouhaveminimalornodocumentationabouttheproduct?

30.

Describemetothebasicelementsyouputinadefectreport?

31.

Howdoyouperformregressiontesting?

32.

Atwhatstageofthelifecycledoestestingbegininyouropinion?

33.

Howdoyouanalyzeyourtestresults?Whatmetricsdoyoutrytoprovide?

34.

Realisingyouwon’tbeabletotesteverything-howdoyoudecidewhattotestfirst?

35.

Wheredoyougetyourexpectedresults?

36.

Ifautomating-whatisyourprocessfordeterminingwhattoautomateandinwhatorder?

37.

Inthepast,Ihavebeenaskedtoverballystartmappingoutatestplanforacommonsituation,suchasanATM.Theinterviewermightsay,“Justthinkingoutloud,ifyouweretaskedtotestanATM,whatitemsmightyoutestplaninclude?”Thesetypequestionsarenotmeanttobeansweredconclusively,butitisagoodwayfortheinterviewertoseehowyouapproachthetask.

38.

Ifyou’regivenaprogramthatwillaveragestudentgrades,whatkindsofinputswouldyouuse?

39.

Tellmeaboutthebestbugyoueverfound.

40.

Whatmadeyoupicktestingoveranothercareer?

________________________________________

41.

WhatistheexactdifferencebetweenIntegration&Systemtesting,givemeexampleswithyourproject.

42.

Howdidyougoabouttestingaproject?

43.

Whenshouldtestingstartinaproject?Why?

44.

Howdoyougoabouttestingawebapplication?

45.

DifferencebetweenBlack&Whiteboxtesting

46.

WhatisConfigurationmanagement?Toolsused?

47.

Whatdoyouplantobecomeaftersay2-5yrs(Ex:QAManager,Why?)

48.

Wouldyouliketoworkinateamoralone,why?

49.

Giveme5strong&weakpointsofyours

50.

Whydoyouwanttojoinourcompany?

51.

Whenshouldtestingbestopped?

52.

Whatsortofthingswouldyouputdowninabugreport?

53.

WhointhecompanyisresponsibleforQuality?

54.

Whodefinesquality?

55.

Whatisanequivalenceclass?

56.

Isa“Afastdatabaseretrievalrate”atestablerequirement?

57.

Shouldwetesteverypossiblecombination/scenarioforaprogram?

58.

Whatcriteriadoyouusewhendeterminingwhentoautomateatestorleaveitmanual?

59.

Whendoyoustartdevelopingyourautomationtests?

60.

Discusswhattestmetricsyoufeelareimportanttopublishanorganization?

61.

Incaseanybodycares,herearethequestionsthatIwillbeasking:

62.

DescribetherolethatQAplaysinthesoftwarelifecycle.

63.

WhatshouldDevelopmentrequireofQA?

64.

WhatshouldQArequireofDevelopment?

65.

Howwouldyoudefinea“bug?”

66.

Givemeanexampleofthebestandworstexperiencesyou’vehadwithQA.

67.

Howdoesunittestingplayaroleinthedevelopment/softwarelifecycle?

68.

Explainsometechniquesfordevelopingsoftwarecomponentswithrespecttotestability.

69.

Describeapastexperiencewithimplementingatestharnessinthedevelopmentofsoftware.

70.

HaveyoueverworkedwithQAindevelopingtesttools?ExplaintheparticipationDevelopmentshouldhavewithQAinleveragingsuchtesttoolsforQAuse.

71.

GivemesomeexamplesofhowyouhaveparticipatedinIntegrationTesting.

72.

Howwouldyoudescribetheinvolvementyouhavehadwiththebug-fixcyclebetweenDevelopmentandQA?

73.

Whatisunittesting?

74.

Describeyourpersonalsoftwaredevelopmentprocess.

75.

Howdoyouknowwhenyourcodehasmetspecifications?

76.

Howdoyouknowyourcodehasmetspecificationswhentherearenospecifications?

77.

Describeyourexperienceswithcodeanalyzers.

78.

Howdoyoufeelaboutcyclomaticcomplexity?

79.

Whoshouldtestyourcode?

80.

Howdoyousurvivechaos?

________________________________________

81.

Whatprocesses/methodologiesareyoufamiliarwith?

82.

WhattypeofdocumentswouldyouneedforQA/QC/Testing?

83.

Howcanyouusetechnologytosolveproblem?

84.

Whattypeofmetricswouldyouuse?

85.

Howtofindthattoolsworkwellwithyourexistingsystem?

86.

Whatautomatedtoolsareyoufamiliarwith?

87.

Howwellyouworkwithateam?

88.

Howwouldyouensure100%coverageoftesting?

89.

Howwouldyoubuildatestteam?

90.

Whatproblemyouhaverightnoworinthepast?Howyousolvedit?

91.

Whatwillyoudoduringthefirstdayofjob?

92.

Whatwouldyouliketodofiveyearsfromnow?

93.

Tellmeabouttheworstbossyou’veeverhad.

94.

Whatareyourgreatestweaknesses?

95.

Whatareyourstrengths?

96.

Whatisasuccessfulproduct?

97.

WhatdoyoulikeaboutWindows?

98.

Whatisgoodcode?

99.

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