General QA / Test Engineer interview prep
2 live roles at Arrow Point Management ServicesManual and automation testing, Selenium, test design and SDLC — the QA interview for product companies, services firms and test-automation teams.
Typical QA / Test Engineer interview rounds
- 1 Testing fundamentals. Test types, SDLC/STLC, test-case design and bug lifecycle.
- 2 Automation round. Selenium/Cypress, frameworks and writing test scripts.
- 3 SQL & API testing. Database validation and testing REST APIs with Postman.
- 4 Scenario / behavioural. How you'd test a feature and work with developers.
Commonly-asked QA / Test Engineer questions
- What is the difference between verification and validation?
- Explain the difference between SDLC and STLC.
- What is the difference between smoke, sanity and regression testing?
- Walk me through the bug life cycle from discovery to closure.
- What is the difference between severity and priority? Give an example of high severity / low priority.
- How would you write test cases for a login page?
- What is the difference between functional and non-functional testing?
- Explain the difference between black-box and white-box testing.