Tester's skills

Tester should test the application as a end user.
He should also have technical knowledge.
He Should be known with all the flows in the application.
He should know the error prone areas

This are some of the Tester's skill rather thatn Testing
* He/she should be Optimistic.
* He/She should be Quick Learner.
* He/She should be flexible to new technology
* He/She should have Good Communication skill (Both Oral and Verbal)
* He/She should have creative & innovative thinking.
* He/She should be active in Team.

A Good Test Engineer should have following skills:
1. Great observation skills - Hypersensitivity to little things
2. Intelligence , Quick learing skills
3. Diligence - conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task
4. a 'TEST TO BREAK ' attitude
5. an ability to take the point of view of the customer
6. A strong desire for quality
7. An attention to detail
8. Basic programming skills
9. Judgement skills to assess high-risk areas of an application
10. Tolerance for chaos
11. Discipline (being organized)
12. Tactfulness and diplomacy to maintain a cooperative relationship with developers
13. People skills to communicate with both technical (developers) and non-technical (customers, management) people.

1) Good knowledge about the domain he/she is working on
2) He/she should be a good observer
3) Should be able to identify where the number of errors found is maximum
4) Should have good communication skills which help him/her to represent the bug found in a more clean and appropriate way
5) Should not be rigid on the error he found, rather should look for the betterment of project and try to avoid of being a bottleneck
6) Should be diplomatic
7) Should be a quick learner

1. Good communication skills
2. Good analysation
3. Small amount of technical stuff
4. Sensitivity