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Defect Report
Write a defect report for this arithmetic issue. The program is supposed to add numbers properly and this is what you see:1+1=21+2=31+3=42+2=32+3=52+4=63+3=5Write a clear and concise description of the problem.
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Trend Analysis
What is trend analysis? How is it used in software testing? Provide three specific examples.
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Good Business Sense
Give me an example of how you exercised good business sense in your career as a tester?
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Test a Coffee Cup
What test cases would you write when testing a coffee cup?
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Master Testing by Reinventing it
How would you defend the statement: "You can't master testing unless you reinvent it"?
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Combination Testing using All-Pairs Technique
How do you perform combination testing using the all-pairs technique? Please fully explain this process.
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Quality of a Tester
What quality of a tester deserves the most respect from colleagues? Explain your answer.
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Automated Regression Test
Do automated regression tests find the majority of defects? Explain your answer.
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Should stakeholders Report Bugs
Is it true that any stakeholder should be able to report a defect? If so, why? And if so, how would this be done?
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Balanced Score Card
How can the concept of 'balanced scorecard' be used in testing?
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Post Mortem in Software Testing Process
What is a Post Mortem in a software testing process?
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Corner Case
What is a corner case?
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Integration Test
The product is in its later stages of development and you are going to release the product within the next few test cycles. You are supposed to begin testing this afternoon. Several mission-critical defects have been fixed but the development team has not completed Integration Testing. Unexpected circumstances have pushed your resources to the edge of the test window and you will not be able to...
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Enhancement Request
Q1: What enhancement request are you are especially proud of?Q2: What type of product was it?Q3: How would your modification improve this product?Q4: Was it implemented?
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Test Process Improvement
What improvement have you recommended or introduced to a test process?
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Most Embarrassing Moment
What was your most embarrassing moment as a tester?
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Tester Qualities
If you were hiring a tester, what qualities would you look for?
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Test Manager
Does the Test Manager serve his manager or his test team? Discuss your rationale in your answer.
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Maintaining Relationship
You have been asked to attend a meeting with all of the company's product stakeholders to provide your test management expertise. During this meeting, the Project Manager (PM) indicates that there is no need to establish exit criteria for the project. You believe the exit criteria is necessary and offer valid reasons. For some reason, the PM appears to feel challenged by your statements and pushes...
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Test Effort
You have been hired into a small company where a hot-shot developer serves as business analyst and project manager on top of his development duties. He has undermined your efforts to create a worthwhile test management process over the past month. He refused to provide requirements and specifications for the product and is now delivering the first build for you to test. How do you handle this situation?
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Most Important Person on a Test Team
Consider the roles of the Test Manager, Test Lead, and Tester. Who among them is the most valuable member and why?
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Defect Responsibility
You have released a very complex product to production and customers are complaining that a particular functionality isn't working properly. Your test team had missed a subtle detail that is now producing a backlash from customers. Who is responsible for this oversight? What do you do about it?
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Selecting Test Management / Defect Tracking System
You are responsible for establishing and implementing a test group in your new company. How would you go about choosing the most appropriate Test Management / Defect Tracking system for your company?
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Root Cause of Defect
A product has released to production and customers are reporting significant problems with a particular functionality. You investigate the test suite to find a set of related test cases that have been reported as 'Pass'. What are the possible root causes when a defect is found in production and how would you handle each situation?
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Mission-Critical Defects
What would you do if you discovered that mission-critical defects had been missed by the test team and are now in production?
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Product Delivery
The product has undergone several unexpected changes during your previous test cycles and as a result there have been more test cycles than originally planned. Marketing has a firm deadline on which to announce this product to the public and upper management feels obligated to deliver on schedule. Nevertheless, your test team had discovered several priority 1 defects in the last test run and the...
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Ad-hoc Testing
Ad-hoc testing is performed when there are no requirements or specifications to draw upon. How well can you discover defects through ad-hoc testing?