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October 22nd, 2008 — Testing Concepts, Questions & answers, Testing Interview questions
Boundary value analysis and Equivalence partitioning, explained with simple example:
Boundary value analysis and equivalence partitioning both are test case design strategies in black box testing.
Equivalence Partitioning:
In this method the input domain data is divided into different equivalence data classes. This method is typically used to reduce the total number of test cases to a finite set of testable test cases, still covering maximum requirements.
September 21st, 2008 — Questions & answers, Career in software Testing, Testing Interview questions
Do companies really judge candidate’s testing ability in interviews? Do they ask the questions that really judge the candidate’s skill? What questions should be asked to judge the candidate for software testing field? What is the key process to hire good candidates for software testing positions?
Ok, I am asking to many questions without giving answer to any of it. Well, each question mentioned above will require a separate post to address the problem fairly. Here we will address in short about - How to hire the right candidates for software testing positions?
June 15th, 2008 — QA leadership, QA team skills, Questions & answers, Career in software Testing
Few days back ‘Teresa’ asked me an interesting question.
“I was intrigued by your website because it seems you are truly passionate and interested in testing. In my organization, we’ve found that it’s really hard to keep the GOOD testers in testing. Many of the really skilled testers are always looking for change and want to get out of testing for some reason. I would love to hear if you have any ideas on how to keep the good testers in testing?”
Teresa, first I will address this high attrition rate problem for all employees and then I will come back to addressing “How to keep good testers in testing positions?”
May 31st, 2008 — Testing Concepts, Questions & answers, Testing Interview questions, Basics of Software testing
Despite of hundreds of web articles on Smoke and sanity testing, many people still have confusion between these terms and keep on asking to me. Here is a simple and understandable difference that can clear your confusion between smoke testing and sanity testing.
Here are the differences you can see:
May 7th, 2008 — Questions & answers, Testing Interview questions, Web Testing, Basics of Software testing
This is the guest post from VijayD
Question:
What is the difference between client-server testing and web based testing and what are things that we need to test in such applications?
Ans:
Projects are broadly divided into two types of: Continue reading →
February 9th, 2008 — Questions & answers, QA certifications
I have written many articles on software testing certifications. Here is one more ’sample exam questions’ article on CSTE certification. CSTE testing certification is the basic certification to check testers skill and understanding of software testing theory and software testing practices.
If you are applying for CSTE certification check if you can answer at least 75% of the following test questions. Four and half hour CSTE exam consist of 4 parts, Two multiple choice parts and two essay parts.
