This article is the part software testing question and answer series. Here I will answer some reader’s questions asked to me in comments or using contact form. If you have queries on software testing, quality assurance or career in testing then you can ask me these questions in comment section below.
It’s not possible to address each and every question in detail as I observed the questions are on vast topics, for which detail answers will itself require a new article. I will answer such questions in brief here and will also write detail articles separately if required.
So let’s get some questions answered:
Naresh A. asks:
“My past experience was related to “Test Engineer”. Recently I am appointed as Test Lead in a product based company. Currently there is no Pre-established testing process. As a TL am meant to define a standard process for the entire testing flow and I will maintain certain documents for each product.
Can you help me out in establishing a process for testing, and make me know the entire responsibilities of TL and what documents I am supposed to prepare and maintain?”
As a team leader you are responsible for project planning, scheduling, communicating your project status to your manager and most important task of assigning and monitoring the project work. Your main responsibility is to build a team to achieve your project goals. You need to focus on handling the challenges in your project so that your team and project will grow and perform well.
As far as the standard testing process is considered, it’s depends on you - what procedure you want to establish. Yes some people might blame me for this point but I prefer to establish my own processes that work for me. I don’t stick to those old process definitions that are written and managed in some 90’s and most of which might not applicable nowadays.
Test lead is responsible for ensuring project plan changes are incorporated in test plan. You might write a test plan and test strategy (In some cases it might be written by senior test team member or even by project test manager) Ensure the work is going according to this test plan. Identify the risks and try to mitigate them. At the end of project testing life cycle ensure that all test objectives are accomplished and acceptance criteria is met.
More TL responsibilities includes: Test Case Review, Requirements Validation, Monitoring the execution of manual and automated test cases, Prepare test summary report and Communicate test status to seniors and prepare corresponding documents.
To know more on SQA processes read this article “SQA Processes- How to Test complete application“. Hope from this answer you will get good idea of testing processes and TL responsibilities.
Pavan Ankus asks:
“I am appearing for the QA positions in US. I would kindly request you to mail me the suitable challenging situations in manual testing and also since I don’t have domain knowledge in Insurance, finance and other financial domain experience I am finding hard to explain to the interviewer as an experienced person. In this regard I need your suitable answer as to how to face the interviewer?”
In every testing interview you will get this question: “Tell me any challenging situation you faced in your previous projects or Tell me any bug that you feel proud to find it?”
I think answers to these questions depend on your testing career. I know every one of you might have faced many challenging situations where exceptional thinking is required to solve such problems.
I will suggest to pick any such situation from you career and explain it in better way. At least it should sound challenging 
This will help you to face further questions from interviewer depending on your answer.
The broad challenges in manual testing are: How to ensure complete test coverage? Testing without an automation tool is itself a big challenge. You can also explain non-technical challenges in manual testing like managing the testing work in critical time (Llink to testing under time limit) i.e. completing testing before deadline and even worst case if the deadline itself is not feasible.
Explaining a challenging bug you found in your career can be also a good answer for this question. For example the bug that was difficult to find or reprove or having big impact on customer revenue etc.
Pavan you mentioned that you don’t have knowledge in banking and finance domain then how you expect from yourself to give answer on that? If you don’t have experience in banking and finance domain then do not put this as a skill in your resume just for the sake of matching your profile with employer requirements. If you really want to get into testing of BFSI (Banking, Financial services and Insurance) domain then first study this domain. Know the basic concepts in BFSI domain. See the resources I have listed on BFSI domain on our resource page. Keep in mind you can answer in detail about any question if you have worked on that.
Mitch asks:
“What is the best way to go about getting a pay rise? Is reporting and graphing bugs found compared to other team member a good idea?
Comparing the bug count with other team or team member is very bad idea to ask for pay rise. If you are working for the organization for long time then your employer know your value and importance in organization. There is no need to show how your bug count graph is higher than your counterparts.
So what is the best way to ask for good salary rise?
At the time of your performance appraisal you should be able to convince to your reviewer that how you worked hard for your organization, How you succeeded in managing difficult tasks and how you enhanced your skills to better match your current work profile. If you succeed in this negotiation then you will definitely get good pay rise.
Other factors considered while giving you pay rise:
Your relevant skills, Complexity of application you are working on, problem solving skill, total and relevant experience, education and certifications.
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266 comments ↓
I want to know what are the pionts which you should mention at the time of KRA how you should present your work at that time.It will be my 1st KRA so i am completly unaware about that.
Should you mention your capability of findings bugs in terms of like Per page on an average i am finding this much bugs OR something that sort of.
Thanks
sir Im working as a trainer in software testing training centre , i have a experience of 9months , mostly all compnies are prefering freshers/2yrs experienced? I don find any oppurtunity for me! wat shall i do?
Hii Vijay
I am working as a test engineer. Planning to shift my job, can you tell me how shall i prepare my resume in such a way i can show case myself technically well
can anyone tell me the difference between snoke testing and sanity testing with example
can anyone explain V-Model in detailt
I’m B.tech(1999-2003),MBA(03-05) passed out worked as a management trainee(got through campus interview) in a private bank for one yr,and promoted as CRM (customer relationship manager) so totally i have 1yr and 6 months exp in banking. Now I’m looking for my career shift in software industry,how good it is for me if i choose testing as my future career??? (Please SAP is ruled out for me)
Is there a specific branch of Testing which is suitable for Instrumentation Engineers? If I chose Testing as my Career, how’d I go about learning as a Beginner? Please suggest some good institutes, books & websites.
Hello,
I came USA 2 month back and i applied for jobs.I am not getting calls .Can i now why?And here i am new.Can i know what type of questions they will ask.I have phone screen on monday.If possible send me interview questions.
I have got 10 years experience in system testing and now I have new role as a Defect Manager, Could you tell me what’s the defect manger’s responsibilities/accountabilities please.
Sir,
I was complted my testing course 2yrs back for some personal problem i am not in touch about my course and now i am taking a project in manual and Qtp 9.2.Please tell me can i show 2yrs Exp in resume if yes what type of questions will face at inteview , suggest me and also help me how to get more calls from companies.
Thanx
Sir,
I am last year BCA student from Tilak Maharashtra University,pune and its a deemed university will i get job in testing industry after doing course in testing?And tell me about some institutes where i can do course in testing.i live in mumbai so tell some good institute names.
Hi all,
I am Neeharika. I am a B.Tech(CSE) 2007 passout. I have an internship experience of one and a half year in manual testing(until december 2006). I want to get into a software testing job from oct 2008. I want to learn QTP, Winrunner and load runner in the mean time and also write a certification. Could you please give me some links or material to learn the above tools and any information about suitable certifications. Thank you in advance.
hi i m doing masters could u help me to solve this problem
Use equivalence partition method and boundary value analysis method to derive testcases for the given program
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Use equivalence partition method and boundary value analysis method to derive testcases for the given program
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Use equivalence partition method and boundary value analysis method to derive testcases for the given program
x+y+9 when 10
x+y+9 when 10
Hi Kavitha!!!
If I am not wrong….
Smoke test is carried out by developers…They perform this test before giving the build to the hands of testing team.
Sanity test is carried out by testers….They perform this test after receiving the build from developers.
Hi Neeharika!!!
Regarding tools…….the best and free site is
opensourcetestingtools.com…….from this you can download any testing tool and have a practice on your own…
Regarding certification…ISTQB is the certification that is known to me …as if i had completed.
All the best….
Thanks Lakshmi.
boundary value analysis method to derive testcases for the given program
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I WANT QA AND QC TRAINING MATERIAL AND SOFTWARE.
Iam a fresh MCA graduate recently joined in a company as a trainee tester. But the management want me to train me up as SQA team member. Management gave responsibility to newly appointed team lead to guide me. But he is not explaining any thing well. As Iam a fresher I can’t initiate my self in SQA. Please help in preparing SQA documents.
Hi Lakshmi…
This site is not working check it once.
opensourcetestingtools.com
Hi Kishore !!!
Sorry ….
Please correct it as opensourcetesting.org
Hi,
What are the difforent doccuments we required, tp follow SDLC in any organiasartions? & what is difforence between test polocy, test stratogy, test methodology doccuments? By whom which are developed? What is difforence between QA & QC? What are the difforent costs are available to maintain the quality of an application? Can u explain with example?
What is quality life cycle? Explain with example?
Thanks & Regards.
Venkata.
Hi,
Can you explain on any of the module in Banking application to do testing? And also explain about loans & cards in financial services to do testing with example please.
Regards,
Venkata.
From where i can get CSTE Examination Material and what all languages you should now if you want to excell in web or BFSI domain as its not possible to know all languages so which is in more demand as per that if you can guide me.
Because some people says u should know JAVA for automation,SQL to know about database so what all because its difficult to just keep learning after a certain time so just guide me regarding same .
As well what all new tools and languages used in abroad for Testing.
Please explain me about the status of the test cases. and is there any difference between status and stages of the test cases or they are same?
please explain me about bug isolation as well.
I have a total 5 years of experience, of which 4 years in Airline Fares (Ticket) Auditing operation function and 14 months administration operations of, a leading IT company. Perusing Diploma in Software Testing and C programming. I have done M Com, IATA/UFTAA foundation course. With 5 years of exp in Airline BPO is this correct to move into Software testing? My work exp will be counted if I will switch from Non IT to IT field?
WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘TEST TO BREAK’ ATTITUDE?
Hi Sheela,
Testers always should think how to break the functionality, to make sure that functionality should work at any criteria(ie; user point of view). This attitude is nothing but “TEST TO BREAK’ ATTITUDE.
if am not clear/worng pls let me know…
THANKS JAYKAY. NOW I M CLEAR
welcome !
gr8!
@ priya,
To be successful in any field, you need to have strong basic knowledge, let it be prorgamming or testing. As you are working as a trainer in a trainig centre, you have got a chance to get perfect in software testing basics. Also an important thing to do is, grow your social network, especially with the one who are working in the related field. Most of the companies call ONLY referals for interviews, so being socially active can get you a interview call. Also spend some time testing, you can start testing any aplication you have ex: mediaplayer, calc, notepad , any website etc. Spend time reading testing related blogs, see what experts have to say, evaluate some free tools.
http://www.satisfice.com/tools.shtml
http://www.pairwise.org/tools.asp
Good Luck,
Suhas M
@ Jaishri,
Planning to shift your job in what ?? What technology you want to showcase yourself, it totally depends on what you know and what technology you have worked on.
Regards, Suhas M
@ Kavitha,
Testing is such a field which has got so many terminologies for the same thing. Sanity, Smoke, Sniff testing are almost the same. This tests are performed to test if the build/application is in a condition to test, if the build had all its basic functionality working, if you can continue exhaustive testing on the application.
May be they are named after the different industries in which they are used, as smoke testing in used in the hardware industries, just to check if the basic things are working, if it is not, the chips will burn out and start emitting smoke - so its a smoe testing.
Regards, Suhas M
Hii Suhas
Right now i have tested windows based application and also web application. Working till now in general, not into specific domain
@ Asis,
In any interview the interviewer will ask the question on what you have showcased in your resume. The number of years of experience you have and the things you have put up in your resume will fetch you interview calls.
So do you want to fake. What if you get calls and unluckily are not able to clear it?
Regards, Suhas M
@Jaishri K S,
So as you are speaking about domain, I have something to share with you.
Initially I was working for almost 3 years in Healthcare domain. Then after that I thought of going for job a change, I got a pretty good offer from a company but it was not operating in the same domain - Healthcare. I talked to many of my friends, seniors about the same. The one response which I got and felt was correct form a senior manager (from PSPL) was:
“When you are working as a test engineer your domain should be testing and something like healthcare, banking , insurance should not really bother you. You should be good at testing, you should be good at learning new things. I personally do not think you should stick to specific domain unless you are sure you are not capable working on any other. So when you go for a job change make sure you have something really challenging testing work to do there”
I know many fellow testers will not agree to this, but I do felt it correct that time. And am sure now I took right decision that time. I have worked on web based application and presently working on a search engine. Come out of the concept of DOMAIN.
Hope I have answered your query, suhasrm@gmail.com if further you have any doubts.
Regards, Suhas M
Thanks for your valuable response. Will mail you if i need help regarding this
Thanks for your valuable response. Will mail you if i need help regarding this.
@Aruna
As much as I know SQA and tester have very different role to play. If I have guessed it right, SQA- Software Quality Assurance engineer works on verification of PROCESSES and your job will be looking after the process compliance. So first be clear about if you want to go for that change.
The other thing related to the lead- as the lead also is newly appointed, he/she may take some time.
Else , try to figure out if he/she is purposefully doing it. If thats the case, talk to him/her about it personally diplomatically.
If that also does not solve your problem, communicate to the next level again I would say diplomatically. In the industry the complaint should not look like a complaint. One of the Corporate lesson.
Good Luck, Suhas M
@ Deepika
Status of test cases?
If am not wrong its - pass, fail, & not applicable.
Regards, Suhas M
1.wht is the boundary condition of the following conditional statement?
if(x
SIR/MADAM,
JUST I COMLET SOFTWARE TESTING COURSE…
I WANT SOME QUESTION AND ANSWERS FOR SOFTWARE TESTERS EXAM AND INTERVIEW…
THANKS
Hi Deepa,
can mention full question pls…
Hi Deepa,
can u mention full question pls…
hi
can anyone tell me the difference between Bug and Defect
Hii Umaa
Bug: If that error comes at the tome of development stage before production then it is bug.
Defect: If that error comes after production then we say it is defect.
Let me know if i am wrong or if you need some more clarifications
@Jaishri & @ Umaa
Defect:While executing the test case if u found any mismatch,the u will report it to the development team,that is called defect.
Bug:Once the developer accepts your defect,then that is called as a bug.
error:it may be program error or syntax error.
Can we say like this Jaishir? pls let me know
Hii Jaykay
To be more specific,
Bug: Is something when the application is deviated from the Customer’s requirement
Hi Jaishri,
can u give detail descripton of “Defect”
pls
hiiiiiii jaishri & jaykay
plzzzzzzz give me Difference between defect & Bug
iam very thankful to u
if u clarify this doubt with out any confusion
Hi Uma,
There is no confusion in it. I gave my openion
and she gave her openion…. from both the answer u can select which one is suitable to ur criteria ok…..
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!
Hii umaa
Do a search in google to find out the difference between Bug and Defect, you can find the correct answers
Hi JK n JS
Nice debate.come on conclude the answer by giving ur valid reason over other.
Thank u friends
A defect is for something that normally works, but it has something out-of-spec. On the other hand a Bug is something that was considered but not implemented, for whatever reasons.
I have seen these arbitrary definitions:
Error: programmatically mistake leads to error.
Bug: Deviation from the expected result.
Defect: Problem in algorithm leads to failure.
Failure: Result of any of the above.
here is the conclusion for this:
The software industry can still not agree on the definitions for bug, defect, error, fault, or failure. In essence, if you use the term to mean one specific thing, it may not be understood to be that thing by your audience. However, since the terms are not used correctly, you should learn the meaning of them where you work.
hi,
i am prashant and m working as soft test engg nd i have 3yrs of exp. i want to do certification in soft testing. plz let me know the details.
Hi,
Pls give me this difference also
Smoke testing and Sanity testing.
We r gathering more points here right everyone………..
I welcome everyone to give there opinions
Thank u.
1.wht is the boundary condition of the following conditional statement?
if(xsin(x*y)
print x*x
else
pow 2(-y)
[…] is also called smoke testing or build acceptance testing (BAT) New Build is checked mainly for two […]
hey i m a fresh b.com graduate and having knowledge of ms office,c++,html,javascript and a little knowledge of computer hardware. i want to make my my carrer as a software tester but i m little cunfused about.which coures should i joined for tester training, short term courses(4 months)or long term courses(6 month-1yrs).
hi
i m working in cmm 5 level compay as desktop support and my experience is 1.3 year .I am not satisfied with this profile,so i want to switch in software testing.Please help me out what should i do for the same because i have no any experience of testing.should i start any crash cource for this or any thing else .Please help me out.
hi,
i hav joined into testing recently .But i am not sure whether it is the right career .i hav done BE in computer science and also course at NIIT. Plz tell me if this is the right career
Hi friends i am into testing and require your help to build my career in testing.please guide me
wat help do u need Pavitra? pls drop ur questions!
Dear friend,
i have 6 yrs exp in IT including experience in QA,CMM
implementation and QA testing and SQA audit
activities. Due to personal problems, i have around
3.5 yrs gap in IT field. Shall i able to get QA/IT job
again ?. pls give your comments.
Thanks,
@ Rashmi,
Rashmi,
What do you mean by right carrier?
What I read your question is like, “Being a CS graduate, shall I go for testing job or shall I try for developement ?”
If this is the question you have, it depends on your intrest. What you want to become. Testing is no less challenging than developement. And testing do include programming (scripting- shell, perl, python, jyton etc ).
Also apart from developement, testing there are roles like DBA, SCM, S/S Admin, have you ever heard/thought of it ?
And remember each field has got its own challenges.
So it depends on what you are intrested in.
And if the question its regarding the pay you get, believe me company pays good for the people who have got good knowledge. Atleast as a test engineer, never in my life I had to compare my pay with fellow developers. (till now)
Regards, Suhas M.
give the sample testcase design for yahoo account creation page?
hi vijay/all,
i m 28 years of age BE (elex) 2001 passout,and then did MBA(marketing)
2004,then joined NIIT course of Diploma in S/W engineering in JUNE 2006 for 1 and half year
but i have not done any noticable work because of my back problam and have been sitting at home and doing studies of NIIT now i have just completed my NIIT course and i want to make career in testing field.
As i m 28 now i dont think i have much time left to join a testing course so but i badly want to join IT field as a tester.
plz plz give me any advice about how shoud i plan my path into IT field as i have no experiance of IT field???
Hi Rashmi,
No probs for u shifting in testing.. but as far ur logic is concerened u can decide for development as u have done cs.. Any query let me knw
what do you mean by compliance testing??
i want to prepare for a technical presentation.
can you suggest me a good topic and any informative sites in that topic (it would be better if the topic is from testing domain)
i thought of giving on the topic cross site scripting(CSS)
but somehow not very confident with it.please help friends!!!
@ Aditya,
Below mentioned link might be of help for you.
http://www.testingeducation.org/BBST/
http://www.kaner.com/courses.html
http://www.testingeducation.org/BBST/
Good Luck,
Suhas M.
@Pavitra,
How about pairwise testing ?
Regards,
Suhas M.
i am a s/w test engineer, i am having 6 month exp,can u tell me how do i develop my knowledge…..
@ Pavitra
Testing domain is fine no probs. I can give u as many u can.. give a powerful presentation go for interview technique. If u like it
Any query contact me direct on rahulghatge@gmail.com
Cheers
R
@thiru
Go for any certification xam..
i am a bsc computer science graduate passed out on 2003.i want to try in testing field,what short term course will do it better.
Hi,
I am totally new to testing. So can u plz elaborate on DBA, SCM, S/S Admin
@ rashmi
k.. fine dis vil do ntg better give me call .. contact on dis id
rahulghatge@gmail.com
Hi Rahul
Can you tell me what certifications can be done for more 6 months experienced person
Hi Kamal
You can do Manual testing course in a reputed institute which provides you placement
@Rashmi
As there are Developers & Testers, IT Indusrty offers many more roles like DBA(Database Administrator), SCM (Software Configuration Management engineer), S/S Admin (System Administrator), Network Engineer, Tech Support Engineer, etc..
Regards, Suhas M.
Hi All
I want to know about the “Metric Measurement tools”
what are they??
and also
any tool which we can use for the different phases of SDLC like Requirement Analysis,Coding,Design and Testing.
If you can help me i would be very thankful to u all…
can anybody explain about boundary value analysis
Hi Kumar
Boundary value analysis method leads to a selection of test cases that exercise boundary values. It complements equivalence partitioning since it selects test cases at the edges of a class. Rather than focusing on input conditions solely, BVA derives test cases from the output domain also. BVA guidelines include:
• For input ranges bounded by a and b, test cases should include values a and b and just above and just below a and b respectively.
• If an input condition specifies a number of values, test cases should be developed to exercise the minimum and maximum numbers and values just above and below these limits.
• Apply guidelines 1 and 2 to the output.
• If internal data structures have prescribed boundaries, a test case should be designed to exercise the data structure at its boundary.
Thanks for guiding me. Since the training for testing has not yet started i was going through the demo for webload by radview. i found it quiet interesting. In my company they are planning to use automation tools .So can u suggest any automation tools that are free and effective.Can u also tell me if there are any metric tools for measuring the software
@rashmi
I wud suggest u 2 go for.. qtp tool its free n u vil get dis trail version from google.. u can use it for 30 days.. but utlize all those 30 days ..k its based on vb scripting easy 2 use.
Hi jaishri
I suggest you, 2 certification istqb and cste. you can do any 1 of dem has lots of reputation in company’s. As myself i have done cste certification cost $300 but dats worth it. But be prepared for dat.
Good morning Rahul
Thanks for your response. but saw somewhere that cste requires minimum of 2 yrs of experience. Is that true?
And what is the eligible experience for ISTQB
hello every one..
currently am doing blackbox testing ..
writting test cases
executing test cases..
testing the web apllication (GUI testing)
reporting the bugs to mantissa tool
testing again for fixed bugs
only above things am doing ..already 1.5 years over..
still i dont know about other testing methods..
wt to do..am worrying abt future
plz suggest
tc_raghavendra@rediffmail.com
regards
raghutc
Sir/ Madum
I passed b.sc computer science in 2004 and i completed software testing course last month back. now i want searching the job in this(software testing ) field. so can you send any model cv format
GM …Jaishri
As far experience it depends .. not 2 years its 1 year if u r prepared den go for cste. now u can go for istqb certification if u wnt i have some documents for dat.. if u need i can provide u.
cheers,
R
Hi,
I am very new to testing.Could you jsut clarify my understanding to SDLC and Testing Life Cycle is corresct or not?
SDLC–As in any other engineering discipline, software engineering also has some structured models for software development
Software life cycle models describe phases of the software cycle and the order in which those phases are executed. There are tons of models, and many companies adopt their own, but all have very similar patterns as below
Requirement–>Design–>Codind–>Testing
TLC–Testing Life Cycle….it involves
UnitTesting–>IntegrationTesting–>SystemTesting—->AcceptenceTesting
But some book says TLC as
TestPlanning–>TestStratgy–>TestCaes->Execution–>Repoting
But i dont think this one is right as all this is TEST PROCESS ACTIVITIES.NOTHING to do with TLC.
Please clrify my confusion that would be great for me!
Reagrds,
Rahul
Hii Rahul
Thanks for your response
Can you give me your mail id
So that get those documents from you
Hi,
I am working as a Quality Assurance Professional . Somewhow i feel i am alloted more work as compared to my collegues. Not only this my work holds more responsibilities, complicacies. Where as my other team mates use their office time to update their knowledge and thus they are doubly benefited. I do enjoy my work a lot, i get to learn many things but i hardly find time to update my knowledge which i think is equally important. I am feeling frustated these days. How should i react to this situation?
hi rashmi,
since my name is also rashmi can u use ur complete name.In order to avoid conflict in name
@ rahul
interview technique in that what topic are you talking about
if u can give me some other topics it would really help me
Hi rahul,
Now i am preparing for QTP as a part of my job.I have QTP 30 days version.In this i am unable to recognize button,textbox anything they are simply showing as one object in .net applications.Is this version needed any .net addins?????
Please suggest me.
Thanks
Haripriya.
@Jaishri
Ya sure no probs.. Its rahulghatge@gmail.com (or) feel free 2 call me 09860348309
@Pavitra
k.. no probs u can go any 1 wch u like go 4 e-commerce its good. its depends on hw u present it. presentation is wat matters dear..
cheers,
R
@Haripriya.
please open QTP First and then open the application.I hope this will work or othewise create an html page and check whether it recogising any control or not…
Cheers..
Any1 please answer My Question
Hi,
I am very new to testing.Could you jsut clarify my understanding to SDLC and Testing Life Cycle is corresct or not?
SDLC–As in any other engineering discipline, software engineering also has some structured models for software development
Software life cycle models describe phases of the software cycle and the order in which those phases are executed. There are tons of models, and many companies adopt their own, but all have very similar patterns as below
Requirement–>Design–>Codind–>Testing
TLC–Testing Life Cycle….it involves
UnitTesting–>IntegrationTesting–>SystemTesting—->AcceptenceTesting
But some book says TLC as
TestPlanning–>TestStratgy–>TestCaes->Execution–>Repoting
But i dont think this one is right as all this is TEST PROCESS ACTIVITIES.NOTHING to do with TLC.
Please clrify my confusion that would be great for me!
Reagrds,
Rahul
hi
i am working for m n c as desktop support engineer since 2years but i want to change to system admin … so what type of questions they are asking plz help me with answers
thank you
Hi Rahul
Thank you
hi,
Want answer for questions like
1) Why you want to shift the company / change to the company.?
2)why should we give you the job.?
Hi,
I want some study material for Quality Center 9.2
Please share me via email.
Thanks,
Ramanan.R
Hi,
Can anyone send me the study material for Quality Center 9.2
Please share me via email: ramanan_rr@yahoo.co.in
Thanks,
Ramanan.R
Hi i am Qamaruddin.i did MCA in year 2005.But still not getting a jobin software.I am working in health insurance company form last 2 years.but i want to go in IT .so can u tell me that software testing will be the better option for my bright future.
Hi please suggest me .And give me good guidance .as i am very depresssing now a days.please help me .and send me your response on this mail mqsaifi786@rediffmail.com
you can try to get into software testing field.
some course on testing on ur spare time would be helpful
hi all,
Can anyone of you suggest any good training center in Bangalore for silk test or anyother automated tools.
Hi Rashmi,
My best suggestion is Q Spider in bangalore….
for further details mail to jayakrishnamohan@sify.com
hai
Hello everybody!
Hi Rashmi,
Do u got that institute?
can we meet somewhere ?
to discuss
jayakrishnamohan@sify.com–>Contact me here
@jaykay
I did not send you the earlier message (”can we meet somewhere ?
to discuss”)
. I dont know why someone is using my name and sending you the message. Can you do something about it
Hello Rashmi,
I know yester day itself, somebody is missusing ur name.
rgs
jk
Hi,
I have done my testing course n now searching for a job in testing.
I have done 10+12+3 yr diploma in Comp Engg.
Can u suggest me how and where can I apply for jobs?
Coz most of the Organizations are looking only for BE/MCM, Etc and for 2 or 3+ yrs of experiene candidates.
Can you please help me i this?
Hi,
I have done my testing course n now searching for a job in testing.
I have done 10+12+3 yr diploma in Comp Engg.
Can u suggest me how and where can I apply for jobs?
Coz most of the Organizations are looking only for BE/MCM, Etc and for 2 or 3+ yrs of experiene candidates.
Hello,
I am kalpana working with SAP Labs as a software developer since last 1.9 month. I want to shift into software testing /sap testing . can you pls suggest can a devloper shift into testing domain. i applied to so many job portal bt m not getting testing domain job call. i am well versed with Manual testing n i also mentioned this in my profile.
Plz suggest me ASAP how can i get the job call for testing.
Regards,
Kalpana.
@kalpana
I could understand your position Kalpana..its really difficult to get call..I know i am saying it very hardly..but it’s truth..
I could divise a plan..In SaP Lab try to get into TESTING PROJECT & get through with testing i know TESTING is not a rocket science .you could learn it very eaisy..Once you have done one project ..i could eaisly get good offer..
in case you have any query ping me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
HI
can you give the details of ISTE certification
I am a fresher working as a software engineer- Testing
I want to do that certification ASAP.
please guide me.
Regards
Pavitra
Though i was a member of testing team.i have some doubts in writing the test cases.that is how to write the test cases in a good manner. please guide me.
Can you tell me what certifications can be done for 3yrs experienced person
Dear Sujatha give me ur mail id i will send u a sample of test case. or how to write test cases. My id is sriram.karu@gmail.com
Dear Sujatha give me ur mail id i will send u a sample of test case. or how to write test cases. My id is sriram.karu@gmail.com.
Hi sriram,
I too need sample test case. pls send to jayakrishnamohan@gmail.com
thnx
jk
I need sample test cases.Please send me
@ Pavitra
you could first think about giving ISTQB Conducted by ISEB Board.this one is fundamental one.it doesn’t require much preparation..There are many board which are member of this indcluing india,germoney,uk,,
You need to decide urself which one u need to clear…
for more ingo you could oing me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
Rahul!!!
@ Balayouu could involve yourself either ISTQB,CSTE
these 2 are very important one..
Rahul!!!
@Bindu
i could not attach excel here ..but i could assist you with column name that would help u..
1>Test Case Id TC_001
2>PreCondition
3>Steps
4>Expected Outcome
5>Priority
6>severity
7>Subject (I always put this into my test case which navigate me directly to QC)
this all are very basic one..if you want you could make this custome based as well..
for further ping me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
Rahil!!!
@sriram,@Sujatha
could not attach excel here ..but i could assist you with column name that would help u..
1>Test Case Id TC_001
2>PreCondition
3>Steps
4>Expected Outcome
5>Priority
6>severity
7>Subject (I always put this into my test case which navigate me directly to QC)
this all are very basic one..if you want you could make this custome based as well..
for further ping me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
Rahul!!!
@ chakry
this is what you shoul dknow b4 change .Am i right..
Better we use this forum for Testin gQuestion & Answers ..that would be much better..
Rahul!!!
@smoke testing and sanity testing with example
Thi sis most mcommon thing weather folks get confused..but i will give more clear example
SMOKE–it checks health of build..weather health i sstable or not ..which decide weather further testing would be carried out or not..we check weather build is crashing or not..it is more systematic than SANITY..
SANITY–it checks functionality of build at higher level..we carried out one teansection related to each module hare..it is less formal and less planned then SMOKE.
if smoke fails sanity stops.Sanity tell weather it is “reasonable” enough to carry out testing or not..
i hope this will clarify major doubt .
Rahul!!!
more ingo ping back rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
@smoke testing and sanity testing with example
Thi sis most mcommon thing weather folks get confused..but i will give more clear example
SMOKE–it checks health of build..weather health i sstable or not ..which decide weather further testing would be carried out or not..we check weather build is crashing or not..it is more systematic than SANITY..
SANITY–it checks functionality of build at higher level..we carried out one teansection related to each module hare..it is less formal and less planned then SMOKE.
if smoke fails sanity stops.Sanity tell weather it is “reasonable” enough to carry out testing or not..
i hope this will clarify major doubt .
Rahul!!!
more info ping back rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
Sir,i am Studing the B.tech(3rd yr),
How can find a job?
please reply..
hi all,
am looking out for job in testing field. Am attending interviews also but in second or third round I will come out.
am the only test engineer in our company since its very small.
No test lead nothing.
Myself implementing testing concepts in projects.
But I cant do all types of testing.
Example I can do only functional and integration.
So for interview purpose I will be referring testing sites(www.softwaretestinghelp.com).
so I could clear first and sometimes second round also.
But when interviewer asks real time questions then I wont be able to answer, so I would rejected.
One more question I have is, can we learn QTP tool by ourself, since everywhere its been asking and i got trained in winrunner
Friends, Pls suggest me solutions for all my questions
my id : rahini_1103@yahoo.com
@ Rohini
hi its not that much tiugh to clear with interview..You are saying u coul ddo couple of round .so its not very difficult to convert..only thing u need a bit more concentration on real work .
more over in small company u have lot lot lot to learn then biggger 1.so dont have this notion.ok..
Regarding QTP install and go to help menu download pdf help u could learn much by urself.
for further ping me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
@Mani
Complete degree first u will get job..
Hi,
Currently i’m doing UAT tesing for my tool in which i’m working .I like to know what type of certifiction will helpful for my career and how is the openings for this kind of testing outside..
Hi,
Currently i’m doing UAT tesing for my tool in which i’m working .I like to know what type of certifiction will helpful for my career and how is the openings for this kind of testing outside..
my id-msvimal@gmail.com
@Vimal
the very fundamental certifivatio is ISTQB done by each and every tesater..it always add credential .after completed go for CSTE dude!!!!
Rahul
@Bala
for for CSTE..good for u..
hi friends,
This is Poornima here,anybody is working on working on real time..
Just i wanted to share my problems of my carrier
hi rahul,
This is Poornima here,r u working on working on real time..
Just i wanted to share my problems of my carrier
Hi poornima!
let us know what do u want ot tell?
hi ,
actually im not interested in developing side , i have done testing course aleready i lost 2 yrs of my carrier,bcoz of not having ful pledged knowledge in any feild i fear to attend interviews.. so i finished the course with some frnd reference i got job as a trainee without pay for 2 months, while joining they told as tester only.Its a very small company,when i joined they recruited as .net trainee. Im the one who finished the testing course there no other tester also there ,now i dont know .net no improvements in testing so far what i have to do .Now its 4 th month running even they didnt paid also. so i dont know wether to learn .net and continue or keeping some 3+ and try on testing for 2+ there is no cals.. so my position is fish out of pond.im in confusion. starting of my carrier only i joined for j2ee that is the draw back for me,at that time i dont know how to choose the carrier even course also i have not completd bcoz some health probs,so i dont know what to do?plz help me out.
thnx,
Poornima
@ poornima
ok..I got your problem poornima.Dont worry because this doesn’t lead anything..instead of worrying ACT NOW..
1st decide yourself what do u really need to do i ur future dow the line 5 yrs..y 5 yrs is it takes 2-3 yrs to learn something then after that u would start enjoying wt actually u r doing..then execute that now .its look very strange you r working & they are not paying anything..then its better to sit @ home.if u have how and what to chose career i will guide u..but altimately decision will be urs..dont be like spoon feed baby..
onces u hve decided u have plenty of way to do & do in bdst way since u already wasted some time learn from that its good to learn form mistake but it should not be repeted..
for further assistence ping me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
Hi poornima pls provide ur email id, we will discus about this .
Thnx Rahul,
ya im also thinking the same way only. If i starts againt learn the .net it will take more time again so far whatever i learned in company regarding the .net that i can use as a domin knowledge while testing the projects which have done under .net it wont go waste rt..
so if i keep 3+ means how i have 2 handle i have to keep 2 companies know? write noe i kept for 2.4 rs but my frnds r telling one for 3+ nd other for 4+ how to handle those many?? manual ok but automation??
thnx ,
Poornima.
@ poornima
ya exp never goes waste it always add on to your credential..so satart what you have decided..if you want to pursur u could go with testing as well its not a rocket science you could learn QTP also very eaisly if u actually need .and manual is really much eaiser…so decide and act now..
for further assistence ping me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
@poornima,
Its far better to work and get some knowledge instead of sitting at home. Now as you have been asked to work as a .net developer, why not use this opportunity? Being a developer will never stop you do testing. Don’t you think that you can do better testing when you know the code- think of you can perform white box testing as well.
Regards, Suhas M.
thnx for ur guidence.
Hi ,
Rahul thanks for your suggestion.Can any one please tell me where i can find the materials for that particular certification and any idea about the cost and where i can take that.
-Vimal
Hi ,
Thanks for your suggestion Rahul.Can any one please tell me where i can find the materials for that particular certification and any idea about the cost and where i can take that.
-Vimal
@Vimal
you should go for ISTQB ,UK costs Rs.10500
ISTQB,India costs Rs.4000,TSTQB Germony costs somewhere around 10k..You need to decide which one you want to go for..
for further assistence ping me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
anybody know whats meant by zero testing?
@poorni
Mostly in accounting application ‘devide by zero error’ may occur. So to avoid such an error we can use zero testing or in the situation where the field is expecting a numeric value, say for example month should range from 1 to 12, in such situation inputing a zero may cause an error. If am misleading, Please let me know…
@George
I think u right George, bt we still need more.
If u have any test case based on zero testing then plz FW: me
Thanks
Call : 09830704327
mail : bishalchaperia@gmail.com
I want to go for ISTQB certification.Please tell me the authorised trainers in Delhi NCR nad how to apply for the same.
hi George sir,
thnx for ur ans. But yeasturday when i searched for it in the net, i saw some differnt ans now i forgot the site name .anyway thanking u. plz help to get the job in testing feild .
@ Rahul,
thnx Rahul but in ‘Dell’ they r recruiting for 5-6 yrs exp
hi all
please give me some details abt testing certifications
Hi Pooja
Check out this post for CSTE eligibility and next date of exam:
http://www.softwaretestinghelp…..tion-exam/
Even I am preparing for the same
for any queries u can mail me at
smiles_pavithra@yahoo.co.in
Regards
Pavitra
@poornimw
There is an opening for dotnet professionals in my friends company
i will give u full details if u r interested
@pooja
go for ISTQB its very must and doable!!!
Hi Rahul
I am planning to appear for CSTE this June butI dont want to register before I could go thru the course material. I read you have already appearded for this certification; can you please send me the study material of the same at friends_forever1234@yahoo.co.in
Would be greatful if I get the reading stuff, Thanks
@ Vishi
i have sent u keep reading..gud luk..
hey what this testers can do in software development. They are just multiplying the work by finding some concerns of their own and that is not needed for the client. No need of testers in software development its just an added resource, a clever client wont bill for them.
Thanks for the CSTE material Rahul.
Do you think the 2006 CBOK should be sufficient or do I need to search further for 2008 CBOK
@vishi
Please forward the CSTE material to my id kooppil@gmail.com
@ Vishi
i think its enough ,,u need to pass xam ok please frwd the same to george…
for further assistence ping me rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
wt is Alpha testing?
@Riya,
Alpha testing conducted in the developers site by the client to ensure the quality. Please let me know from experts if i mislead riya for her simple question.
@riya..
alpha testing is done at developer site by client or end user depands upon client consent..it is checking more on validation then varification..
In house virtual user environment can be created for this type of testing. Testing is done at the end of development. Still minor design changes may be made as a result of such testing.
plz give some suggestions and job openings
ok
I am a fresher and i wanna do certification in software testing..
please guide me
Regards
Shreya
what is database testing??
How it is done in real world implementation??
Can anyone please send me testing certification documents on my mail id….
mohit2009@rediffmail.com
please tell me what is compatible testing and what things we should consider when we do multi browser testing…
hi,
i am textile graduate(homescience background),i have done diploma in software quality testing.so can u please suggest me where n how can i apply?
Hi,
This is Ravi…Right now m working in Infosys Bpo as operation coordianator….I have done software testing course recently and interested in testing. could you please let me know Can I change domain if so then how can I change it….Your quick response would be highly appreciate….
Regards,
Ravi….
I need sample test cases.Please send me
my mail id is mohanamdayalan@yahoo.co.in
Ravi
Check under Jobs tab you can find few openings for freshers as a software tester
Hope you can apply for it
@Ruchi
please do ISTQB it must and duable for every1..
for more info ping me back @ rahulkumarbangalore@yahoo.co.in
Hi,
My self Pankaj Bhatt.I have completed graduation in commerce.I have knowledged
about JAVA & SQL .
Currently I am working in citigroup as a vendor in Tech dept.
I want to make career in software testing.I have started reading notes from www.onestoptesting.com. It is enough for Basic Knowledged or it is vast.
Institute charges around 18,000/- for this course.
Can u tell me,
what is the Basic courses in software testing?
or
if u have any documents, notes releated to software testing which i can refer,can u plzs send me.
mr.pankajbhatt@yahoo.co.in
Thanks & Regards
Pankaj Bhatt
Ext:13555
I dn’t know how to write test cases and test scenarios
plz tell me and send me some examples(dummy specs)
Hi Poornima,
If u have exp in .net, please send your resume to johnsumanth@infonovum. Right now there are openings only for .net and Java in our company
I just want to know, how to write the test cases? Plz help me.
what is the differance between block&white box testing?and also tell me what r them advantages&disadvantages?
Hi All,
If any of u is working on Unit test then Pls help me out , act. i need to develop a test case on unit testing, I have the SRS as only thing with so Pls tell me how to procced.
Hopeing for early reply!
Thanks
Vishal
call: 09830704327
mail: bishalchaperia@gmail.com
Hi folks,
What are “Testing Limitations”? Can any one give clear explanation about this pls?
Regs
Jk
As a tester to get good job we should have some other soft skills. I have knowledge about SQL QUERIES,MS access, less knowledge of VB.What type of soft skills should i learn to get a good job in software testing field? Is it useful to do courses in SQL language, VB, VB.NET and .NET to enhance my skills in this field?
I am trying to take some course, but i am confused which course is useful for me in software testing field.
Please help me to clear my confusion.Answer me ASAP.
I am attending interviews to get a job as software tester.For a short duration projects companies expect me to have full knowledge of TEST PLAN,TEST METHODOLOGIES,TEST STARTEGY AND TEST DELIVERRABLES. All these topics are very important to make test plan. can anybody tell me how to prepare test plan and all these topics.I am confused so, Please help me with these questions.
Hello Sir/Madam,
I would like to make a career in testing. could you please clarify my doubts.
I completed PGDCA (2004) and M.Sc(IT) (2006) from Open University.
I do not have software industry exp. I worked in BPO.
1. Is software testing requires any programming backgroud.
2. Is software testing and testing tools are same.
3. I would like to undergo training in testing, which institute you prefer ?
4. Is there any institutes provide training cum placement in Hyderabad?
5. What are the tools, process, types required?
Waiting for your early reply to my mail. Please do the needful.
Yours faithfully,
Vinayak
9866250458
hi,
can anyone suggest any good open source tool for testing database . I want to study ho to test database so can u suggest some website for studing how to test the database
hi,
Can DBunit be used to test the MSsql database for application written in asp.net
Hi to all,
Can any one help me,
I am trying to enter into UK Testing market as a Manual Tester and made my CV with 3 yrs of exp. with some banking and Insurance projects.
is there any one how can provide me some details/documents , how to explain the projects , if possible give me your phone number so that i can call.
Thanks.
Thanks in Adv.
hi all,
can anyone explain me what to answer if interviewer ask about what is verification and validation
@Rajatha
Verification: The process of determining whether the products of a given stage fulfill the requirements established in the previous stage.
Validation: The process of evaluating specifications, designs and code to ensure compliance with specified requirements.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
VijayD
@ Rajatha
You can see the below as well for better understanding,
1) Verification:
“Are we building the product right”
The software should conform to its specification
2) Validation:
“Are we building the right product”
The software should do what the user really requires
Regards,
VijayD
thanks vijay,
i got it.
and also can v say Quality Assurance is verification and Quality control is validation.
thanks in advance
@Rajatha
QA: Quality Assurance
-Defining and implementing processes and measurements and verifying compliance (i.e. conducting audits)
-Proactive
QC: Quality Control
-Actual operational technique to ensure quality of the product
For example - review and testing
-Reactive
Regards,
VijayD
thanks vijay,
am cleared of your answer.
i need one more help that is.
how to test Antivirus software. plz plz answer me coz i have been asked this same question in two interviews
thanks in advance
Hi,
I need answer for two questions, pls help me
1) What’s the procedure to do regression testing. I don’t know what to do after reporting bug.
2) How to save the build when the client sent the new build