If you are a tester, QA executive or want to come in testing field,
see in which of following qualities describes you.
What makes a good test engineer?
A good test engineer has :
. A ‘test to break’ attitude,
. An ability to take the point of view of the customer,
. A strong desire for quality, and an attention to detail.
. Tact and diplomacy are useful in maintaining a cooperative relationship with developers,
. An ability to communicate with both technical (developers) and non-technical (customers, management) people is useful.
. Previous software development experience can be helpful as it provides a deeper understanding of the software development process, gives the tester an appreciation for the developers’ point of view, and reduce the learning curve in automated test tool programming.
. Judgment skills are needed to assess high-risk areas of an application on which to focus testing efforts when time is limited.
What makes a good Software QA engineer?
The same qualities a good tester has are useful for a QA engineer.
Additionally :
. They must be able to understand the entire software development process and how it can fit into the business approach and goals of the organization.
. Communication skills and the ability to understand various sides of issues are important.
. In organizations in the early stages of implementing QA processes, patience and diplomacy are especially needed. An ability to find problems as well as to see ‘what’s missing’ is important for inspections and reviews.
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I think you made some good points about what is a tester/QA engineer. Thanks for this!
hi suresh
i saw ur answers regarding testing tools i am appreciate a lot , can u help me out .
Right now i am in australia pursuing diploma in computer field but not related to PR so i am deciding to comeback to india (some family problem) and do some course in testing tools what u think , i have some knowledge about computers i have done Bsc (2005) after that i am not taken any interested in doing job in india wasting my precious time by going abroad. I am 29 now i am sorry what i have done. Can u please suggest me that its good to do testing tools on this age.But i know that its difficult for me to go form the scratch but i can do, if u suggest good reply for my future.
By reading all this u get the idea what guy i was,from the bottome of my heart i am very regret what i have done, Now i am realised that how important the career is please please suggest me what to do , i am interest in computers field.
Thanks for ur preciuse by reading this.
One important think my english also not so good .
Hello, myself in Btech electronics& comm. eng. 2nd yr
under krukshetra university from SIET college .
wanna to have some guidance abt career.
Hai I am Sakthi, I had finished my studies at 2005 and I like to do the testing Course presently i am in chennai.Can U help by giving suggestion about Testing Course. For that what i want to do and what are portion that testing course will complete plz
how to find the Bug as many as possible with in the limited span of time
wat is testing?
i have interest in s/w testing since my first job experiance is realetd to website certification proces..later my interest in s/w testing is in good height..but wat certification shud i study first…how far i can reach my goal..
Try an ISEB/ISTQB Foundation certificate in Software Testing. In the UK it costs about £600 for the short course and every QA job here requires it.
Otherwise, learn QTP as a automated testing tool, its based on VBScript and you can get a job with it.
Nice thoughts.
Surely it will help much to those who looking career in Testing.
Thanks for sharing this.
hi my nameis harikumar i completed my B.E(ECE)2OO9 PASSED OUT . I NEED SOME GUIDENCE ABOUT CAREER. m palning to do testing tools course
Dear All,
I am chethan. I have completed my final semester BSc IT through correspondence. And also my main problem is, when I was in PUC on my final exam I got failed in Computer Science subject and i discontinued my studies till two years and then after that I got interested in studies and passed the remaining exam and finished the PUC. And then i joined for BSc IT. So my doubt is when I join for any company will it be a big reason and based on that i will be not getting any chance to work in company ha?.
And then I am planning to join for Software Testing as my career. So please send me full details like which all the courses i need to take up and only QTP is enough or any other additional courses i need to take up with QTP and also can I get a job whn after completing my course with certification?
Please help me step wise what all i need to take and also where i need to take up this course. Hence i request you to send me all the details due to I am so much interested in software testing of QTP.
Hence please send me your details and your suggestion to my mail-id [prchethankumar@gmail.com].
Regards,
Chethan
Thanks a lot 4 sharing this..
hi i am sandhya,i got 75% above marks in education.I want job in ur organigation.
Hi Sai,
It is not the organization to provide job. Its a forum to support, share and guide the people who are in or coming into testing field.
Even in your posting you didn’t mentioned any more details. Browse the articles in this site to check the freshers support.
Wishes..!!!
hi suresh,
I have one year experience in testing field with manual testing.now i want to be improve my skills and get good job.so can u suggest me which tools i have to learn to get a good job
Thanks for your answers…
i have 7 plus years of exp in sales and application support ….with the ece background with an MBA
can you tell me the possibility and chances for becoming BUSINESS ANALYST IN software field ….
what will be positve sign for get into that….
I am not good at development. can i be best in testing?
any one can ans to me.
Here what is ‘attention to detail’is one of characteristic of good test eng.
pls rpy fast
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