Manual Software Testing Interview (Q&A for QA)

Improve and deepen knowledge of software testing, manual testing, qa (quality assurance) and become a software tester

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Last Updated: 2024-01-25 06:01:05 English Course Type: Self Learning

Answers to the Top 100 Software Testing Theory Interview questions
Each answer includes real-life practical example, which helps to better understand the theory
Each answer includes a video for those who prefer visual content
Each answer includes an article for those who to read and analyze thoughtfully

Hi everyone. This course is about preparing for an interview for a Software Tester, also known as a QA. In most interviews there are two parts, testing your soft skills and technical knowledge, this course is about the second part, the technical part.

The course will be useful for testers:

1. Beginners in software testing, to deepen knowledge of software testing theory

2. Experienced software testers who want to recall the basic knowledge of software testing theory

The main task of the course is to deepen your knowledge of software theory. To help you answer questions clearly and confidently at the interview, we did three things, each answer to the question includes

1. Answer from official literature (standards, certifications, other documents)

2. Answer based on analyzed articles on the Internet (we call it "Human Language")

3. A real-life example to help you understand complex theoretical concepts

The course answers the following questions, which are divided into sections:

Testing theory

What is Testing?
What are software testing objectives?
Why is Testing necessary and important?
What is a bug?
What is the Difference between Error, Bug, and Failure?
What are the 7 Testing principles?
Principle 1. Testing shows the presence of defects, not their absence
Principle 2. Exhaustive testing is impossible
Principle 3. Early testing saves time and money
Principle 4. Defects cluster together
Principle 5. Beware of the pesticide paradox
Principle 6. Testing is context-dependent
Principle 7. Absence-of-errors is a fallacy
What is the difference between QA and QC and testing?
What is the importance of Manual testing, and do we still need it?
What is the difference between Verification and Validation?

SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle)

What is SDLC? What software development methodologies do you know?
What is the Waterfall Model?
What are Iterative and incremental development models?
What is Agile? What Is the Agile Manifesto?
What is Scrum?
What is Kanban?
What is the difference between Scrum and Kanban?

STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle)

What is STLC?
What stages of STLC do you know?
What are the Entry and Exit criteria?
What is a Test Environment? Why is a test environment needed?
What are the different test levels?

Test Documentation

What is a Bug(Defect) report? What to include in a Bug report?
What is a Defect/Bug Life Cycle?
What is the difference between Priority and Severity?
What is a Test Case? What to include in a Test Case?
What is a Test Plan? What does the test plan consist of?

Test Types

What types of testing do you know?
What is Functional Testing?
What is Non-functional testing?
What types of non-functional testing do you know?
What is GUI testing?
What is the difference between Localization and Internationalization testing?
What is Change-related testing? What are the Change-related testing types?
What is Confirmation testing (re-testing)?
What is Regression testing?
What is the difference between regression testing and re-testing?
What is the difference between Smoke and Sanity Testing?
What is the difference between Positive testing and Negative testing?

Test Design Techniques

What is the test design technique? What test design techniques do you know?
What do you understand by Black box, Gray box, and White box testing?
What is Review and what type of It do you know?
Please explain the Equivalence partitioning technique?
What is Boundary Values Analysis(BVA)?
What is Decision Table testing?
What is State Transition testing?
What is the Use Case testing? Use Case VS Test Case?

Client-Server Model

What is the Client-Server model, and how does it work?
What are the core components of an HTTP request?
What tools for Capturing and Analyzing Network Traffic do you know?
Wireshark Tutorial for Beginners

Web Testing

What is Web testing, and why is it important?
What is the difference between Cache and Cookies?
What is Cache?
What are Cookies?
What types of Websites and Web Applications do you know?
What is E-Commerce?
What Web testing tools do you know?
Chrome DevTools Tutorial for Beginners
BrowserStack Tutorial for Beginners
Web Testing Checklist

Mobile Testing

What is mobile testing, and why is it important?
What's the difference between Native vs. Web vs. Hybrid Apps?
What Mobile tools do you know?
Xcode Tutorial for Beginners
Android Studio Tutorial for Beginners
Mobile Testing Checklist

API testing

What is API testing, and why is it important?
What are the different types of APIs?
What is an API?
What is a REST API?
What is REST?
What is a REST API?
How does the REST API work?
What API testing tools do you know?
Postman Tutorial for Beginners
JMeter Tutorial for Beginners
API Testing Checklist

We hope you will enjoy the course and feel free to write reviews or send us the questions you were asked at the interview, we will prioritize and add them to the full version of the course.

Prepare a cup of coffee or another favorite drink and enjoy the course!

Hope to see you in the first lecture!

A cup of coffee or other favorite drink should be prepared in advance

Absolute beginners in Software Testing
Experienced software testers who want to recall the basic knowledge of software testing theory
Anyone who wants to take the first steps in the career of a Software tester (QA)
Anyone who likes to watch videos about Software Theory or read articles on the same topic
QA Engineers

Section 1 : What is Testing 15 Lectures 01:29:49
Lecture 1 :
What testing objectives do you know? Preview
Lecture 2 :
Why is Testing necessary and important?
Lecture 3 :
What is the Difference between Error, Bug, and Failure?
Lecture 4 :
What is a bug?
Lecture 5 :
What are the 7 Testing principles?
Lecture 6 :
Principle 1. Testing shows the presence of defects, not their absence
Lecture 7 :
Principle 2. Exhaustive testing is impossible
Lecture 8 :
Principle 3. Early testing saves time and money
Lecture 9 :
Principle 4. Defects cluster together
Lecture 10 :
Principle 5. Beware of the pesticide paradox
Lecture 11 :
Principle 6. Testing is context dependent
Lecture 12 :
Principle 7. Absence-of-errors is a fallacy
Lecture 13 :
What is the difference between QA and QC and testing?
Lecture 14 :
What is the importance of Manual testing and do we still need it?
Lecture 15 :
What is the difference between Verification and Validation?
Section 2 : SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) 7 Lectures 00:43:23
Lecture 1 :
What is SDLC? What software development methodologies do you know?
Lecture 2 :
What is the Waterfall Model?
Lecture 3 :
What are Iterative and incremental development models?
Lecture 4 :
What is Agile? What Is the Agile Manifesto?
Lecture 5 :
What is Scrum?
Lecture 6 :
What is Kanban?
Lecture 7 :
What is the difference between Scrum and Kanban?
Section 3 : STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle) 2 Lectures 00:29:30
Lecture 1 :
What is STLC? What stages of STLC do you know?
Lecture 2 :
What are the Entry and Exit criteria?
Section 4 : Test Types 2 Lectures 00:21:26
Lecture 1 :
What types of testing do you know?
Lecture 2 :
What is the difference between Smoke and Sanity Testing?
Section 5 : Test Design Techniques 2 Lectures 00:13:19
Lecture 1 :
What is test design technique? What test design techniques do you know?
Lecture 2 :
Please explain the Equivalence partitioning technique?
Section 6 : Client-Server Model 5 Lectures 01:00:14
Lecture 1 :
What is the Client-Server model, and how does it work?
Lecture 2 :
What are the core components of an HTTP request?
Lecture 3 :
What are the core components of an HTTP response?
Lecture 4 :
What tools for Capturing and Analyzing Network Traffic do you know?
Lecture 5 :
Wireshark Tutorial for Beginners
Section 7 : Web Testing 5 Lectures 00:58:24
Lecture 1 :
What is Cache?
Lecture 2 :
What are Cookies?
Lecture 3 :
What Web testing tools do you know?
Lecture 4 :
Chrome DevTools Tutorial for Beginners
Lecture 5 :
BrowserStack Tutorial for Beginners
Section 8 : Mobile Testing 10 Lectures 02:12:20
Lecture 1 :
What is mobile testing, and why is it important?
Lecture 2 :
What's the difference between Native vs. Web vs. Hybrid Apps?
Lecture 3 :
What are the different types of Mobile Devices?
Lecture 4 :
What versions of Android and iOS are currently in use on the market
Lecture 5 :
Interrupt Testing in Mobile Application
Lecture 6 :
What the update/upgrade mobile testing is?
Lecture 7 :
Mobile App Installation and Uninstaltion testing tutorial
Lecture 8 :
What Mobile tools do you know?
Lecture 9 :
Xcode Tutorial for Beginners
Lecture 10 :
Android Studio Tutorial for Beginners
Section 9 : API testing 6 Lectures 00:51:54
Lecture 1 :
What is an API?
Lecture 2 :
What is a REST API?
Lecture 3 :
How does the REST API work
Lecture 4 :
What API testing tools do you know?
Lecture 5 :
JMeter Tutorial for Beginners
Lecture 6 :
Postman Tutorial for Beginners
Section 10 : Additional questions 1 Lectures 00:13:02
Lecture 1 :
Top 5 the most important soft skills Every QA should develop

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I have more than 5 years of practical experience working on 8 different projects, which gave me the opportunity to gain a good knowledge of working approaches in different teams and gain practical testing skills on various development methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban, on more than 5 platforms such as Desktop, Mobile (Android, iOS) Roku, and Xbox using different levels, techniques, and types of testing. Testing is my passion, and I am happy to share this experience with you