How to prepare for Software Testing Interview?
Published: 2022-02-19 06:09:49

Preparation is the key to success. There is a saying “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Your success in any interview depends on your preparation. Before, discussing how to prepare for a software interview. We are going to have a look at common steps that are involved in any interview preparation.

**Interview Research**- As the day of your interview comes closer you must take some time and do proper research on the following topics.

**Job Description**- Read the job description thoroughly and try to understand the responsibilities. Review the words clearly and try to align your skillset with the job description provided. Reading carefully and thoroughly the Job Description can also help us in analyzing the questions that we may face in an interview.

**Research the Organization**- Try to get in-depth knowledge about the organization by visiting their websites, social pages, reviews of employees, and other online sources. Get to know about ‘What are the current Projects?’,’ What type of products they offer?’.
Find out the mission, values, and work culture. As sometimes the interviewer wants to know more about your presence than your theoretical knowledge. You might come across common questions like- “What do you know about our company?”.

**Interview Panel**- Try to find who will be taking your interview, you can get some insights by viewing the mail that mail you get. Check the Linkedin profile and other online sources for better knowledge.

Prepare a list of common questions:- Make a list of common interview questions that are asked most and try to frame your own answer rather than copying. Some of the most asked questions are:-
Tell me about yourself?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Why do you need this job?

Now, proceeding towards our topic i.e. Preparing for a Software Testing Interview. You must improve your technical subjects and have some basic understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and knowledge about Testing.

Software Testing is an important step in any software development project. It is the process to verify that the software developed is bug-free and matches the technical requirements as guided by the design and development team.
The aim of software testing is not only to check the product whether it's bug-free or not but also a way to improvise it. Testing is an indicator of quality and a way to provide feedback to the developers.

In this article, we have picked some important [manual testing interview questions by ArtOfTesting](https://artoftesting.com/manual-testing-interview-questions), I hope these will help you to get some insights into the basic and important questions asked during an interview.


**Ques.1 What's the role of testing in SDLC(Software Development Life Cycle)?**
Ans-  The role of software testing in SDLC is quite important. 
It provides interaction between the product development and end-user.
It helps in recognizing bugs and errors before the development stage.
It's a way to assure that the program works as intended.



**Ques.2 What is Exhaustive Testing?**
Ans- Exhaustive Testing is a technique used in software development that tests all the possible combinations of the data set that are used for testing.



**Ques.3 What is Validation and Verification in Software Testing?**
Ans- 
Verification- Verification is a static process that ensures the conditions of a product satisfy the conditions imposed during the start of the phase. It is done without executing the codes. 
Methods of Verification - Walkthrough, Inspection, and Reviews.

Validation- Validation is a dynamic process that evaluates the software during or at the end of the development process. It is performed with the help of code execution
Methods of Verification - Testing and End- Users.



**Ques.4  What are the Different Methods of testing?**
Ans-  There are three methods for testing software these are
Black-box testing
Grey-box testing
White-box testing



**Ques.5  What is STLC(Software Testing Life Cycle)?**
Ans-  STLC is a sequence of specific actions used during software testing to ensure the quality standards are met. It is an integral part of SDLC(Software Development Life Cycle).
In STLC various activities are executed in a predefined manner known as STLC phases.
Requirement Analysis- Identify the type of tests to be performed, testing environments, and various other parameters.
Test Planning- It involves test tool selection, resource planning.
Test Case Development- Create test cases, automate scripts, and create test data.  
Test Environment Setup- Perform Smoke Test on the build, understand required architecture, prepare environment setup.
Test Execution- Execute Tests, Track the defects.
Test Cycle Closure- Prepare test closure report, Result analysis, Evaluate complete cycle.



**Ques.6  What are the key components of a bug report?**
Ans- Bug report is also known as a defect report. The main aim of writing a bug report is that it gets fixed with the next update. The key component that a bug report must cover is that
Detailed Information
Identify the key component
Prioritize the bugs according to their urgency
Result analysis



**Ques.7 What is the difference between QA and QC?**
Ans-  QA stands for Quality Assurance, QA ensures that the software is thoroughly tested before releasing it for end-users. These activities generally take place during the development phase of the product.
QC stands for the Quality check, QC checks whether the developed products are meeting functional and non-functional requirements or not. These activities take place after the development phase.



**Ques.8  What is Bug leakage and Bug Release?**
Ans-  Bug Leakage- When a bug is missed by the testing during the testing phase of the product and the build is released for production. Now, if the bug is found by the end-user it is known as Bug Leakage.

Bug Release-  When the product is handed over to the testing team with some known bugs is known as Bug Release.



**Ques.9 How is error different from failure?**
Ans- Error- When a program fails to combine or run due to coding error/mistakes it's known as an error.
Failure- When the bugs left out during the development phase reach out to the end-user and the software fails it is termed as failure.



**Ques.10 What are the tests that can be automated?**
Ans- The tests that can be automated are:
Smoke Test Cases
Regression Test Cases
Data-Driven Test Cases
Non-Functional Test Cases
Complex calculation Test Cases


So, this is the end of the article. We have covered some of the important questions that are asked during the software testing interview and the ways in which you can excel yourself before any interview. Thanks for reading.:-)