Software Testing Real Time Questions

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. Testing Process? STLC

3. Responsibilities in the project?

4. Manual and automation experience?

5. How many test cases you have written in your module?

6. Why you have automated your project?

7. For example out of 100 test cases if I ask you to automate, how many you can automate?

8. In Your CV you have mention few testing levels of testing; tell me about that?

9. You know about traceability matrix? If so tell me the fields of that?

10. What do you mean by regression testing have you done?

11. You have any idea about back end testing?

12. Tell me about your project?

13. Who is the client of Your Company?

14. What is the concept of your project and which domain?

15, How many modules are there in your project and which module you have worked?

16. What do you mean by integration testing?

17. Can you do database testing? Tell me some queries?

18. When do you start testing and stop testing?

Technical Round:

1. Test Plan?

2. Test Case?

3. Defect Report (Bug Report) / Bug Life Cycle.

4. Testing process? Explain in Detail.

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5. Features of Win Runner and QTP.

6. Basic SQL commands.

7. CM Plan.

8. Projects Description.

PM Round:

1. Responsibilities handle in your projects?

2. Weaknesses and Strengths.

3. Project Description.

4. Reasons for looking a change.

HR Round:

1. Personal Introduction.

2. Reasons for Change.

3. CTC.

4. Preferred Location.

5. Notice period required.

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. Tell me the testing flow you are using in your organization?

3. What are the bug tracking tools you are using?

4. What is the tool you are using for CM Plan?

5. What is the Integration Testing?

6. How you will test the Load and Stress Testing?

7. Where your organization placed?

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8. How long your current project going on?

9. How many tables you are using for this project?

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. What is your role in your company?

3. Tell me about your company?

4. Why you choose S/W Testing?

5. Explain V-Model?

6. What is the difference between QA and QC?

7. How you improve the quality of product?

8. If there is any error in RTM. What will you do?

9. Tell me something about Infosys?

10. About Project? (some questions on project)

11. Explain the difference between Regression and Re-testing?

12. Explain Compiled Module? No need

13. When will you start testing?

14. Who wrote TC?

15, Which model you follow in your company?

16. Clients?

17. Any question to ask?

1st Round:

1. What is Integration Testing?

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2. What is System Testing?

3. What is the difference between Integration and System Testing?

4. What is the difference between Web Application and Desktop Application?

5. What is Smoke Testing?

6. What is Test Plan?

7. What is Test Case?

8. What are the Bug tracking Tool Fields?

9. If you are getting bugs repeatedly in one module. What can you do?

10. If you get a very simple bug. What can you do?

11. How do you do Integration Testing?

12. What is the regression testing?

13. What are the different types of Testing?

14. You have deadline of five days to release the product developers finished coding on fourth day.
Then what you can do?

15, What are the different types of reviews?

16. Have you prepared Test Plan? Can you?

17. Have you found any bug which can’t be reproducible?

18. How do you perform load testing for websites?

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2nd Round:

1. What is the Integration Testing?

2. What is the Regression Testing?

3. Suppose if requirement changed. How can you know which test case are affected by the change
request?

4. What is the Traceability Matrix?

5. Who prepares Traceability Matrix? How many in one project?

6. How do you do Integration Testing?

7. Suppose if the change request impacts two modules. How can you do Regression Testing?

8. What is your company strength?

9. What is your team size?

10. What is development team size?

11. How many test leads in the project?

12. What is browser compatibility testing? Why we need to do?

13. Have you found any bugs in browser compatibility testing?

14. What is the difference between IE 5.0 and IE 6.0?

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General Questions
1. Tell me about yourself?
o Give a brief introduction, including your education, experience, skills, and current role.
2. Testing Process (STLC)?
o Requirement Analysis → Test Planning → Test Case Development → Test
Environment Setup → Test Execution → Test Closure.
3. Responsibilities in the project?
o Test case design, execution, defect reporting, regression testing, automation (if
applicable), and collaboration with developers.
4. Manual and Automation Experience?
o Manual: Writing and executing test cases, exploratory testing.
o Automation: Selenium, JMeter, Cypress, etc., for regression testing.
5. How many test cases have you written in your module?
o Depends on complexity; usually 50–200 test cases.
6. Why have you automated your project?
o To save time, reduce errors, and improve test coverage.
7. How many test cases out of 100 can be automated?
o 80% if feasible, 20% may require manual testing (UI, usability, exploratory).
8. Testing levels in your CV?
o Unit, Integration, System, Acceptance, Regression, Performance Testing.
9. Traceability Matrix Fields?
o Requirement ID, Test Case ID, Scenario, Status, Defect ID, Comments.
10. Regression Testing?
o Retesting old test cases after changes to ensure no new issues.
11. Back-end Testing?
o Yes, verifying database integrity, executing SQL queries, API testing.
12. Tell me about your project?
o Provide domain, technologies, testing approach, challenges.
13. Who is the client of your company?
o Answer based on your company’s project/client details.
14. Project concept & domain?
o Describe core functionalities, target users, and technologies used.
15. Modules & your contribution?
o Mention the modules and your specific testing responsibilities.
16. Integration Testing?
o Testing interaction between different modules.
17. Database Testing & Queries?
o Verifying data consistency, writing SQL queries like:
sql
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SELECT * FROM users WHERE status='active';
18. When to start and stop testing?
o Start: After requirements analysis.
o Stop: When exit criteria are met (all tests executed, no critical bugs).

Technical Round
1. Test Plan?
o A document defining test strategy, scope, schedule, and risks.

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2. Test Case?
o A document specifying test inputs, steps, and expected results.
3. Defect Report & Bug Life Cycle?
o New → Assigned → Open → Fixed → Retested → Verified → Closed.
4. Detailed Testing Process?
o STLC phases (requirement analysis → closure).
5. Features of WinRunner & QTP?
o WinRunner (legacy), QTP/UFT (keyword-driven, automation tool).
6. Basic SQL Commands?
sql
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SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, JOIN, GROUP BY, ORDER BY.
7. CM Plan?
o Defines version control, change management, and software maintenance.
8. Project Description?
o Explain objective, technology stack, testing strategy, and role.

PM & HR Round
1. Responsibilities in projects?
o Test execution, defect management, automation, and reporting.
2. Strengths & Weaknesses?
o Strengths: Analytical skills, problem-solving, attention to detail.
o Weaknesses: Mention a minor weakness and how you’re improving it.
3. Project Description?
o Summarize domain, scope, challenges, testing methods.
4. Why looking for a change?
o Career growth, new challenges, skill enhancement.
5. Personal Introduction?
o Name, experience, skills, current role.
6. CTC & Preferred Location?
o Answer based on your current package and location preference.
7. Notice Period?
o As per your current company policy.

Additional Questions
1. Bug Tracking Tools?
o JIRA, Bugzilla, Redmine, HP ALM.
2. CM Plan Tool?
o Git, SVN, TFS, Jenkins.
3. Load & Stress Testing?
o Using JMeter, LoadRunner to simulate high user load.
4. Your company’s location?
o Mention company location.
5. Project Duration?
o Mention how long your project has been running.
6. Tables in your project?
o Based on database schema.
7. Testing Model?
o Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, V-Model.

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8. Clients?
o Provide details (if not confidential).
9. Regression vs. Re-Testing?
o Regression: Checking old functionalities after code changes.
o Re-Testing: Running failed test cases again after bug fixes.
10. V-Model?
 A software development model where testing happens parallel to development.

1. Tell me about yourself?

 Introduce yourself with your name, educational background, and professional experience.
 Mention your expertise in manual testing, automation testing, and tools like Selenium, JIRA,
JMeter, SQL, etc.
 Highlight your key skills (e.g., test case creation, defect tracking, API testing).
 Briefly explain your current project and role.
 End with your career goals and interest in testing.

2. Testing Process (STLC)?

The Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) includes the following phases:
1. Requirement Analysis – Understanding project requirements and identifying testable scenarios.
2. Test Planning – Defining test strategy, test objectives, resource planning, and timelines.
3. Test Case Development – Writing detailed test cases and preparing test data.
4. Test Environment Setup – Configuring hardware/software and setting up test environments.
5. Test Execution – Running test cases, logging defects, and tracking bug status.
6. Test Closure – Preparing reports, analyzing defects, and providing sign-off.

3. Responsibilities in the project?

 Understanding requirements and designing test cases and scenarios.
 Performing manual and automated testing.
 Identifying and logging defects in JIRA, Bugzilla, or HP ALM.
 Conducting regression, functional, integration, and system testing.
 Communicating with developers and business analysts to resolve issues.
 Preparing test reports and metrics for stakeholders.

4. Manual and Automation Experience?

 Manual Testing: Writing test cases, executing test scripts, functional testing, regression testing,
exploratory testing, UI testing.
 Automation Testing: Developing test scripts using Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, Cypress,
Playwright, etc.

5. How many test cases have you written in your module?

 The number of test cases depends on the module's complexity.
 On average, 50-200 test cases per module, covering different testing types (functional, negative,
boundary, etc.).

6. Why have you automated your project?

 Faster execution: Reduces time required for repeated test cases.
 Increased accuracy: Eliminates human error.
 Better test coverage: Executes more test scenarios.

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 Regression testing: Quickly verifies old functionalities after new changes.

7. How many test cases can be automated out of 100?

 80% if feasible (stable, repetitive, high-priority cases).
 20% need manual testing (UI, exploratory, usability, non-functional testing).

8. Testing levels in your CV?

 Unit Testing – Tests individual components (done by developers).
 Integration Testing – Ensures multiple modules interact correctly.
 System Testing – Validates the entire system end-to-end.
 User Acceptance Testing (UAT) – Confirms the software meets business requirements.

9. Traceability Matrix Fields?

 Requirement ID, Test Case ID, Test Scenario, Status, Defect ID (if applicable), Comments.

10. Regression Testing?

 Ensures new changes do not break existing functionality.
 Executed manually or automated after updates.

11. Back-end Testing?

 Testing databases, APIs, and server responses.
 Checking data integrity, schema validation, stored procedures, and SQL queries.

12. Tell me about your project?

 Domain, objective, technology stack, your role, testing methodologies, and key challenges faced.

13. Who is the client of your company?

 Provide client details (if not confidential).

14. Project concept & domain?

 Explain project purpose, target users, functionalities, and industry domain (Banking,
Healthcare, E-commerce, etc.).

15. Modules & your contribution?

 Mention the number of modules and specific responsibilities (e.g., UI testing, API testing).

16. Integration Testing?

 Validates interaction and data flow between modules.
 Approaches: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Big-Bang, Incremental.

17. Database Testing & Queries?

 Verifying data integrity, schema validation, executing queries.
 Common queries:
sql
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SELECT * FROM users WHERE status='active';
UPDATE orders SET status='shipped' WHERE order_id=1001;
DELETE FROM customers WHERE customer_id=50;

18. When to start and stop testing?

 Start: After requirements are clear, during the test planning phase.

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 Stop: When all tests pass, major bugs are fixed, and sign-off is received.

Technical Round
1. Test Plan?
 A document describing test scope, objectives, test strategy, resources, timeline, risks, and
deliverables.

2. Test Case?
 A structured document with test steps, inputs, expected outcomes, and actual results.

3. Defect Report & Bug Life Cycle?

1. New → 2. Assigned → 3. Open → 4. Fixed → 5. Retested → 6. Closed/Reopened.

4. Testing Process in Detail?

 Follows STLC phases: Requirement analysis → Test planning → Execution → Closure.

5. Features of WinRunner & QTP (UFT)?

 WinRunner: Functional testing tool (obsolete).
 QTP/UFT: Supports keyword-driven, data-driven, and automated UI testing.

6. Basic SQL Commands?

sql
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SELECT * FROM employees;
INSERT INTO users (id, name) VALUES (1, 'John Doe');
UPDATE orders SET status='delivered' WHERE order_id=102;
DELETE FROM customers WHERE id=50;

7. CM Plan?
 Defines version control, change management, and configuration tracking.

8. Project Description?
 Provide an overview covering business objectives, tech stack, your testing responsibilities.

PM & HR Round
1. Responsibilities in projects?
 Test execution, defect tracking, automation, and reporting.

2. Strengths & Weaknesses?

 Strengths: Analytical skills, problem-solving, collaboration.
 Weaknesses: (Pick a minor one and show how you’re improving).

3. Project Description?
 Mention business domain, project objective, testing methodology.

4. Why looking for a change?

 Better growth, new challenges, skill enhancement.

5. Personal Introduction?
 Name, experience, skills, current role.

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6. CTC & Preferred Location?

 Answer based on your current package and location preference.

7. Notice Period?
 As per your current company policy.

Additional Questions
1. Bug Tracking Tools?
 JIRA, Bugzilla, Redmine, HP ALM.

2. CM Plan Tool?
 Git, SVN, TFS, Jenkins.

3. Load & Stress Testing?

 Using JMeter, LoadRunner to simulate high user load.

4. Testing Model in Your Company?

 Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, V-Model.

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