Interview practice for software testing

General practice authored by Roamwise. Not actual employer questions.

1. What would you ask before converting an ambiguous requirement into a test scenario?

Follow-up: How would you label an assumption if you proceed with one?
My review: Are requirement and assumption clearly separated?

My answer (real example / explicitly fictional exercise:


Open point:


2. Explain how you choose a normal case and a boundary case.

Follow-up: Which situation remains outside your selection?
My review: Did I present two examples as complete coverage?

My answer (real example / explicitly fictional exercise:


Open point:


3. How do you distinguish a written scenario from a test that actually ran?

Follow-up: Without which information can you not say pass or fail?
My review: Did I avoid presenting design as an observed test result?

My answer (real example / explicitly fictional exercise:


Open point:


4. What context belongs in a defect note handed to a developer or another team?

Follow-up: Are reproduction steps separate from the observed difference?
My review: Is the note understandable without unnecessary confidential data?

My answer (real example / explicitly fictional exercise:


Open point: