4/7/23, 7:31 PM Top 100 Selenium Interview Questions and Answers for 2023

Top 100 Selenium Interview Questions and Answers

for 2023
By Krishna Rungta Updated March 4, 2023

The following Java Selenium interview

questions guide covers 100 most
important Selenium automation interview
questions including simple Selenium Java
interview questions as well as Selenium
automation testing interview questions
with answers.

This guide has all the Selenium basic

interview questions for freshers and
Selenium interview questions and
answers for experienced candidates to help prepare for the interview.

List of the Top Selenium Interview Questions:

Basic Selenium Interview Questions for Freshers

1) What is Selenium and what is composed of?

Selenium is a suite of tools for automated web testing.  It is composed of

Selenium IDE (Integrated Development Environment) :  It is a tool for recording and

playing back.  It is a firefox plugin
WebDriver and RC:  It provide the APIs for a variety of languages like Java, .NET, PHP,
etc. With most of the browsers Webdriver and RC works.
Grid: With the help of Grid you can distribute tests on multiple machines so that test
can be run parallel which helps in cutting down the time required for running in

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browser test suites

2) What is Selenium 2.0?

Web Testing tools Selenium RC and WebDriver are consolidated in single tool in Selenium
2.0

What is Selenium 2.0

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3) Mention what is Selenium 3.0?

Selenium 3.0 is the latest version of Selenium. It has released 2 beta versions of selenium
3.0 with few of the below changes:

Here are few new features added to Selenium 3.0

Beta 1 updates Beta 2 updates (Only for Java)

System property webdriver.gecko.driver now forces

Minimum Java version
the server in marionette or legacy firefox driver
is now 8+
mode, ignoring any related Desired Capability

It will support for

Grid fixes NPE’s on registration when -browser not
Firefox Via Mozilla’s
specified
geckodriver

Support for Edge is

provided by MS
It now supports Safari Update GeckoDriver –port argument in all bindings
on MacOS via Apple’s
own Safari driver

4) How will you find an element using Selenium?

In Selenium every object or control in a web page is referred as an elements, there are
different ways to find an element in a web page they are

ID
Name
Tag
Attribute
CSS
Linktext
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PartialLink Text
Xpath etc

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5) List out the test types that are supported by Selenium?

For web based application testing selenium can be used

The test types can be supported are

a) Functional, Learn More about Functional Testing.

b) Regression

For post release validation with continuous integration automation tool could be used

a) Jenkins

b) Hudson

c) Quick Build

d) CruiseCont

6) Explain what is assertion in Selenium and what are the types of

assertion?
Assertion is used as a  verification point. It verifies that the state of the application
conforms to what is expected.  The types of assertion are “assert” , “verify” and “waitFor”.

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7) Mention what is the use of X-path?

X-Path is used to find the WebElement in web pages. It is also useful in identifying the
dynamic elements.

Refer Complete Guide on XPath

8) Explain the difference between single and double slash in X-path?

Single slash ‘/ ’

Single slash ( / ) start selection from the document node

It allows you to create ‘absolute’ path expressions

Double Slash ‘// ’

Double slash ( // ) start selection matching anywhere in the document

It enables to create ‘relative’ path expressions

9) List out the technical challenges with Selenium?

Technical challenges with Selenium are

Selenium supports only web based applications

It does not support the Bitmap comparison
For any reporting related capabilities have to depend on third party tools
No vendor support for tool compared to commercial tools like HP UFT
As there is no object repository concept in Selenium, maintainability of objects
becomes difficult

10) What is the difference between type keys and type commands?

TypeKeys() will trigger JavaScript event in most of the cases whereas .type() won’t. Type
key populates the value attribute using JavaScript whereas .typekeys() emulates like
actual user typing

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11) What is the difference between verify and assert commands?

Assert:  Assert allows to check whether an element is on the page or not. The test will stop
on the step failed, if the asserted element is not available. In other words, the test will
terminated at the point where check fails.

Verify: Verify command will check whether the element is on the page, if it is not then the
test will carry on executing.  In verification, all the commands are going to run guaranteed
even if any of test fails.

12) What is JUnit Annotations and what are different types of annotations

which are useful?
In JAVA a special form of syntactic meta-data can be added to Java source code, this is
know as Annotations.  Variables, parameters, packages, methods and classes are
annotated some of the Junit annotations which can be useful are

Test
Before
After
Ignore
BeforeClass
AfterClass
RunWith

13) While using click command can you use screen coordinate? 

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To click on specific part of element, you would need to use clickAT command.  ClickAt
command accepts element locator and x, y co-ordinates as arguments-

clickAt (locator, cordString)

14)  What are the advantages of Selenium?

It supports C#, PHP, Java, Perl, Phython

It supports different OS like Windows, Linux and Mac OS
It has got powerful methods to locate elements (Xpath, DOM , CSS)
It has highly developer community supported by Google

15) Why testers should opt for Selenium and not QTP?

Selenium is more popular than QTP as

Selenium is an open source whereas QTP is a commercial tool

Selenium is used specially for testing web based applications while QTP can be used
for testing client server application also
Selenium supports Firefox, IE, Opera, Safari  on operating systems like Windows,
Mac, Linux etc. however QTP is limited to Internet Explorer on Windows.
Selenium supports many programming languages like Ruby, Perl, Python whereas
QTP supports only VB script

Advanced Selenium Automation Testing Interview Questions

for 3/5/10 Years Experienced
Following are the top Selenium interview questions for experience candidates:

16) What are the four parameter you have to pass in Selenium?

Four parameters that you have to pass in Selenium are

Host
Port Number
Browser
URL
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17) What is the difference between setSpeed() and sleep() methods?

Both will delay the speed of execution.

Thread.sleep () :

It will stop the current (java) thread for the specified period of time.  Its done only once

It takes a single argument in integer format

Ex: thread.sleep(2000)- It will wait for 2 seconds

It waits only once at the command given at sleep

SetSpeed () :

For specific amount of time it will stop the execution for every selenium command.

It takes a single argument in integer format

Ex: selenium.setSpeed(“2000”)- It will wait for 2 seconds

Runs each command  after setSpeed delay by the number of milliseconds

mentioned in set Speed

This command is useful for  demonstration purpose or if you are using a slow web
application

18) What is same origin policy? How you can avoid same origin policy?

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The “Same Origin Policy” is introduced for security reason, and it ensures that content of
your site will never be accessible by a script from another site.  As per the policy, any code
loaded within the browser can only operate within that website’s domain.

To avoid “Same Origin Policy” proxy injection method is used, in proxy injection mode
the Selenium Server acts as a client configured HTTP proxy , which sits between the
browser and application under test and then masks the AUT under a fictional URL

19) What is heightened privileges browsers?

The purpose of heightened privileges is similar to Proxy Injection, allows websites to do
something that are not commonly permitted.  The key difference is that the browsers are
launced in a special mode called heightened privileges.  By using these browser mode,
Selenium core can open the AUT directly and also read/write its content without passing
the whole AUT through the Selenium RC server.

20) How you can use “submit” a form using Selenium?

You can use “submit” method on element to submit form-

element.submit () ;

Alternatively you can use click method on the element which does form submission

21) What are the features of TestNG and list some of the functionality in
TestNG which makes it more effective?
TestNG is a testing framework based on JUnit and NUnit to simplify a broad range of
testing needs, from Unit Testing to Integration Testing. And the functionality which makes
it efficient testing framework are

Support for annotations

Support for data-driven testing
Flexible test configuration
Ability to re-execute failed test cases

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22) Mention what is the difference between Implicit wait and Explicit

wait?
Implicit Wait: Sets a timeout for all successive Web Element searches. For the specified
amount of time it will try looking for element again and again before throwing a
NoSuchElementException.  It waits for elements to show up.

Explicit Wait :  It is a one-timer, used for a particular search.

23) Which attribute you should consider throughout the script in frame

for “if no frame Id as well as no frame name”?
You can use…..driver.findElements(By.xpath(“//iframe”))….

This will return list of frames.

You will need to  switch to each and every frame and search for locator which we want.

Then break the loop

24) Explain what is the difference between find elements () and find

element ()?
find element ():

It finds the first element within the current page using the given “locating mechanism”.  It
returns a single WebElement

findElements () : Using the given “locating mechanism” find all the elements within the
current page.  It returns a list of web elements.

25) Explain what are the JUnits annotation linked with Selenium?

The JUnits annotation linked with Selenium are

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@Before public void method() – It will perform the method () before each test, this
method can prepare the test
@Test public void method() – Annotations @Test identifies that this method is a test
method environment
@After public void method()- To execute a method before this annotation is used,
test method must start with test@Before

26) Explain what is Datadriven framework and Keyword driven?

Datadriven framework:  In this framework, the test data is separated and kept outside the
Test Scripts, while Test Case logic resides in Test Scripts.  Test data is read from the
external files ( Excel Files) and are loaded into the variables inside the Test Script. 
Variables are used for both for input values and for verification values.

Keyworddriven framework: The keyword driven frameworks requires the development of

data tables and keywords, independent of the test automation.  In a keyword driven test,
the functionality of the application under test is documented in a table as well as step by
step instructions for each test.

27) Explain how you can login into any site if it’s showing any
authentication popup for password and username?
Pass the username and password with url

Syntax-http://username:password@url
ex- http://creyate:[email protected]

28) Explain how to assert text of webpage using selenium 2.0?

WebElement el = driver.findElement(By.id(“ElementID”))

//get test from element and stored in text variable

String text = el.getText();

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//assert text from expected

Assert.assertEquals(“Element Text”, text);

29) Explain what is the difference between Borland Silk and Selenium?

Silk Test Tool Selenium Test Tool

Borland Silk test is not a free Selenium is completely free test automation
testing tool tool

Selenium supports many browsers like

Silk test supports only
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera and
Internet Explorer and Firefox
so on

Silk test uses test scripting Selenium suite has the flexibility to use many
language languages like Java, Ruby,Perl and so on

Silk test can be used for Selenium can be used for only web
client server applications application

30) What is Object Repository?

An object repository is an essential entity in any UI automations which allows a tester to
store all object that will be used in the scripts in one or more centralized locations rather
than scattered all over the test scripts.

31) Explain how Selenium Grid works?

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Selenium Grid sent the tests to the hub. These tests are redirected to Selenium Webdriver,
which launch the browser and run the test.  With entire test suite, it allows for running
tests in parallel.

32) Can we use Selenium grid for performance testing?

Yes. But not as effectively as a dedicated Performance Testing tool like Loadrunner.

33)  List the advantages of Webdriver over Selenium Server?

If you are using Selenium-WebDriver, you don’t need the Selenium Server as it is
using totally different technology
Selenium Server provides Selenium RC functionality which is used for Selenium 1.0
backwards compatibility
Selenium Web driver makes direct calls to browser using each browsers native
support for automation, while Selenium RC requires selenium server to inject
Javascript into the browser

34)  Mention what are the capabilities of Selenium WebDriver or

Selenium 2.0?
WebDriver should be used when requiring improvement support for

Handling multiple frames, pop ups , multiple browser windows and alerts
Page navigation and drag & drop
Ajax based UI elements
Multi browser testing including improved functionality for browser not well
supported by Selenium 1.0

35)  While injecting capabilities in webdriver to perform tests on a

browser which is not supported by a webdriver what is the limitation that
one can come across?
Major limitation of injecting capabilities is that “findElement” command may not work as
expected.

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36)  Explain how you can find broken images in a page using Selenium
Web driver?
To find the broken images in a page using Selenium web driver is

Get XPath and get all the links in the page using tag name
In the page click on each and every link
Look for 404/500 in the target page title

37)  Explain how you can handle colors in web driver?

To handle colors in web driver you can use

Use getCssValue(arg0) function to get the colors by sending ‘color’ string as an argument

38)  Using web driver how you can store a value which is text box?
You can use following command to store a value which is text box using web driver

driver.findElement(By.id(“your Textbox”)).sendKeys(“your keyword”);

39)  Explain how you can switch between frames?

To switch between frames webdrivers [ driver.switchTo().frame() ] method takes one of
the three possible arguments

A number:  It selects the number by its (zero-based) index

A name or ID: Select a frame by its name or ID
Previously found WebElement: Using its previously located WebElement select a
frame

40)  Mention 5 different exceptions you had in Selenium web driver?

The 5 different exceptions you had in Selenium web drivers are

WebDriverException
NoAlertPresentException
NoSuchWindowException
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NoSuchElementException
TimeoutException

41)  Explain using Webdriver how you can perform double click?

You can perform double click by using

Syntax- Actions act = new Actions (driver);

act.doubleClick(webelement);

42) How will you use  Selenium to upload a file?

You can use “type”command to type in a file input box of upload file. Then, you have to
use “Robot” class in JAVA to make file upload work.

43) Which web driver implementation is fastest?

HTMLUnit Driver implementation is fastest, HTMLUnitDriver does not execute tests on
browser but plain http request, which is far quick than launching a browser and executing
tests

44) Explain how you can handle frames using Selenium 2.0?

To bring control on HTML frame you can use “SwitchTo” frame method-

driver.switchTo().frame(“frameName”);

To specify a frame you can use index number

driver.switchTo().frame(“parentFrame.4.frameName”);

This would bring control on frame named- “frameName” of the 4th sub frame names
“parentFrame”

45) What is the difference between getWindowhandles() and

getwindowhandle()?

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getwindowhandles(): It is used to get the address of all the open browser and its return
type is Set <String>

getwindowhandle(): It is used to get the address of the current browser where the
control is and return type is string

46) Explain how you can switch back from a frame?

To switch back from a frame use method defaultContent()

Syntax-driver.switchTo().defaultContent();

47) List out different types of locators?

Different types of locators are

By.id()
By.name()
By.tagName()
By.className()
By.linkText()
By.partialLinkText()
By.xpath
By.cssSelector()

48) What is the command that is used in order to display the values of a

variable into the output console or log?

In order to display a constant string, command can be used is echo <constant string>
If order to display the value of a variable you can use command like echo ${variable
name>>

Above is using PHP. If you are using Java, replace echo with System.out.println

49)   Explain how you can use recovery scenario with Selenium?

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Recovery scenarios depends upon the programming language you use.  If you are using
Java then you can use exception handling to overcome same.  By using “Try Catch Block”
within your Selenium WebDriver Java tests

50) Explain how to iterate through options in test script?

To iterate through options in test script you can loop features of the programming
language, for example to type different test data in a text box you can use “for” loop in
Java

// test data collection in an array

String[ ] testData = { “test1” , “test2” , “test3” } ;

// iterate through each test data

For (string s: test data) { selenium.type ( “elementLocator”,

testData) ; }

51) How can you prepare customized html report using TestNG in hybrid
framework?
There are three ways

Junit: With the help of ANT

TestNG: Using inbuilt default.html to get the HTML report. Also XST reports from ANT,
Selenium, Testng combinations
Using our own customized reports using XSL jar for converting XML content to HTML

52) From your test script how you can create html test report?
To create html test report there are three ways

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TestNG:  Using inbuilt default.html to get the HTML report. Also XLST reports from
ANT, Selenium, TestNG combination
JUnit: With the help of ANT
Using our own customized reports using XSL jar for converting XML content to HTML

53)  Explain how you can insert a break point in Selenium IDE?

In Selenium IDE to insert a break point

Select “Toggle break point” by right click on the command in Selenium IDE
Press “B” on the keyboard and select the command in Selenium IDE
Multiple break points can be set in Selenium IDE

54)  Explain in Selenium IDE how can you debug the tests?

Insert a break point from the location from where you want to execute test step by
step
Run the test case
At the given break point execution will be paused
To continue with the next statement click on the blue button
Click on the “Run” button to continue executing all the commands at a time

55)  What is Selenese and what are the types of Selenese?

Selenese is a selenium set of command which are used for running the test

There are three types of Selenese

Actions: It is used for performing the operations and interactions with the target
elements
Assertions: It is used as a check points
Accessors: It is used for storing the values in a variable

56)  Explain what are the limitations of Selenium IDE?

The limitations of Selenium IDE

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Exceptional handling is not present

Selenium IDE uses only HTML languages
External databases reading is not possible with IDE
Reading from the external files like .txt, .xls is not possible
Conditional or branching statements execution like if,else,  select statements is not
possible

57)  What are the two modes of views in Selenium IDE?

Either Selenium IDE can be opened as a pop up window or in side bar

58)  In selenium IDE what are the element locators that can be used to
locate elements on web page?
In selenium there are mainly 4 locators that are used

X-path locators
Css locators
Html id
Html name

59)  In Selenium IDE how you can generate random numbers and dates
for test data?
In Selenium IDE you can generate random numbers by using Java Script

type
css=input#s
javascript{Math.random()}

And for

type
css=input#s
javascript{new Date()}

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60)  How you can convert any Selenium IDE tests from Selenese to
another language?
You can use the format option of Selenium IDE to convert tests into another programming
language

61)  Using Selenium IDE is it possible to get data from a particular html

table cell?
You can use the “storeTable” command

Example store text from cell 0,2 from an html table

storeTable
Css=#table 0.2
textFromCell

62)  Explain what can cause a Selenium IDE test to fail?

When a locator has changed and Selenium IDE cannot locate the element
When element Selenium IDE waiting to access did not appear on the web page and
the operation timed out
When element Selenium IDE was trying to access was not created

63)  Explain how you can debug the tests in Selenium IDE?

Insert a break point from the location where you want to execute step by step
Run the test case
At the given break point execution will be paused
To continues with the next step click on the Blue button
To run commands at a time click on run button

64)  From Selenium IDE how you can execute a single line?

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From Selenium IDE single line command can be executed in two ways

Select “Execute this command” by right clicking on the command in Selenium IDE
Press “X” key on the keyboard after selecting the command in Selenium IDE

65)  In which format does source view shows your script in Selenium IDE?
In Selenium IDE source view shows your script in XML format

66)  Explain how you can insert a start point in Selenium IDE?

In two ways selenium IDE can be set

Press “S” key on the keyboard and select the command in Selenium IDE

In Seleniun IDE right click on the command and the select  “Set / Clear Start Point”

67)  What if you have written your own element locator and how would
you test it?
To test the locator one can use “Find Button” of Selenium IDE, as you click on it, you
would see on screen an element being highlighted provided your element locator is right
or or else an error message will be displayed

68)  What is regular expressions? How you can use regular expressions in

Selenium?
A regular expression is a special text string used for describing a search pattern. In
Selenium IDE regular expression can be used with the keyword- regexp: as a prefix to the
value and patterns needs to be included for the expected values.

69)  What are core extension?

If you want to “extend” the defualt functionality provided by Selenium Function Library ,
you can create a Core Extension. They are also called “User Extension”. You can even
download ready-made Core Extension created by other Selenium enthusiats.

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70)  How will you handle working with multiple windows in Selenium?

We can use the command selectWindow to switch between windows. This command uses
the title of Windows to identify which window to switch to.

71)  How will you verify the specific position of an web element

You can use verifyElementPositionLeft & verifyElementPositionTop. It does a pixel
comparison of the position of the element from the Left and Top of page respectively

72)  How can you retrive the message in an alert box?

You can use the storeAlert command which will fetch the message of the alert pop up and
store it in a variable.

73) What is selenium RC (Remote Control)?

Selenium IDE have limitations in terms of browser support and language support. By
using Selenium RC limitation can be diminished.

On different platforms and  different web browser for automating web application 
selenium RC is used with languages like Java, C#, Perl, Python
Selenium RC is a java based and using any language it can interact with the web
application
Using server you can bypass the restriction and run your automation script running
against any web application

74) Why Selenium RC is used?

Selenium IDE does not directly support many functions like condition statements,
Iteration, logging and reporting of test results, unexpected error handling and so on as
IDE supports only HTML language.  To handle such issues Selenium RC is used  it supports
the language like Perl, Ruby, Python, PHP using these languages we can write the
program to achieve the IDE issues.

75) Explain what is the main difference between web-driver and RC?

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The main difference between Selenium RC and Webdriver is that, selenium RC injects
javascript function into browsers when the page is loaded. On the other hand, Selenium
Webdriver drives the browser using browsers built in support

76) What are the advantages of RC?

Advantages of RC are

Can read or write data from/ to .xls, .txt, etc

It can handle dynamic objects and Ajax based UI elements
Loops and conditions can be used for better performance and flexibility
Support many Programming languages and Operating Systems
For any JAVA script enabled browser Selenium RC can be used

77) Explain what is framework and what are the frameworks available in

RC?
A collection of libraries and classes is known as Framework and they are helpful when
testers has to automate test cases. NUnit, JUnit, TestNG, Bromine, RSpec, unittest are
some of the frameworks available in RC .

78) How can we handle pop-ups in RC?

To handle pop-ups in RC , using selectWindow method, pop-up window will be selected
and windowFocus method will let the control from current window to pop-up windows
and perform actions according to script

79) What are the technical limitations while using Selenium RC?

Apart from “same origin policy” restriction from js, Selenium is also restricted from
exercising anything that is outside browser.

80) Can we use Selenium RC to drive tests on two different browsers on

one operating system without Selenium Grid?
Yes, it is possible when you are not using JAVA testing framework.  Instead of using Java
testing framework if you are using java client driver of selenium then TestNG allows you
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to do this.  By using “parallel=test” attribute you can set tests to be executed in parallel
and can define two different tests, each using different browser.

81) Why to use TestNG with Selenium RC?

If you want full automation against different server and client platforms, You need a way
to invoke the tests from a command line process, reports that tells you what happened
and flexibility in how you create your test suites. TestNG gives that flexibility.

82) Explain how you can capture server side log Selenium Server?
To capture server side log in Selenium Server, you can use command

java –jar .jar –log selenium.log

83) Other than the default port 4444 how you can run Selenium Server?
You can run Selenium server on java-jar selenium-server.jar-port other than its default
port

84) How Selenium grid hub keeps in touch with RC slave machine?

At predefined time selenium grid hub keeps polling all RC slaves to make sure it is
available for testing.  The deciding parameter is called
“remoteControlPollingIntervalSeconds” and is defined in “grid_configuration.yml”file

85) Using Selenium how can you handle network latency?

To handle network latency you can use driver.manage.pageloadingtime for network
latency

86) To enter values onto text boxes what is the command that can be
used?
To enter values onto text boxes we can use command sendkeys()

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87) How do you identify an object using selenium?

To identify an object using Selenium you can use

isElementPresent(String locator)

isElementPresent takes a locator as the argument and if found returns a Boolean

88) In Selenium what are Breakpoints and Startpoints?

Breakpoints: When you implement a breakpoint in your code, the execution will stop
right there. This helps you to verify that your code is working as expected.
StartpointsStartpoint indicates the point from where the execution should begin.
Startpoint can be used when you want to run the testscript from the middle of the
code or a breakpoint.

89) Mention why to choose Python over Java in Selenium?

Few points that favor Python over Java to use with Selenium is,

Java programs tend to run slower compared to Python programs.

Java uses traditional braces to start and ends blocks, while Python uses indentation.
Java employs static typing, while Python is dynamically typed.
Python is simpler and more compact compared to Java.

90) Mention what are the challenges in Handling Ajax Call in Selenium
Webdriver?
The challenges faced in Handling Ajax Call in Selenium Webdriver are

Using “pause” command for handling Ajax call is not completely reliable. Long pause
time makes the test unacceptably slow and increases the testing time. Instead,
“waitforcondition” will be more helpful in testing Ajax applications.
It is difficult to assess the risk associated with particular Ajax applications
Given full freedom to developers to modify Ajax application makes the testing
process challenging
Creating automated test request may be difficult for testing tools as such AJAX
application often use different encoding or serialization technique to submit POST
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data.

91) Mention what is IntelliJ?

Intellij is an IDE that helps you to write better and faster code for Selenium. Intellij can be
used in the option to Java bean and Eclipse.

92) Mention in what ways you can customize TestNG report?

You can customize TestNG report in two ways,

Using ITestListener Interface

Using IReporter Interface

93) To generate pdf reports mention what Java API is required?

To generate pdf reports, you need Java API IText.

94) Mention what is Listeners in Selenium WebDriver?

In Selenium WebDriver, Listeners “listen” to the event defined in the selenium script and
behave accordingly. It allows customizing TestNG reports or logs. There are two main
listeners i.e. WebDriver Listeners and TestNG Listeners.

95) Mention what are the types of Listeners in TestNG?

The types of Listeners in TestNG are,

IAnnotationTransformer
IAnnotationTransformer2
IConfigurable
IConfigurationListener
IExecutionListener
IHookable
IInvokedMethodListener
IInvokedMethodListener2

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IMethodInterceptor
IReporter
ISuiteListener
ITestListener

96) Mention what is desired capability? How is it useful in terms of

Selenium?
The desired capability is a series of key/value pairs that stores the browser properties like
browser name, browser version, the path of the browser driver in the system, etc. to
determine the behavior of the browser at run time.

For Selenium,

It can be used to configure the driver instance of Selenium WebDriver.

When you want to run the test cases on a different browser with different operating
systems and versions.

97) For Database Testing in Selenium Webdriver what API is required?

For Database Testing in Selenium Webdriver, you need JDBC (Java Database
Connectivity) API. It allows you to execute SQL statements.

98) Mention when to use AutoIT?

Selenium is designed to automate web-based applications on different browsers. But to
handle window GUI and non-HTML popups in the application you need AutoIT. know
more about How to use AutoIT with Selenium

99) Mention why do you need Session Handling while working with
Selenium?
While working with Selenium, you need Session Handling. This is because, during test
execution, the Selenium WebDriver has to interact with the browser all the time to
execute given commands. At the time of execution, it is also possible that, before current
execution completes, someone else starts execution of another script, in the same

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machine and in the same type of browser. So to avoid such situation you need Session
Handling.

100) Mention what are the advantages of Using Git Hub For Selenium?
The advantages of Using Git Hub for Selenium are

Multiple people when they work on the same project they can update project details
and inform other team members simultaneously.
Jenkins can help you to build the project from the remote repository regularly. This
helps you to keep track of failed builds.

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