QA Automation Engineer -1 Interview Questions

Technical questions (low to medium level)

Introductions (3-5 mins)

Functional Testing (5- 10 mins)

● What do you understand to testing life cycle, bug life cycle

● Severity vs priority and an example
● Test scenario for a given example
● What do u understand by regression testing suite & other type of testing suites like sanity &
smoke
● Performance testing exp & its types (stress, load, volume, endurance & spike) ?
● Security testing & tool exp ?

Automation testing (15-20 mins)

● Tools used & language

● Construct xpath & locator types questions (share screen & construct)
● Test framework exp
● What do you understand by Page object model & factory object pattern
● Test runners & test ng
● Reporting format like extent & allure
● Jenkins integration (build & schedule)
● BDD & cucumber framework questions
● Implicit & explicit wait difference
● Accept alerts
● Reusability of automation framework questions (what if an Ui element attribute is changed)
● JDBC or any other DB connections ?
● Appium exp & ques
● Tools used for appium & locators used (Accessibility ID,Android UI Automator, )
● Emulator & simulator ques

API & SQL ques (5 mins)

● CRUD operations in API ? (post, get, put & delete)

● Basic sql query (using select or update within a given tables)

General Ques with recording (5 mins)

● Reason for change of job ?

● Reasons to prefer startup ?
 Q&A from candidate (5 mins)

Key parameters that needs to be captured for each individual

● Functional testing rating out of 5

● Automation testing rating out of 5
● Cultural fitment
● Willing to learn & explore ?
● Notice period

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Date & Time : Tuesday, October 3⋅2:00 – 2:45 pm

Name : Rohini KP
Exp : 2 years
Notice period : 45 days (24 th nov)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 3 (no appium)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 5
Additional Comments : would be a good fit.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yHhgYuz0CMmSD2oKdFbPQ9kAP9kDJdYT/view?usp=sharing

Date & Time : Wednesday, October 4⋅2:00 – 2:45 pm

Name : Depali Salgar
Exp : 3.5 years
Notice period : 1 month (negotiable)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 3 (no appium)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : can do better as per her experience
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Ri-Prs-LvNv32V9PkL-KhN0yVNzcsUN/view

Date & Time : Wednesday, October 4⋅3:00 – 3:45 pm

Name : Shubham Sourabh
Exp : 2 years
Notice period : immediate
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 3
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 3
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 3
Additional Comments : no clear exp in manual & automation (wrong resume uploaded and
spoke in hindi many of the times)

Date & Time : Thursday, October 5⋅2:00 – 2:45 pm

Name : Karthik Akkasaligar
Exp : 2 years
Notice period : immediate (LWD : july 1st)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 3
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 2 (no appium, unable to write xpath with 1 year of automation
exp)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : has to improve more on automation & functional testing skills.

Date & Time : Thursday, October 5⋅3:00 – 3:45 pm

Name : Sakshi Raj
Exp : 1 year 3 month
Notice period : immediately.
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4 (beginner)
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 3 (beginner no appium)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : could be a good fit as a beginner.

Date & Time : Thursday, October 5⋅5:00 – 5:45 pm

Name : PRAVEEN KUMAR
Exp : 2 year 4 months
Notice period : 30 days
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 3
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 3
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 3
Additional Comments : can do better as per his expertise

Date & Time : Friday, October 6⋅3:00 – 3:45 pm

Name : Varalakshmi Chittimanni
Exp : 3 .1 years
Notice period : immediate (july 1st)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testin
g rating (1-5) : 2 (worked on automation for 1.5 years but was unable to write xpath & automation
basics)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : can do better as per her expertise

Date & Time : Friday, October 6⋅4:00 – 4:45 pm

Name : Manasa Kyasarammanasa
Exp : 1 year 2 months
Notice period : immediate join (june 8th) (health issues)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 2 (beginner)
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 2 (beginner)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 5
Additional Comments : Designer, looking for a domain change to testing (can be considered as
fresher )

Date & Time : Monday, October 9⋅2:00 – 2:45 pm

Name : Mayuri Todkari
Exp :
Notice period :
Functional testing rating (1-5) :
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :
Cultural fitment :
Willing/Interested to learn & explore :
Communication skills (1-5) :
Additional Comments : no show

Date & Time : Monday, October 9⋅4:00 – 4:45 pm

Name : Sharvari Kamble
Exp : 2 years 2 months
Notice period : 1 month (20-25 days)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 3 (beginer)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : could be a good fit as a beginner

Date & Time : Tuesday, October 10⋅2:00 – 2:45 pm

Name : SHIVAM SINGH
Exp : 2 year 1 month
Notice period : LWD - 7th december serving notice
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 3
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 4 (beginner but tried many projects from scratch)
Cultural fitment : may be yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 3
Additional Comments : can be judged further for cultural fitmet
https://github.com/shivamsingh2610

Date & Time : Tuesday, October 10⋅3:00 – 3:45 pm

Name : Harika Rao
Exp : 2 years 1 month (6 months into automation)
Notice period : immediate joinee (may 31st lwd)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 5
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 3 (beginner)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 5
Additional Comments : can be a good fit (backup)

Date & Time : Tuesday, October 10⋅5:00 – 5:45 pm

Name : Gajanand D
Exp :
Notice period :
Functional testing rating (1-5) :
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :
Cultural fitment :
Willing/Interested to learn & explore :
Communication skills (1-5) :
Additional Comments : no show

Date & Time : Wednesday, October 11⋅4:00 – 4:45 pm

Name : Sachin Chavan
Exp : 2.4 years
Notice period : 60 months
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 3
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : can do better as per his expertise

Date & Time : Wednesday, October 11⋅5:00 – 5:45 pm

Name : Durga Sri
Exp : 2.2 years (career break)
Notice period : immediate
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 3
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 2
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : was on a career break and has undergone trainings and was looking
forward to resume career

Date & Time : Thursday, October 12⋅3:00 – 3:45 pm

Name : Faizan Ahmad
Exp :
Notice period :
Functional testing rating (1-5) :
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :
Cultural fitment :
Willing/Interested to learn & explore :
Communication skills (1-5) :
Additional Comments : no show

Date & Time : Thursday, October 12⋅4:00 – 4:45 pm

Name : Spoorthi S R
Exp : 2 year 11 month exp
Notice period : 45 days negotiable
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :4
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : would be a good fit

Date & Time : Friday, October 13⋅3:00 – 3:45 pm

Name : Mayuri Todkari
Exp :
Notice period :
Functional testing rating (1-5) :
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :
Cultural fitment :
Willing/Interested to learn & explore :
Communication skills (1-5) :
Additional Comments : second time no show, she herself booked the second time slot and
didn’t not intimate and also again no show.

Date & Time : Friday, October 13⋅4:00 – 4:45 pm

Name : Subhashree Barik
Exp :
Notice period :
Functional testing rating (1-5) :
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :
Cultural fitment :
Willing/Interested to learn & explore :
Communication skills (1-5) :
Additional Comments : no show

Date & Time : Friday, October 13⋅5:00 – 5:45 pm

Name : Sophia Richard
Exp : 2.5 month
Notice period : 30 days
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 3
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 1 (fresher just started learning automation)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : looking out for an internship opportunity if available

Date & Time : Monday, October 16⋅5:00 – 5:45 pm

Name : Subhashree Barik
Exp :
Notice period :
Functional testing rating (1-5) :
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :
Cultural fitment :
Willing/Interested to learn & explore :
Communication skills (1-5) :
Additional Comments : no show

Date & Time : Tuesday, October 17⋅4:00 – 4:45 pm

Name : Maruthi Dikshith P
Exp :
Notice period :
Functional testing rating (1-5) :
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :
Cultural fitment :
Willing/Interested to learn & explore :
Communication skills (1-5) :
Additional Comments : no show

Date & Time : Tuesday, October 17⋅5:00 – 5:45 pm

Name : Momin Inthiyaz
Exp : 2 years
Notice period : currently serving nov 8 LWD
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 2 (beginner, just started on automation)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : would be a good fit as beginner for automation (backup)

Date & Time : Tuesday, October 24⋅2:00 – 2:45 pm

Name : Dnyaneshwar Karad
Exp : 1year 3 months
Notice period : joined a comp 2 months back and looking out for a part time job
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 2
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 2
Cultural fitment : may be
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 3
Additional Comments : can have better clarity before applying for a full time job, he directly told he
wants only part time job so he appeared for interview

Date & Time : Friday, October 27⋅5:00 – 5:45 pm

Name : Hemali Jayswal
Exp : 2.3 years
Notice period : 3 months (payout possible)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testing rating (1-5) :2 (beginner)
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 4
Additional Comments : good for a functional tester but just started on automation 2-3 months

Date & Time : Monday, October 30⋅3:00 – 3:45 pm

Name : Shailja Tiwari
Exp : 2.2 month
Notice period : 3 months (negotiable)
Functional testing rating (1-5) : 4
Automation Testing rating (1-5) : 4
Cultural fitment : yes
Willing/Interested to learn & explore : yes
Communication skills (1-5) : 5
Additional Comments : good fit (need to decide on rohini or shailaja)