Fresher's jobs    walk-in's    Expierience walk-ins     freshers Walkins

->TCS placement papers

->Java programs for JDBC connection

->C programs

->Softwares

->java tutorial

->Oracle tutorial

->Unlocking Modems

->Infosys placement papers

->Artificial intelligence E-book

->Java programs

->Software testing test cases

->Manual testing

->Syntel placement papers

->Operating system programs

->TCS placement papers

->Emcet 2011 Admission details

->Top 10 Engineering colleges in AP

->Top 10 MBA colleges in AP

->Top schools in AP

->Emcet 2012 results

->E-books

->Govt  jobs  in andrapradesh

->List of IT companies in bangalore

->telugu movie songs

->Kids special

->E-schoolsbr

manual testing Interview questions

Manual testing is one of the most important and effective ways to test a software. Each time a new software is developed, it must be tested for effectiveness and also to validate whether it meets user requirements. To do this, manual or automated testing can be performed on that software. Manual testing is a type of software testing where the software is tested by a tester, as if he is an end user. 

Manual testing requires, a "tester" who needs to have certain qualities, because the job demands it. The manual tester has to be observant, creative, innovative, speculative, open-minded, resourceful, patient, skillful and possess certain other qualities that will help him with his work. In this article, the focus is to list down the most common interview questions asked in a manual testering job position. To know more about these questions and their answers, please search this SQAT portal.

While there are several questions, you need to know in the area of manual testing, the following list includes some of the most important questions that cannot be ignored. These interview questions are equally applicable to freshers and experienced testers. One has to know the answers to these questions well enough before go for the interview:

1. What is the structure of a test life cycle?
2. What is the difference between error, bug and defect?
3. What does "review" mean?
4. In case of defects in the software, how do you define the priority and severity?
5. How can you make use of quality control? Draw differences between Quality assurance (QA) and quality control. (QC)
6. What is equivalence class partitioning?
7. Explain the difference between usability and functional defects. Give an example to further clarify the answer.
8. What is the importance of drivers and stubs in testing?
9. What is the difference between debugging and testing? Explain in detail.
10. Wha is ad-hoc testing?
11. What is alpha testing?
12. What is the beta?
13. What is Component Testing?
14. What is the compatibility test?
15. What are data-driven tests?
16. What are the concurrency testing?
17. What is Conformance Testing?
18. What is Context Driven Testing?
19. What is the conversion test?
20. What is the depth test?
21. What is dynamic testing?
22. What is end to end testing?
23. What is installation testing?
24. What is the comprehensive test?
25. What is localization testing?
26. What is the test loop?
27. What is mutation testing?
28. What is the positive test?
29. What is the monkey testing (or gorilla testing)?
30. What is negative testing?
31. What is the test run?
32. What is the recovery test?
33. What is regression testing?
34. What is a defect report?
35. What is the stress test?
36. What is sanity testing?
37. What is the smoke test?
38. What is the volume testing?
39. What is usability testing?
40. What is scalability testing?
41. What is the user acceptance testing or UAT?
42. How do you test a web application?
43. Explain in detail what is integration testing?
44. What is the pilot project.
45. Explain in detail with an example the boundary value analysis
46. What do you write in a test plan?
47. What is risk analysis? Explain in detail.
48. What is a test plan used in your project?
49. Draw differences between Web application testing and client-server testing.
50. Can you explain V model in manual testing?
51. What is the waterfall model in manual testing?
52. What is the purpose of carrying out manual testing for a background process that does not have a user interface and how you go about it?
53. Explain what an example test case and bug reports are.
54. How does one go about reviewing a test case and what types are available?
55. What is the UAT?
56. What is the compatibility test?
57. What is debugging?
58. What is the fish bone diagram?
59. What is the test report?
60. Explain in detail the difference between smoke and sanity testing.
61. What is the difference between usability testing and testing of graphical user interface?
62. What is the test case life cycle?
63. What is the difference between the test scenarios and test strategy?
64. When testing the decision table used?
65. What are the benefits of independence of the test?
66. In the agile model, what are the different analysis methodologies used?
67. What is the main objective in reviewing a program delivery?
68. What is the functional test of the system? Explain in detail.