Manual testing is eating us,or otherwise..!!

We as a tester always relish on the new things, we always want to discover things.

If we go by definition we have different profiles in the IT sector, one of the well-known roles is of a Quality analyst. She is the person who takes care of Quality. Lets put it like this she is the guard of our software. As we have guards outside banks who take care of the money kept inside the bank. Similarly, a QA’s job is to safeguard software from different areas.

Test cases of ‘elevators’?

The best way to write test cases is to categorize them such that it can be applied to the given situation. For instance, if I take an example of ‘Lift aka Elevators‘ then what all tests we can actually perform on lift could be like this:

Test cases of ‘folders in Windows Operating System’.

Functional test case

1. Creation of a folder with all kinds of characters like underscores, a hyphen should work.
2. Verify for all special characters from keyboards like @,&,^ should not work.
3. Check duplicate folders with the same name should not be permitted.
4. Validate handling of folder creation after 256 characters on windows should not be allowed.
5. Check Unicode characters should not be allowed.

Functional test cases of ‘Pen’

Functional Tests

1. The pen should have enough grip so that the user can get hold of it.
2. The pen should work on paper.
3. Pen having more than one refill to work with shall have a proper click button so that the user can opt for the suitable refill to work with.

Usability Tests

1. Pen’s should not leak when open.
2. Pen’s should be refilled if its not a use and throw kind of pen.
3. The pen should have at least a refill in it.

Portability Tests

1. Pen’s weight should not be more than 10gms.

Load Tests

1. The pen should work put force abruptly.

Performance Tests

1. When put in various cold and hot temperature, Pen’s speed should not get effective
2. The pen should work onboard
3. The pen should not work on leaves.
4. The pen should work on clothes.

Functional test cases of login.

Cracking an interview is not a Rocket Science to be frank , but yes for some it could be 😀

Lets talk in general , what is the expectation of an interviewer from an interviewee. Interviewer just want the best answer which is unique and different from the rest of the world. Err…What does that mean ?

For each answer, there should be an approach that a tester should mention while answering any question. And that is Always Start With Positive approach .!!

Be it writing test cases, or reading requirements, executing test cases, thinking of a scenario in testing,etc

Lets discuss how can we take an approach of writing test cases with an example which is asked in almost all QA – interviews.