My Exp' in Technical Discussion's

[slinkanand]

Hi All,

This is my 3rd post redarding 4 technical discussions that i had with some company...previously i have posted regarding my experience with QA Source company(Chandigarh).....Am not interested for relocation...so i didnt take that offer...Am writing questions that i have faced...2 technical and 2 QA manager
round's... here it goes..

1) Tell abt ur self?---basic question
2) bug life cycle?
3) deferred status?
4) Testing process?
5) Test plan and it's contents?
6) In a typical day what do u do?
ans) dont be panic, we do open mails, and check whether any build came for testing from PL or TL, then we copy the files from version control( like VSS, WinCvs)..then we start the webserver and we start testing-first sanity then regression testing( am writing as per my compnay)...
7) severity & priority?
8) V - Model and its advantage?
9) Exceptional testing?
10) what is web server?
Ans) web server's are 3 tier applications.

then the interviewer switched to sql questions-

1) asked my rating in sql- rated 3.5
2) what is a join?
3) asked different types of joins?
4) what is self join?
5) what is inner join?
6) asked consider 2 tables, asked to write queries on above joins?

then the interviewer switched to UNIX command questions-

1) what is a touch command?
2) ls -l?
ans) to list files in long format
3) hot to view hidden files ? Ans) ls -a
4) how many types of editors?
5) how do u create a file? Ans) cat > filename
6) how do u give permissons to a file? Ans) using CHMOD

That's it, they started 2 nd round after 1/2 hour, maily stressed on manual testing questions , Here it goes..

1) On which basis( documents) u prepare test cases?
Ans) uses cases, functional specifications

2) How do u know that all test cases are covered?
Ans) using Traceability Matrix, requirement change documents

3) Asked to write test cases for yahoo login page for Login,password fields and signin button?
Ans) Three test cases we can write..is'in it

Sucessful login if both are valid
Unsucessful login, if one is valid, and the other invalid, should display a alert message
Unsucessful login, if one is valid, and the other invalid, should display a alert message

Dont forget to give pre-conditions...we can consider many scenarios for writing above....

4) What is integration testing?
5) Security testing? and example
Ans) Best example is login page
6) diff between integration test cases & functionality test cases?
ans) The Integration test cases specifically focus on the flow of data/information/control from one component to the other.
7) for example, a defect posted by another tester, and it came again for testing after fixing, that fixed bug has come to you for testing, and u dont know the functionality, what do u do?
ans) will use exploratory testing and will go thru use cases/functional specifications to know the functionality of the application.
8)Correct bug tracking process - Reporting, Re-testing, Debugging, .....
ans) Reporting, debugging, Re-teting
9)diff between SYSTEM TESTING and END-TO-END TESTING?
10)Which Methodology you follow in your Testcase?
11)what is configuration management?
control and documents currents changes in a life cycle of a product or applicatio, like Revision control, Change control, Release control( Eg: VSS, WinCvs)

12)when SRS or any other document is not given? is testing possbile?

will do Exploratory testing. In Exporatory testing the basic module's are executed, depends upon the result, we go for further plan..

13)have u come across memory leakages in ur application?
Ans) Say yes, we use endurance testing for testing memory leakages..memory leakages occur due to prologed executions.

14) How to identify memory leakages after the build is given to you?
Ans)Doing volume testing can identify memory leakage. This can be done by doing volume testing i.e. Application tries to retrieve large amount of data that require large temporary buffer area. If the data exceed the buffer area the situation of memory leakage will occur and query will fail without returning any result as sorting didn’t got finished as buffer exceeds the limit. actually we are supposed to do the memory leakages tests, while function testing or api testing. u have to see the memory size before test execution and after test execution by using memory related API functions or MFC-microsoft foundation class functions.( i welcome suggestions on this answer)

15)How does Integration Testing fit into the Software Development Life Cycle?

Once unit tested components are delivered we then integrate them together.
These “integrated” components are tested to weed out errors and bugs caused due to the integration. This is a very important step in the Software Development Life Cycle. It is possible that different programmers developed different components. A lot of bugs emerge during the integration step. In most cases a dedicated testing team focuses on Integration Testing.

16)can u tell me prerequisites for Integration Testing:
Before we begin Integration Testing it is important that all the components have been successfully unit tested.

17) Tell me Integration Testing Steps:
ans) Integration Testing typically involves the following Steps:
Create a Test Plan
Create Test Cases and Test Data
If applicable create scripts to run test cases
Once the components have been integrated execute the test cases
Fix the bugs if any and re test the code
Repeat the test cycle until the components have been successfully integrated

18) diff between a test script and a test case?
ans) A "test script" is code to perform checks described in the test case.

19) diff between Business Requirement Document and Requirement Specification Document?

Ans) The Business Requirements Specification would then be used to create the User Acceptance Test Plan, while the System Requirements Specification would be used to create the System Test Plan.

the above answer is more than enough, but i want to eloborate---

Always depends on the company. In general, a "Business Requirement" document details requirements that are necessary for the business, such as planned income from a given feature, staff neeeded to support a given feature, marketing needs, release dates based on marketing promotions, etc. It is requirements from the standpoint of the business. It is usually the requirements for the business to be able to produce and support the product.
The general "Requirement Document" is more from the customer and/or user viewpoint. These are the requirements that the product itself must adhere to: certain functionality that must be present, performance goals that must be met, etc. This gets into more detail of what the product is actually going to do for the customers/users of the business



Cheers
Anand

[c.ashok]

hi sir
i m ashok i m doing my bsc computerscience(2nd year) please tell me about the questions raised during hr and topics during gd's. i read your thread it is very useful to enhance my skills regarding interviews.use my e-mail(ashochandran@gmail.com) to send your suggestions.reply me sir

[mahi]

hi anand,
ur expr is help ful to people like us. hope u will complete the remaining so.

[Spoorthi]

thank u anand for sharing ur exp....

[sunnyhup]

nice anand ,u r doing a good job

[vjsreevs]

thanq anand ....

[kiran2710]

Thanx for sharing u r exp with us..

[sridhar1047]

This is really gud one.
and the way he wrote the answers for non common questions is nice and he did not waste time in writing answers for common definitions.
it would be nice if more people share their interview experiences in testing.
specially people with exp.

[slinkanand]

updated my exp in technical discussion's

[Afterlife]

thnx dude

[radhikajagan]

that will be really helpful anand, thanks for that, give me some more abt that as i am trying for a testing job .

[radhikajagan]

can u send some more like this,so that i will prepare accordingly