It is unfair to judge a candidate through just one challenge or exercise, but image that you are in a (non-violent & harmonious) Squid Game situation and as the hiring manager you were only allowed one Testing challenge to pose to the candidate , what would that be and why? Something that is related to … Continue reading If you just had 1 Testing question to hire/reject a QA candidate
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Lessons learnt from a POC to automate Salesforce Lightning UI
My recent client work has been on testing a migration(data & business processes) to Salesforce CRM platform. As part of Test execution, I took the initiative to build a POC to exercise automation of Salesforce both by interacting with the Lightning UI and the APEX Salesforce API interface. This post is to share the hurdles … Continue reading Lessons learnt from a POC to automate Salesforce Lightning UI
Heuristics for debugging integration problems
Outstanding Testers (that I have had the chance to work with/coach) did not just "report that there was a fire" , they were skilled at investigating and communicating - How long the fire has been burning ?What is the scale of impact ? Which areas are affected vs not ?What is the nature of the … Continue reading Heuristics for debugging integration problems
Eye the fish’s eye
Arjuna (a prince from the Indian epic Mahabharata) was a highly skilled warrior ,his primary skill being archery. In the epic there is a chapter on how he won the princess's hand by competing in a royal competition . Task was to shoot of a fish in the eye ( which was sitting on the top … Continue reading Eye the fish’s eye
Evidence
Evidence about a bug's existence is crucial. Ability to produce convincing evidence to support a bug's fix,is even more crucial. Do not just raise an important bug,see it all the way through