Important Manual Testing Interview Questions

Testbytes
2 min readAug 23, 2021

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Getting a manual tester job is no joke. You have to showcase your skill in the form of tasks and sometimes or you have to clear a verbal interview. To help you with the verbal interview, we have compiled a list of questions that are most probable to appear in the interview. Kindly go through them and pass them on if you find them interesting.

1: What are the 2 main types of testing?

2: What is BVA?

3: What is DOA and how is it used?

4: What is the Severity and Priority of a bug?

5: What is a traceability matrix? Why is it important?

6: What are the different levels of testing?

7: What is a test plan?

8. What is the difference between regression and retesting?

9: What is a defect?

10: What are the different stages in a defect life cycle?

11: What is a latent defect?

12: What are the most common risks associated with project failure?

13: What are stubs and drivers?

14: What would you do if you find a defect?

15: What is fuzz testing?

16: What are the test cases you can create for a simple login screen with username, password, and login buttons?

17: What is the difference between a latent and masked defect?

18: What techniques can be used to understand the test coverage?

19: What is a code walk-through?

20: What are the different parts of a defect report?

21: What is an exit criterion and why is it used?

22: What is alpha testing?

23: What is beta testing?

24: What is crowdsourced testing?

25: What is a smoke test?

26: How does testing fit into a CI pipeline?

27: How is testing possible in the agile/scrum sprints?

28: What is positive and negative testing?

29: What is an exploratory test?

30: What is DRE?

31: What is the career path for a tester?

32: What are the roles and responsibilities of a tester?

33: What are the roles and responsibilities of a test lead?

34: What are the roles and responsibilities of a test manager?

35: What are the different types of testing? Name a few types in each?

36: What are the stages in the software testing lifecycle?

37: What are the qualities of a good tester?

38: What is cross-browser testing?

39: What is responsive testing?

40: What is a software bug?

Conclusion

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