CTC -> Cost To Company.

It means your pay package/monthly salary, which the company has to shell out eve ry month for you. Current CTC - The salary that you receive currently/presently Expected CTC- Salary that you expect from the company that you are applying to.

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Q. What is difference between Performance Testing, Load Testing and Stress Testi ng? 1) Performance Testing: Performance testing is the testing, which is performed, to ascertain how the com ponents of a system are performing, given a particular situation. Resource usage , scalability and reliability of the product are also validated under this testi ng. This testing is the subset of performance engineering, which is focused on a ddressing performance issues in the design and architecture of software product. Performance Testing Goal: The primary goal of performance testing includes establishing the benchmark beha viour of the Continue reading ? Like this post? Please subscribe to Email Newsletter or RSS Feed to have future Software Testing Tips delivered to your email inbox or feed reader! 21 Comments 18 Tips to Handle Any Job Interview Successfully February 27th, 2011 Career in software Testing, Testing Interview questions This is a guest article by Megha S. A Career Counselor.

Interviews have always been a nerve racking experience. A situation where you ar e judged on your performance for a job. Everybody gets the jitters when it comes to interviews. Relax! Don t panic. You need to overcome the nervousness. Job Interview Tips and advice Applicable for Any Job Seeker Looking for a Dream Job.

No matter which career path you want to choose below are the best tips to help y ou land your dream job. 1. Always do your homework well before walking into an interview. Make sure you have complete knowledge about the company and the role. 2. Know yourself. Remember first impression is the last impression. Demonstrate your capabilities and qualities and how well you can serve them. Don t be overconf ident and aggressive. Continue reading ? 23 Comments Preparing For Software Testing Interview Simple Tips To Follow Prior And at The Time of Interview October 25th, 2009 Career in software Testing, Testing Interview questions This is a guest article by N. Sandhya Rani .

As Software testers, we keep performing testing activities in various phases of a project. When it comes to testing our own skills, we may not end up choosing a n appropriate approach. I am talking about how the interview rounds go and how t o face them. The whole article is a very general discussion about the challenges that a tester has to face in an interview. Let s start with preparing a CV for software testing job profile. How to prepare a good CV? By the term Good I mean a CV that describes best about your skills, your expertise , your strengths etc. It s better not to use a same CV for different types of job profiles. Making slight changes will help to get a call. For e.g. you can highli ght the skill set that you posses for the required job like any automation tool or experience in other related automation tools. You can also add about the basi c knowledge of any technologies that you posses. This may be an added advantage. Preparation before the job interview: Before attending the interview, check the job profile in detail. Understand if t he requirement is purely in manual testing, Automation testing or on both. Check if your job profile experience match with what is expected. The interviewer will mostly stick to questions around the given job profile and what you have mentioned in your CV. Make sure you can answer questions confiden tly which are based on your CV. It depends on how the discussion goes between th e candidate and the interviewer, which leads to discussion in other areas. Appear confidently at the time of interview: In most cases, the interview starts with a brief up about the candidate. One can answer to this question by following a sequence like starting with your Name, w hat qualifications do you posses, how you started your career as a software test er etc. Some interviewers do not like to hear about personal details like family . So do not proceed with these details unless the interviewer asks for it. While answering any question tell what you know. Do not try to explain about ide al cases. Interviewers are interested in practical approach, rather than ideal c ases. Tell the interviewer how you will go about solving the problems or about y our way of tackling things. Do not talk anything negative about any person espec ially about developers/programmers. If you do so, then it shows that you are not mature enough. Now a days in most of the interviews, scenarios are cited rather than direct question and answer. If the scenario is new to you, take few second

s to think on it and then answer. Do not hurry up things. The way you present in interviews is very important. Right attitude is very impo rtant too. Many managers can judge it easily, if you have really worked on proje cts or it s just a fake experience. The confidence level with which you answer mak es a strong impression. For any question if you are not sure about the correct a nswer, just make an attempt. Do not just give up. You can also talk about things that you explored in free time or with your interest. This shows that you take initiative and are a continuous learner as well. As many of us must have experienced that the interviewers keep asking about the processes that you have followed or are familiar with. One does not need to worr y if they have never followed any processes. Following the processes is up to th e company and a tester cannot do much regarding that. But of course one can foll ow some processes for his/her own task (I mean the modules that you own or are i n charge of etc). This will not only help to manage things but also inspires oth er to follow some processes. Any process, which has proven some good results, ca n be followed. So, instead of blaming others for not following any processes, on e can take an initiative to do it. Do not forget that Initiative is one of the q ualities that a tester should possess. One more important point: It s not necessary that the person who is taking your in terview is a person from QA background. A person from developing background can also take software testing job interviews. What I mean to say is the person need not have actually worked on the QA processes. In such case it becomes very impo rtant to answer the questions very carefully. It may sound illogical when a pers on from non-QA background interviews a tester but remember it will be a very goo d experience as you will get to know how testing is perceived by others. Over to You: What s your experience about software testing interviews? If you want to share som e do s and don ts please make comments below so that other testers can get benefit f rom your experience. And finally all the best for your testing career! 132 Comments ISTQB software testing certification sample question paper with answers Part II July 15th, 2009 QA certifications, Questions & answers, Testing Interview questi ons In continuation with our Previous article on ISTQB software testing certification sample papers and tips to solve the questions quickly , we are posting next set o f ISTQB exam sample questions and answers with detailed evaluation for each opti on. This is a guest article by ISTQB Foundation level ch option: 1. a) b) c) d) N. Sandhya Rani .

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ISTQB question pattern and tips to solve July 8th, 2009 QA certifications, Questions & answers, Testing Interview questio ns Please welcome Sandhya on softwaretestinghelp.com writer s board. Sandhya is having extensive experience in software testing field and helping many software testers in clearing the testing certification exams like ISTQB. Sandhya will be giving you ISTQB paper pattern and tips on how to solve the ques tions quickly. To start with, here are 10 sample ISTQB Foundation level questions with detailed explanation for answers. ISTQB question pattern and tips to solve: ISTQB questions are formatted in such a way that the answers look very much simi lar. People often choose the one, which they are more familiar with. We should c arefully read the question twice or thrice or may be more than that, till we are clear about what is being asked in the question. Now look at the options carefully. The options are chosen to confuse the candida tes. To choose the correct answer, we should start eliminating one by one. Go th rough each option and check whether it is appropriate or not. If you end up sele cting more than one option, repeat the above logic for the answers that you sele cted. This will definitely work. Before you start with the question papers, please read the material thoroughly. Practice as many papers as possible. This will help a lot because, when we actua lly solve the papers, we apply the logic that we know. ISTQB Foundation level sample questions with answers:

1. Designing the test environment set-up and identifying any required infrastruc ture and tools are a part of which phase a) b) c) d) Test Implementation and execution Test Analysis and Design Evaluating the Exit Criteria and reporting Test Closure Activities

Evaluating the options: a) Option a: as the name suggests these activities are part of the actual implem entation cycle. So do not fall under set-up b) Option b: Analysis and design activities come before implementation. The test environment set-up, identifying any required infrastructure and tools are part of this activity. c) Option c: These are post implementation activities d) Option d: These are related to closing activities. This is the last activity. So, the answer is B 2. Test Implementation and execution has which of the following major tasks? i. Developing and prioritizing test cases, creating test data, writing test proc edures and optionally preparing the test harnesses and writing automated test sc ripts. ii. Creating the test suite from the test cases for efficient test execution. iii. Verifying that the test environment has been set up correctly. iv. Determining the exit criteria. a) i,ii,iii are true and iv is false

b) i,,iv are true and ii is false c) i,ii are true and iii,iv are false d) ii,iii,iv are true and i is false Evaluating the options: Let s follow a different approach in this case. As can be seen from the above opti ons, determining the exit criteria is definitely not a part of test implementati on and execution. So choose the options where (iv) is false. This filters out b an d d . We need to select only from a and c . We only need to analyze option (iii) as (i) and (ii) are marked as true in both the cases. Verification of the test environment is part of the implementation activity. Hence option (iii) is true. This leaves the only option as a . So, the answer is A 3. A Test Plan Outline contains which of the following:i. Test Items ii. Test Scripts iii. Test Deliverables iv. Responsibilities a) b) c) d) I,ii,iii are true and iv is false i,iii,iv are true and ii is false ii,iii are true and i and iv are false i,ii are false and iii , iv are true

Evaluating the options: Let s use the approach given in question no. 2. Test scripts are not part of the t est plan (this must be clear). So choose the options where (ii) is false. So we end up selecting b and d . Now evaluate the option (i), as option (iii) and (iv) are already given as true in both the cases. Test items are part of the test plan. T est items are the modules or features which will be tested and these will be par t of the test plan. So, the answer is B 4. in a) b) c) d) One of the fields on a form contains a text box which accepts numeric values the range of 18 to 25. Identify the invalid Equivalence class 17 19 24 21

Evaluating the options: In this case, first we should identify valid and invalid equivalence classes. Invalid Class Valid Class Invalid Class Below 18 18 to 25 26 and above Option a falls under invalid class. Options b , c and d fall under valid class.

So, the answer is A 5. In an Examination a candidate has to score minimum of 24 marks in order to cl ear the exam. The maximum that he can score is 40 marks. Identify the Valid Equi valence values if the student clears the exam.

a) b) c) d)

22,23,26 21,39,40 29,30,31 0,15,22

Evaluating the options: Let s use the approach given in question 4. Identify valid and invalid equivalence classes. Invalid Class Valid Class Invalid Class Below 24 24 to 40 41 and above The question is to identify valid equivalence values. So all the values must be from Valid class only. a) b) c) d) Option Option Option Option a: b: c: d: all all all all the the the the values values values values are are are are not from valid class not from valid class from valid class not from valid class

So, the answer is C 6. Which of the following statements regarding static testing is false: a) b) c) d) static static static static testing testing testing testing requires includes includes can give the running of tests through the code desk checking techniques such as reviews and inspections measurements such as cyclomatic complexity

Evaluating the options: a) Option a: is wrong. Static testing has nothing to do with code b) Option b: correct, static testing does include desk checking c) Option c: correct, it includes reviews and inspections d) Option d: correct, it can give measurements such as cyclomatic complexity So, the answer is A 7. Verification involves which of the following:i. Helps to check the Quality of the built product ii. Helps to check that we have built the right product. iii. Helps in developing the product iv. Monitoring tool wastage and obsoleteness. a) b) c) d) Options i,ii,iii,iv are true. i is true and ii,iii,iv are false i,ii,iii are true and iv is false ii is true and i,iii,iv are false.

Evaluating the options: a) Option a: The quality of the product can be checked only after building it. Verification is a cycle before completing the product. b) Option b: Verification checks that we have built the right product. c) Option c: it does not help in developing the product d) Option d: it does not involve monitory activities. So, the answer is B 8. Component Testing is also called as :i. Unit Testing ii. Program Testing

iii. Module Testing iv. System Component Testing . a) b) c) d) i,ii,iii are true and iv is false i,ii,iii,iv are false i,ii,iv are true and iii is false all of above is true

Evaluating the options: a) Option a: correct, component testing is also called as unit testing b) Option b: not sure (but as all the options indicate this as true, we can conc lude that Program testing is also called as unit testing) c) Option c: correct, component testing is also called as module testing d) Option d: wrong. System component testing comes under system testing. So, the answer is A 9. a) b) c) d) Link Testing is also called as : Component Integration testing Component System Testing Component Sub System Testing Maintenance testing

Evaluating the options: As the name suggests, this testing is performed by linking (say modules). Now if we look at the options, only option a is performed by linking or integrating modules/components. So, the answer is A 10. What is the expected result for each of the following test cases? A.TC1: Anand is a 32 year old married, residing in Kolkatta. B.TC3: Attapattu is a 65 year old married person, residing in Colombo. a) A Issue membership, 10% discount, B Issue membership, offer no discount. B b) A Don t Issue membership, B Don t offer discount. C c) A Issue membership, no discount, B Don t Issue membership. d) A Issue membership, no discount, B- Issue membership with 10% discount. Evaluating the options: Explanation: For TC1: follow the path in green color (The person is Indian resident, so select only True options. The person is aged between 18-55, so select only True The person is a married, so again select only True For this person, the actions under Rule 4' will be applied. That is, issue member ship and no discount) For TC3: follow the path in blue color (The person is not Indian resident, so select only False (under Rule 1) The person is not aged between 18-55. No need to select any path, as it is writt en Don t care . The person is married. No need to select any path, as it is written Don t care . For this person, the actions under Rule1' will be applied, That is, Don t issue mem bership and no discount.)

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