‭Automation Testing Interview Guide‬

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‭Agenda‬
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● ‭ eneral‬
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‭●‬ ‭Java‬
‭●‬ ‭Selenium‬
‭●‬ ‭TestNG‬
‭●‬ ‭Maven‬
‭●‬ ‭Cucumber‬

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‭●‬ ‭WebService‬
‭●‬ ‭Java Programs‬

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‭●‬ ‭Functional Testing‬
‭●‬ ‭Agile‬
‭●‬ ‭Managerial‬

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‭General:‬
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● T‭ ell me about yourself.‬
‭●‬ ‭What are your Roles and Responsibilities?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the architecture of your current application?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are your Roles & Responsibilities in your current Assignment?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Which Automation framework you are using in your organization‬

‭can you tell me the folder structure and flow of your framework?‬
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‭Java:‬
‭●‬ ‭Why String is immutable in Java?‬
‭An

‭‬
● ‭ hat is static in Java?‬
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‭●‬ ‭What is final in Java?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is this word in Java?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is finally and where do we use it?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is Autoboxing and unboxing?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is serialisation and deserialisation?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is an abstract modifier?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is call by reference and call by value?‬
‭●‬ ‭Primitives and Non-Primitives datatypes in Java? String‬ ‭is‬
‭primitive or non-primitive?‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ hat is the method of overloading?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Why is it important to override HashCode() when you‬
‭override equals()?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the difference between a checked and‬
‭unchecked exceptions?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between final, finally, finalize?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between abstract and interface?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between String Builder and String Buffer?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between Array and ArrayList?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Difference between ArrayList and LinkedList‬
‭How to define dynamic array?‬

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‭●‬

‭●‬ ‭Can we create the object for the abstract classes?‬

‭●‬ ‭Can we create the object for an interface?‬
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‭Can we create constructor of abstract class?‬
‭Can constructor be overloaded. Explain why?‬
‭Can main method be overloaded?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Can main method be overridden?‬
‭●‬ ‭Can we override static method?‬
‭●‬ ‭Can we overload static method?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Can we write non-abstract methods in Interface?‬

‭●‬ ‭Can we execute a java program without main method?‬
sh

‭●‬ ‭Can we call a non-static variable in static method?‬

‭●‬ ‭Can I execute multiple catch blocks without try will it give‬
‭me compile time error?‬
‭An

‭●‬ ‭How to achieve serialization and deserialization?‬

‭●‬ ‭If we declare the main method as private what will happen?‬
‭●‬ ‭How to check whether the array is empty and null?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are the classes available in a list interface?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the use of constructor in java?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is Hashmap? Can we store objects in Hashmap and‬
‭how to retrieve them?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between Hash Map and Hash Set?‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ here did you use HashMap in your project and also‬
W
‭oops concepts in your Automation Framework?‬
‭●‬ ‭Access modifiers in java and its scope?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is meant by Thread?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is singleton class in java?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the difference between static binding and‬
‭dynamic binding?‬
‭●‬ ‭Is Hashmap thread safe?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is static, How to set value of static variable‬

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‭●‬ ‭Can we overload private methods?‬
‭Is it possible to extend Final Class?‬

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‭●‬

‭●‬ ‭Is it possible to override Static method?‬

‭●‬ I‭s it possible to overload main method?‬
‭●‬

‭●‬

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‭Is it possible to initialize a variable present in an Interface?‬
‭What would happen, if multiple inheritance is possible, in Java?‬
‭Explain Exceptions hierarchy in java?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Explain Set and Map in Java?‬
‭●‬ ‭Explain about Inheritance.‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between overloading and overriding?‬
ul

‭●‬ ‭Difference Encapsulation and Abstraction‬‭?‬

‭●‬ ‭Difference between throw and throws?‬
sh

‭●‬ ‭What is polymorphism?‬

‭●‬ ‭How and when to use interface?‬
‭An

‭●‬ ‭Can we instantiate an interface?‬

‭●‬ ‭Can we over load main method in Java?‬
‭●‬ ‭Can we override constructor?‬
‭●‬ ‭Where do you use polymorphism in java?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the system.out.println? and use of it?‬
‭●‬ ‭Why do we use finally and how it differs from the‬
‭final keyword?‬
‭●‬ ‭Can we use multiple catches? When can we use‬
‭multiple catches?‬
‭●‬ ‭Different between POI and JXL?‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ ow to prevent the override method in Java?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Why is the main method static?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the use of static variables?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the difference between list and set?‬
‭●‬ ‭How will you access default and protected class?‬
‭●‬ ‭Why Object creation not possible in Abstract classes?‬
‭●‬ ‭Design pattern in JAVA.‬
‭●‬ ‭What All of the classes in the Java Collection Framework have?‬
‭●‬ S‭ ituations when we use abstraction and Interface -‬

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‭explanation about loosely coupled and tightly coupled‬

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‭●‬ ‭Will Java provide default constructor by own ?‬
‭●‬ ‭ ifference between Arraylist and Linked List,In which‬
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‭situation they are used ?‬
‭Difference between‬ ar
‭List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>() and‬
‭ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();‬
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‭●‬ ‭Difference between HashMap and MultiMap?‬
‭●‬ ‭In which situation the method should be static and‬
‭when non static?‬
ul

‭●‬ ‭How does HashMap is implemented using key value pair?‬

‭●‬ ‭Suppose you have class and abstract class in class there is a‬
sh

‭user defined constructor and main method which one will get‬
‭executed first?‬
‭An

‭●‬ ‭What do you mean by POJO why we use POJO?‬

‭●‬ c‭ lass A have 3 method, class B have 2 method, class B‬
‭inherited class A, how do you call method of class A by‬
‭creating object of class B?‬
 ‭Selenium:‬

‭●‬ ‭ hat are the challenges you have faced during testing?‬
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‭●‬ ‭What strategies you followed while building a‬
‭selenium framework from scratch?‬
‭●‬ ‭Where do you perform the singleton design pattern? If you‬
‭don’t use it, then do you have an idea about this?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between Implicit, Explicit and Fluent waits‬
‭in Selenium?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Pros and cons of Implicit wait and Explicit wait.‬
‭Why we prefer explicit wait instead of fluent wait? What‬

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‭●‬

‭are the disadvantages of fluent wait?‬

‭●‬ ‭Without implicit wait selenium script will work or not?‬
‭●‬

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‭What is default polling time in explicit wait and in implicit wait?‬
‭Explain about synchronization in selenium?‬
‭Which concept they have implemented in explicit and‬
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‭fluent wait?‬
‭●‬ ‭Explain abstraction and interface respect of selenium with‬
‭some example‬
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‭●‬ ‭Difference between Factory design and Singleton framework?‬

‭●‬ ‭What is page object and page factory model?‬
sh

‭●‬ ‭Have you used interface in your framework other‬

‭than selenium interfaces?‬
‭How do you achieve inheritance in your framework?‬
‭An

‭●‬

‭●‬ ‭What is Webdriver, Name methods which do not have‬

‭the implementation?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are the methods present in the webdriver interface?‬
‭●‬ ‭What's the fastest locator in Selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭What does :: ( doubles colon ) in sibling xpaths represent?‬
‭●‬ ‭Explain. “Driver.manage.window.maximize” (talk about option‬
‭interface here)‬
‭●‬ ‭What is difference between get() and navigate().to()‬
‭in Selenium‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ ow would you check the broken links, in the webpage?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Difference between submit() and click() in Selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between absolute XPath ( / ) and relative XPath ( // )‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between findelement and findelements?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between frames and iframes?‬
‭●‬ ‭Return type of findelement and findelements?‬
‭●‬ ‭What error will be thrown when no element found‬
‭for findelement and findelements?‬

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‭●‬ ‭State some exception which you have faced in your‬

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‭framework? (Don’t mention only selenium explain. Explain java‬
‭exception also)‬
‭●‬ ‭Types of Exceptions and how to handle stale‬

‭●‬
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‭element exception?‬
‭What are the interface used in selenium?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Where do you used inheritance in selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you initialize web elements in POM? What error‬
‭or exception will come if not initiated?‬
‭●‬ I‭f both wait method that is implicit and explicit is mentioned‬
ul

‭in the script, then which one is work? is it good practice to‬
sh

‭mention both in good?‬

‭●‬ ‭What is the difference between close and quit in selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you handle Alert in Selenium?‬
‭An

‭●‬ ‭In a web page, there are several Pop-up, but we don’t when‬
‭the pop-up will appear, in this case how we will handle the‬
‭Pop-up using Selenium WebDriver (Java)‬
‭●‬ ‭How to handle file upload when type attribute does not file‬
‭for upload web element.‬
‭●‬ ‭How to cover character keyboard operation from the‬
‭context menu utilizing user-defined keyword?‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ onsider this snippet:‬
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‭Web driver driver=new chromedriver();‬
‭what does the above code snippet mean?‬
‭●‬ ‭Where can “Dynamic Polymorphism” in Selenium WebDriver be‬
‭observed?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the difference between “/” and “//” in XPath?‬
‭●‬ ‭If proper Xpath, CssSelector and ID are not available, how‬
‭do you identify an object?‬
‭●‬ ‭Attributes of CSS Selector?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Which is most faster xpath or css?‬
‭How to get n-th element using XPath and CSS?‬

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‭●‬

‭●‬ ‭Consider you are only allowed to use css locator, how will‬
‭you find the parent/grandparent of a web element?‬
‭●‬

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‭Will driver.findelements() throw an exception?‬
‭What is returned by driver().manage()?‬
‭In selenium, if you want to access the element that has the‬
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‭text “This element has an ID that changes every time the page‬
‭is loaded” in it, then which of the following will you use?‬
‭●‬ ‭On page Object Model Framework (POM), how do you‬
ul

‭initialize the elements of a page to be used in the runner‬

‭class?‬
sh

‭(name of the PageObjects class is “”SignupPage.java”” and the‬

‭dirver object name is “”driver””).‬
‭An

‭●‬ ‭ et the values from the dropdown and print them in‬
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‭Ascending order‬
‭●‬ ‭Using TreeSet to find elements command‬
‭●‬ ‭Does takes screenshot is interface or class‬
‭●‬ ‭Selenium uses lots of third parties jars for scripting. Then‬
‭why do we still go for selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭Why do we have to use build() and perform() with the‬
‭action object?‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ an we use perform() along in scripting without build()‬
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‭●‬ ‭What is difference between build() and perform() in selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭Return type of getwindowhandle() and getwindowhandles()?‬
‭●‬ ‭Window Handling in Selenium -Switching from another‬
‭window to Parent window‬
‭●‬ ‭If the button is disabled? how to check -using getattribute()‬
‭●‬ ‭Explain method overloading with selenium and some example‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you read excel in the script? (very careful while‬
‭answering. the counter-question will come as per your‬

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‭answer)‬
‭Do you use the property file in your framework? If yes,‬

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‭●‬

‭then which java concept gets utilize here? (Java Collection)‬

‭●‬ ‭On a web page, there are several Pop-up, but we don’t when‬

‭●‬
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‭the pop-up will appear, in this case how we will handle the‬
‭Pop- up using Selenium WebDriver (Java)‬
‭Started automation test suite execution and few test cases‬
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‭are failed in a test run. How can you execute only failed test‬
‭cases at once (with one click) what design pattern do we use‬
‭when we trigger different browsers?‬
ul

‭●‬ ‭What are approached to handle dynamic WebElement?‬

‭●‬ ‭Click last option in the dropdown (Last drop-down‬
sh

‭changes dynamically)‬
‭●‬ ‭How to calculate links on a page? (Answer with HTML tag)‬
‭Write the code to read the value from the excel sheet.‬
‭An

‭●‬

‭●‬ ‭What is Page Factory in POM Design Pattern?‬

‭●‬ ‭Suppose you have 10 pages in your application then how‬
‭to achieve POM. What you will do?‬
‭●‬ ‭ nnotation used in Page Object Model?‬
A
‭●‬ ‭Ways to find broken links in Selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭How to handle frame in Selenium?‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ ifferent types of Navigation Commands?‬
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‭●‬ ‭How to handle Alerts in Selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between assert and verify?‬
‭●‬ ‭How to download a file using Selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you manage a set of Data Tables in Selenium?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you automate localization testing -diff language in UI?‬
‭●‬ ‭How to avoid NoSuchElementException without using‬
‭try/catch block and with try/catch block?‬
‭●‬ ‭How to handle web tables whose values change dynamically?‬

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‭●‬ ‭How to check whether web element is enabled or‬
‭Disabled without using isEnabled method?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Why is CSS locator faster than Xpath?‬
‭●‬ ‭Even though CSS is faster than Xpath ,why do 95% of‬

‭●‬
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‭the companies use XPath ?‬
‭Error is throwing as Element not found but when I go and‬
‭check that element is available in the web page? The element‬
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‭is not hidden so no need to use Java script executor? How do‬
‭you solve this?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you execute using headless mode?‬
ul

‭●‬ ‭In Selenium, how to get text value from text-box if gettext()‬
‭is not working?‬
sh

‭●‬ ‭If we are using correct locator but still getting element‬
‭not found error then how you will resolve this error?‬
‭●‬ ‭In Page object model once you create loginpage.java class‬
‭An

‭what is the first thing you start with writing initially. How are‬
‭you initiating writing something into a page class?‬
‭●‬ ‭What if Windows popup occurs during test execution and‬
‭due to that can't execute automated tests, how u will resolve‬
‭this error?‬
‭●‬ ‭Different ways to handle hidden elements?‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ hat is the difference between click() function in‬
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‭webelement interface and click() function in Actions class?‬
‭●‬ ‭Is it possible to change the behaviour of a test at runtime?‬
‭●‬ ‭Describe how to handle the below items using selenium‬

‭-iframe -windows -table -Alerts‬

‭●‬ ‭ ow to click right click of mouse?‬

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‭●‬ ‭How to scroll down a page?‬
‭●‬ ‭What will driver.getWindowHandels() return?‬

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‭●‬ ‭How will you automate Windows based application?‬

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Ag
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sh
‭An
 ‭TestNG:‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the importance of the testng framework?‬
‭●‬ ‭ hy we use TestNG in your framework‬
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‭●‬ ‭What is the purpose of testing XML‬
‭●‬ ‭Explain the purpose of listeners? is it the selenium concept‬
‭of TestNG?‬
‭●‬ ‭Case Scenario: How to run the same method 100 times‬
‭in TestNG with the same data?‬

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‭●‬ ‭What is the reporting tool in your framework? and why?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Some questions in TestNG XML?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are different testng annotations?‬
‭●‬ ‭How can you configure tests in testng?‬
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‭●‬ ‭What is @dataprovider?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between @Factory and @DataProvider?‬
Ag
‭●‬ ‭@Factory explain with real time example?‬
‭●‬ T‭ est Order in TestNG?‬
‭●‬ ‭How to add/remove test cases in Testng.xml?‬
ul

‭●‬ E‭ xplain the difference between beforemethod, beforetest,‬

‭and beforeclass‬
sh

‭●‬ ‭List out the testng annotation hierarchy order?‬

‭●‬ ‭How you achieve parallel execution using testng?‬
‭An

‭●‬ ‭Out of 50 testcases, how you will run only the failed testcases?‬
‭●‬ ‭ ow can you take the screenshot for the failed testcases?‬
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‭●‬ ‭How can you run the same tests for 10 times?‬
‭●‬ ‭Types of Listeners?‬
‭●‬ ‭TestNG: Parallel executions, Grouping?‬
‭●‬ ‭ ifference between after suite and before suite?‬
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‭●‬ ‭What is the use of testng.xml?‬
 ‭●‬ ‭ ow many suits can be there in testNG , what if I run all‬
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‭the suits?‬
‭●‬ S‭ yntax to perform parallel testing in TestNG and what do you‬
‭write in <suite tag> also what do you mention in double‬
‭quotes like parallel = “ ”‬
‭●‬ ‭In testNG, do we have multiple suite in one XML file and what‬
‭If I want to run all suits?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is invocationcount in testng?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Cucumber tags and annotations?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is background in Cucumber?‬

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‭●‬ ‭ ifference between Scenario and Scenario Outline?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Write skeleton of test runner?‬
‭●‬

‭●‬
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‭Explain retry analyzer?‬
‭ ucumber tags? And how to run different combinations of‬
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‭tags when multiple tags are present‬
Ag
‭●‬ ‭Difference between hooks and tags?‬
ul
sh
‭An
 ‭Maven:‬

‭●‬ L‭ ifecycle of Maven‬

‭●‬ ‭Use of Maven surfire plugin. If yes, where and why?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the use of pom.xml?‬
‭●‬ ‭CI / CD tools‬
‭●‬ ‭What is Jenkins?‬
‭●‬ ‭How will you handle dependencies in Maven at run time?‬
‭●‬ ‭Today we have executed some tests using maven, but‬

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‭tomorrow when you see that someone deleted all‬

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‭dependencies from .pom file then in that case will you be‬
‭able to execute tests or not.‬
‭●‬ ‭Consider you have to write test/suite for different‬
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‭environments(qa, preproduction, production) and pass‬
‭different set of data for each environment. How will you do‬
‭it using maven file(Pom.xml)?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Can you give some basic commands used in maven project?‬
‭●‬ ‭How will you configure Jenkins job?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are two components Jenkins is integrated with?‬
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‭●‬ ‭ ow you will schedule the deployments?‬

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‭What is the purpose of version control tool?‬
sh

‭●‬

‭●‬ ‭What are the git commands you have used?‬

‭●‬ ‭What is difference between group id and artifact id?‬
‭An

‭●‬ ‭How and when is Jenkins is used in your Automation?‬

 ‭Cucumber:‬

‭‬ W
● ‭ hat is Cucumber, and why is it used in BDD?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are Gherkin keywords, and can you name some of them?‬
‭(e.g., Given, When, Then, And, But)‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you structure feature files in Cucumber?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the difference between‬‭Scenario‬‭and‬‭Scenario‬‭Outline‬‭?‬
‭●‬ ‭How are step definitions mapped to feature file steps?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you parameterize steps in Cucumber?‬
‭(Explain usage of regular expressions or‬‭<placeholders>‬‭in steps.)‬

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‭●‬ ‭What happens if multiple step definitions match the same step?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are tags in Cucumber, and how are they used?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Explain the different types of hooks (‬‭@Before‬‭,‬‭@After‬‭,‬‭etc.) in Cucumber.‬
‭●‬ ‭Can you run specific scenarios based on tags? How?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you handle test data in Cucumber scenarios?‬
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‭●‬ ‭What is the difference between‬‭DataTable‬‭and‬‭Examples‬‭?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you convert a‬‭DataTable‬‭to a list or map in‬‭step definitions?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you integrate Cucumber with Selenium WebDriver?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Can you run Cucumber tests in parallel? How?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is the role of the‬‭Runner‬‭class in Cucumber?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you handle dynamic locators in Cucumber steps?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are some common challenges in writing Cucumber tests, and how‬
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‭do you solve them?‬

‭●‬ ‭How do you manage reusable step definitions across multiple feature‬
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‭files?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you ensure Cucumber scenarios remain readable and‬
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‭maintainable?‬
‭●‬ ‭What does your Cucumber framework structure look like?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you handle reports in Cucumber (e.g., Allure or ExtentReports)?‬
‭●‬ ‭Explain the significance of the‬‭cucumber.properties‬‭or‬‭cucumber.yml‬‭file.‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you ensure collaboration between developers, testers, and‬
‭business stakeholders in BDD?‬
‭●‬ ‭Can you share an example of how you wrote a complex scenario in‬
‭Cucumber?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you decide whether a scenario should be automated or not?‬
 ‭WebService:‬

‭●‬ ‭ ifference between REST and SOAPUI.‬

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‭●‬ ‭Method in REST.‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between PUT and PATCH call‬
‭●‬ ‭How to integrate postman to project?‬
‭●‬ ‭How will you handle dynamic payloads in API?‬
‭●‬ ‭How do you capture specific responses value and pass to‬
‭other request?‬
‭●‬ ‭What challenges you faced in API testing?‬

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‭●‬ ‭What is difference between Authorization and Authentication?‬

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‭●‬ ‭What are the API status codes, you have come across?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is difference between OAuth1.0 and OAuth2.O ,When‬
‭and where do you use and how. Can you write a sample‬

‭●‬
‭code?‬ ar
‭How you get the response from one api and send to‬
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‭●‬ S‭ wap string without 3rd variable?‬

‭●‬ ‭Duplicates in a String?‬
‭●‬ ‭How to find the length of the string without using length?‬
‭●‬ ‭Largest Number in an Array?‬
‭●‬ ‭Reverse string without using reverse function‬
‭●‬ ‭Write code to print the Fibonacci series?‬
‭●‬ ‭Write code to print only the even numbers from an array.‬
‭●‬ ‭Write code to find special character, number, capital and‬

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‭●‬ ‭Write code to check if a number is palindrome?‬
‭●‬ ‭Write a code to reverse the code, without using the‬
‭built-in method.‬
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‭an Anagram or not?‬
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‭●‬ ‭Write a code to get Highest number using array.‬
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‭●‬ ‭ hat is Test Plan?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Explain the bug life cycle?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between smoke and sanity tests?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between regression and retesting?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between functional and regression testing?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between severity and priority?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between Test Plan and Test Strategy?‬
‭Difference between boundary value analysis and‬

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‭equivalence partitioning?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Difference between white box and black box testing?‬
‭●‬ ‭If‬ ‭we‬ ‭are‬ ‭having‬ ‭1000‬ ‭test‬ ‭cases,‬ ‭what‬ ‭type‬ ‭of‬ ‭testing‬
‭carried‬‭for‬‭automation‬‭testing?‬‭Can‬‭we‬‭write‬‭a‬‭method‬‭that‬

‭●‬ ‭Bug Life Cycle?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Bug Triage?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is exploratory testing?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is adhoc testing?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is build acceptance testing?‬
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‭●‬ ‭What is difference between Validation and Verification?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Explain severity and priority and High severity with low‬
‭priority, low severity and high priority?‬
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‭the sequence of execution.‬

‭●‬ ‭Explain inner join and outer join in SQL?‬
‭●‬ ‭Difference between DELETE,DROP & TRUNCATE?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are test design techniques?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is deferred bug?‬
‭●‬ ‭How you will decide what tests to automate?‬
‭●‬ ‭When you decide to stop the testing?‬
‭●‬ ‭If your testsuite takes 1 and half to run, what you will do‬
‭to reduce the time?‬
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‭much time it will take to execute?‬
‭●‬ ‭How to cover character keyboard operation from the‬
‭context menu utilizing user-defined keyword?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is most important things to define in a bug?‬
‭●‬ ‭Can tell about any achievements you have done in automation?‬
‭●‬ ‭Can you tell me the difference between bdd and tdd?‬
‭●‬ ‭What is a test plan and what are the steps to create a test plan?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are the inbound and outbound for testing?‬

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‭●‬ ‭What is the next step to be taken, if developer rejects the‬
‭Open defect?‬
‭●‬ ‭Explain the test metrices?‬
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‭How would you priorities Tests?‬
‭How do you perform Automation Code Review/ Walk‬
‭Through in your project?‬
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‭●‬ ‭There are 250 manual test cases , how will you segregate‬
‭(on what basis) the regression , sanity , smoke suite?‬
‭●‬ ‭When Regression ,Sanity , smoke test scripts are executed ?‬
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‭●‬ ‭How will you decide that this test case is feasible or‬
‭good candidate for automation ?‬
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 ‭Agile:‬

‭●‬ ‭ hat is an agile methodology?‬

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‭●‬ ‭What is the scrum and who is your scrum master?‬
‭●‬ ‭Ceremonies followed in Agile methodology?‬
‭●‬ ‭Retrospective meeting?‬
‭●‬ ‭Describe Scrum ceremony?‬
‭●‬ ‭When do you automate in current sprint or next sprint?‬
‭●‬ ‭Explain velocity in sprint.‬
‭●‬ ‭In tight sprint schedule, if a new requirement is added, how‬

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‭●‬ ‭What is backlog in Scrum methodology?‬
‭●‬ Y‭ ou have 30 + sprints in your release how will you design‬
‭your test scripts and run them?‬
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 ‭Managerial round:‬

‭●‬ ‭ ow you will be an asset to the team?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Why you are looking for a change?‬

‭●‬ ‭ ow soon you can join?‬

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‭●‬ ‭Suppose if we give manual testing for six months or one‬
‭year what will you do?‬
‭●‬ ‭How interested are you in learning new technologies?‬
‭●‬ ‭Failures in your work life.‬

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‭●‬ ‭Suppose you are the leam QA and 1 new member join your‬
‭team and at the same time you have a deadline to meet in next‬
‭2 or 3 days so how will you involve that new member in team‬

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‭so that you can utilise him/her to meet deadlines?‬
‭As a QA, where do you see yourself after 3 years?‬
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‭●‬ ‭What are your strengths and Weakness?‬
‭●‬ ‭What are some best practices you learnt and how much‬
‭difference it made in testing career? Explain before and‬
‭after situations‬
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‭●‬ ‭After you have run a full regression test, and find new‬
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‭regression bugs, which bugs would you prioritize. Bugs that‬

‭suggest that functionality has regressed, or bugs that appear‬
‭in new features?‬
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