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QA / Software Tester interview cheat sheet
The QA / Software Tester facts interviewers expect you to know cold. Ten minutes of revision the night before.
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- Severity vs priority
- Severity is impact; priority is how soon to fix.
- Smoke vs sanity
- Smoke checks a build works at all; sanity checks a specific fix.
- Boundary values
- Test at, just below and just above each limit.
- Equivalence partitioning
- Group inputs that behave the same; test one from each group.
- Verification vs validation
- Building it right vs building the right thing.
- Regression testing
- Re-testing existing features after a change.
- Explicit wait
- Wait for a condition, not a fixed sleep.
- Page Object Model
- One class per page holds its locators and actions.
- Status 401 vs 403
- 401 not logged in; 403 logged in but not allowed.
- Good bug report
- Title, steps, expected vs actual, environment, evidence.
Must-know topics
Rehearse these out loud
- Write test cases for a login page.
- What is the difference between smoke and sanity testing?
- You found a bug the developer says is not a bug. What do you do?
Revision is good. Practice is better.
- 1Ambo reads your resumeYour skills, projects, years and the role you want next.
- 2Then where you’re interviewingAnd how interviewers there question people like you.
- 3It maps every topic they could askMust-know first, your own projects included, built into short daily lessons.
- 4You practise, then get certifiedInterview Q&A after every lesson, then three proctored rounds ending in a voice interview with Ambo.
Questions, answered.
How should I use this QA / Software Tester cheat sheet?
Revise it the night before and the morning of your interview, then say each answer out loud. It covers Severity vs priority, Smoke vs sanity and Boundary values and more.
Is a cheat sheet enough to clear the interview?
It helps you recall facts quickly, but interviewers test how you apply them and follow up on your answers. Practise answering, not just reading.
How is this different from a list of interview questions?
A list is the same for everyone. Ambo builds your course from your resume, your target role and where you're interviewing, then writes every lesson from the interviewer's point of view: what they'll ask, a strong answer, and the follow-up they'll use to test you.
What is the certification test?
Three camera-proctored rounds that unlock one after another: an objective round, a hands-on round (coding or practical tasks for your role) and a voice interview with Ambo, who asks live follow-ups on your answers. Pass all three within 14 days to become TickBig Certified for 12 months.
Revise it, then rehearse it.
Ambo interviews you on QA / Software Tester topics and follows up on what you say.