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Software Testing Interview QA

The document provides a list of common software testing interview questions and answers, covering topics such as Selenium WebDriver, HTTP status codes, API, SQL joins, REST Assured, Page Object Model, Cucumber, Jenkins, severity and priority in testing, and Agile methodology. Each question is followed by a concise explanation of the concept. This serves as a useful resource for candidates preparing for software testing interviews.

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Software Testing Interview QA

The document provides a list of common software testing interview questions and answers, covering topics such as Selenium WebDriver, HTTP status codes, API, SQL joins, REST Assured, Page Object Model, Cucumber, Jenkins, severity and priority in testing, and Agile methodology. Each question is followed by a concise explanation of the concept. This serves as a useful resource for candidates preparing for software testing interviews.

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Common Software Testing Interview Questions & Answers

Q: What is Selenium WebDriver?

A: Selenium WebDriver is an open-source automation tool used for automating web application

testing to verify they work as expected. It interacts with the browser directly.

Q: What is the difference between findElement() and findElements()?

A: findElement() returns a single WebElement, while findElements() returns a list of WebElements

matching the locator.

Q: What are HTTP status codes like 200, 400, 401, 403, 500?

A: 200: OK, 400: Bad Request, 401: Unauthorized, 403: Forbidden, 500: Internal Server Error.

Q: What is the difference between PUT and POST?

A: PUT is idempotent and used to update a resource, while POST is used to create a new resource.

Q: What is an API?

A: An API (Application Programming Interface) allows communication between two software

applications.

Q: What are joins in SQL?

A: Joins are used to combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column. Types

include INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, and FULL JOIN.

Q: How do you validate response in REST Assured?

A: Using assertions like statusCode(), body(), header(), etc., for example:

[Link]().statusCode(200).body("name", equalTo("John"));

Q: What is Page Object Model (POM)?

A: POM is a design pattern in Selenium that creates an object repository for web UI elements to

make tests more maintainable and reusable.

Q: What is Cucumber and BDD?


A: Cucumber is a testing framework for Behavior Driven Development (BDD). It allows writing tests

in a human-readable Gherkin format.

Q: What is Jenkins?

A: Jenkins is a CI/CD tool used to automate the build, test, and deployment processes in software

development.

Q: What is severity and priority in testing?

A: Severity defines the impact of the defect, while priority defines the urgency to fix it.

Q: What is Agile methodology?

A: Agile is an iterative approach to software development where requirements and solutions evolve

through collaboration between cross-functional teams.

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