PLAYWRIGHT FULL INTERVIEW GUIDE

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SECTION 1 — WHAT IS PLAYWRIGHT
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Playwright is a modern E2E automation framework by Microsoft supporting Chromium, Firefox,
WebKit.
Benefits:
- Auto-waiting
- Fast (CDP-based)
- Built-in test runner
- Parallelism
- Trace & Video debugging
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SECTION 2 — ARCHITECTURE
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1. Test Layer (playwright/test)
2. Client SDK (JS/TS)
3. Browser Engine (Chromium/Firefox/WebKit)
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SECTION 3 — CORE CONCEPTS WITH EXAMPLES
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Locators:
await page.locator('#login').click();
Auto-waiting:
Playwright automatically waits for:
- DOM attachment
- Visibility
- Stability
- Network idle (navigation)
Browser Contexts:
const context = await browser.newContext();
Fixtures:
test('Login', async ({ page }) => { ... });
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SECTION 4 — COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
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Q1. Difference between Playwright & Selenium?
A1. Playwright uses CDP, supports auto-waiting, parallelism, tracing.
Q2. What is auto-waiting?
A2. Before interacting, Playwright ensures element is visible, stable, attached.
Q3. How to handle authentication?
A3.
await context.storageState({ path: 'state.json' });
Reuse in config.
Q4. How do you mock API calls?
A4.
await page.route('/api/orders', route => route.fulfill({ body: JSON.stringify(mock) }));
Q5. How to remove flakiness?
A5. Use locators, avoid manual waits, mock network, add retries.
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SECTION 5 — ADVANCED (LEAD SDET)
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Framework Design:
- Page Object Model
- Config-driven architecture
- Custom fixtures
- Utils library
- API layer
- CI integration
Debugging:
Use trace viewer:
npx playwright show-trace trace.zip
Parallel Execution:
Use projects, workers, and sharding.
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SECTION 6 — CODE SNIPPETS
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Login fixture:
export const test = base.extend({
loggedInPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
await page.goto('/login');
await page.fill('#u','admin');
await page.fill('#p','pass');
await page.click('#submit');
await use(page);
}
});
Mock example:
await page.route('**/users', async route => {
await route.fulfill({ status:200, body:JSON.stringify([{id:1,name:'John'}]) });
});
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