Common Testing Interview Questions

1. What is acceptance testing?
2. What is system testing and end testing? And differences
3. What is capability testing? What are the phases of capability testing?
4. What is meant by bucket testing?
5. Define reliability?
6. What is Red Box Testing?
7. What is Yellow Box Testing?
8. What is Grey Box Testing?
9. What is calability testing? What are the phases of calability testing?
10. What is the difference between gui testing and blackbox testing?
11. What is the difference between a Test plan, a Test strategy, a Test scenario and a Test case?
12. What kind of needs does one need to know before starting a project?
13. What is the major difference between web services and client server environment?
14. Is there any tool to calculate how much time should be alloated for Testing out of total Development?
15. What is the purpose of software testing's - Bug removal, System's functionality working, quality or all?
16. How much time is/should be alloated for Testing out of total Development time based on industry standards?
17. What are test bugs?
18. How many functional testing tools are available?
19. What is the process of bug cycle?
20. What is the difference between an exception and an error?
21. Best to solve defects - requirements, plan, design, code / testing phase?
22. What is Traceability Matrix ? Is there any interchangeable term for Traceability Matrix ?
23. Are Traceability Matrix and Test Matrix same or Different ?
24. What is a Test procedure?
25. What are the test cases prepared by the testing team
26. Which Methodology u follow in ur Testcase?
27. What are the test cases prepared by the testing team?
28. What is SQA testing? tell us steps of SQA testing
29. Specy the tools used by mnc companys
30. How do you promote the concept of phase containment and defect prevention?
31. Have you ever converted Test Scenarios into Test Cases?
32. What is the ONE key element of 'test case'?
33. What is the easiest scripting language used?
34. What is the ONE key element of a Test Plan?
35. What's main difference between smoke and sanity testing? when these are performed? explain with example
36. Can we write Functional testcase based on only BRD or only Use case ?
37. What are the management tools we have in testing?
38. What is installation shield in testing?
39. What is the difference between UseCase and TestCase ?Pls let me know with a detailed Example?
40. Who are the three stake holders in testing?
41. What is business process in software tesing?
42. What is the difference between test techniques and test methodology?
43. Which phase is called as the Blackout or Quite Phase in SDLC?
44. what is meant by test environment?
45. what is meant by DB installing and configauring and delploying skills?
46. What are the different types, methodologies,approaches,Methods in software testing?
47. What is logsheet? and what are the components in it?
48. What is Multi Unit Testing?
49. What is the difference between a defect and an enhancement?
50. What is the Difference between Project and Product Testing?
51. Why we need documents for testing?
52. What is the diff between Stress and Load Testing?
53. What is the Difference between Retest and Regression Testing?
54. How will you test a keyboard?
55. Generate test cases for replace string method
56. How will you test a stapler?
57. What test you perform mostly? Regression or retesting in your testing process?
58. What is the difference between Return and treturn?
59. What are the major diff. between the Winrunner 6.0 and 7.0 (with internal procedure)?
60. When we know that testing is complete?