Software Engineer In Test Interview Questions

Software Engineer In Test Interview Questions

Software Engineers in Test sind IT-Fachleute, die sich auf die Entwicklung von Tools für Softwaretests konzentrieren. Manchmal führen sie die Tests auch durch und helfen bei der Entwicklung des zu testenden Produkts. In einem Vorstellungsgespräch für Software Engineers in Test können Sie fortgeschrittene Fragen zum Test- und Entwicklungsprozess für Software erwarten.

Typische Bewerbungsfragen als Software Engineer in Test (m/w/d) und wie Sie diese beantworten

Question 1

Frage 1: Erläutern Sie den Unterschied zwischen Priorität und Schweregrad.

How to answer
So beantworten Sie die Frage: Sie können erkennen, dass es sich hierbei um eine technische Frage zur Bewertung Ihrer Kenntnisse und Kompetenzen handelt. In einer erfolgreichen Antwort würden die Begriffe knapp und präzise definiert werden. Erklären Sie, dass Priorität sich auf die Dringlichkeit des zu behebenden Fehlers bezieht und Schweregrad darauf, wie schwerwiegend die Auswirkungen des Programmfehlers sind.
Question 2

Frage 2: Was versteht man unter Ad-hoc-Tests?

How to answer
So beantworten Sie die Frage: Ad-hoc-Tests sind Tests, die Sie ggf. regelmäßig durchführen müssen. Sie werden informell durchgeführt, um zu versuchen, Bugs ohne Testfälle zu finden. Um sich besonders hervorzutun, können Sie erklären, warum dieser Schritt wertvoll ist. Oder Sie schildern, wie Sie schon einmal mittels Ad-hoc-Tests einen signifikanten Fehler finden und dann korrigieren konnten.
Question 3

Frage 3: Erläutern Sie den Unterschied zwischen SDET (Software Development Engineering in Test) und manuellen Softwaretests.

How to answer
So beantworten Sie die Frage: Während diese Rollen ähnlich erscheinen können, ist es wichtig, dass Sie mit den speziellen Unterschieden bei den Verantwortungsbereichen und Prozessen vertraut sind. Weisen Sie ein gründliches Verständnis Ihrer Rolle und deren Funktion im Team nach. Erklären Sie, dass Software Development Engineers in Test sich auf die Erstellung automatisierter Tests konzentrieren, während das bei manuellen Softwaretestern nicht der Fall ist.

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No formal question - but the assignment was the classic "Stamp Dispenser" problem. Two functions needed to be filled in, one that would initialize the Dispenser object, and the other the logic to dispense a given denomination of stamps.
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Software Engineer In Test

Interviewed at Laserfiche

3
Sep 13, 2016

No formal question - but the assignment was the classic "Stamp Dispenser" problem. Two functions needed to be filled in, one that would initialize the Dispenser object, and the other the logic to dispense a given denomination of stamps.

A problem solving question. A scenario is given - an automobile manufacturing company is experiencing a defect issue. A transcript of multiple interviews conducted with various persons of the company are provided. You have to answer with the following after reading the problem: problem statement, possible causes, explaining/reasoning/proving possible causes, confirming true cause.
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Software Engineer In Test

Interviewed at Laserfiche

3
Sep 13, 2016

A problem solving question. A scenario is given - an automobile manufacturing company is experiencing a defect issue. A transcript of multiple interviews conducted with various persons of the company are provided. You have to answer with the following after reading the problem: problem statement, possible causes, explaining/reasoning/proving possible causes, confirming true cause.

Problem solving: 25 horses, you can race 5 horses every time, and in each race you can know the rank of the 5 horses, but not know the exact running time of each horse. Find the minimum times needed to find the 3 fastest horses among the 25.
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Software Engineer In Test

Interviewed at Laserfiche

3
Oct 14, 2017

Problem solving: 25 horses, you can race 5 horses every time, and in each race you can know the rank of the 5 horses, but not know the exact running time of each horse. Find the minimum times needed to find the 3 fastest horses among the 25.

First round was HR calling us and asking all about our background and he explained some benefits of the company and he asked few questions like whether I was doing automation or Regression testing Few days later they scheduled Phone Screen. It was all asking about the previous company experience and few questions like if I give you a login log out application what are your test cases for it. How to locate an element using selenium webdriver? and One brain teaser in the end like "You have two buckets. One holds exactly five gallons and the other three gallons. How can you measure exactly four gallons of water into the five gallon bucket"
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Software Engineer In Test

Interviewed at MicroStrategy

2.8
Apr 18, 2016

First round was HR calling us and asking all about our background and he explained some benefits of the company and he asked few questions like whether I was doing automation or Regression testing Few days later they scheduled Phone Screen. It was all asking about the previous company experience and few questions like if I give you a login log out application what are your test cases for it. How to locate an element using selenium webdriver? and One brain teaser in the end like "You have two buckets. One holds exactly five gallons and the other three gallons. How can you measure exactly four gallons of water into the five gallon bucket"

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