Introducción
En un sector tan competitivo como el tecnológico es difícil encontrar la persona correcta que se adapte a las necesidades que ese momento tiene nuestra organización. En muchas ocasiones nos pasamos semanas ó incluso meses buscando a la persona adecuada.
Pero, una vez que la tenemos delante nuestro ¿que le debemos preguntar?…Aquí podréis encontrar algunas preguntas que os pueden servir de base a la hora de entrevistar a un candidato para nuestra organización. Espero que se de ayuda…
Preguntas
1. Why did you ever become involved in QA/testing?
2. What is the testing lifecycle and explain each of its phases?
3. What is the difference between testing and Quality Assurance?
4. What is Negative testing?
5. What was a problem you had in your previous assignment (testing if possible)? How did you resolve it?
6. What are two of your strengths that you will bring to our QA/testing team?
7. How would you define Quality Assurance?
8. What do you like most about Quality Assurance/Testing?
9. What do you like least about Quality Assurance/Testing?
10. What is the Waterfall Development Method and do you agree with all the steps?
11. What is the V-Model Development Method and do you agree with this model?
12. What is the Capability Maturity Model (CMM)? At what CMM level were the last few companies you worked?
13. What is a “Good Tester”?
14. Could you tell me two things you did in your previous assignment (QA/Testing related hopefully) that you are proud of?
15. What methodologies have you used to develop test cases?
16. In an application currently in production, one module of code is being modified. Is it necessary to re- test the whole application or is it enough to just test functionality associated with that module?
17. Define each of the following and explain how each relates to the other: Unit, System, and Integration testing.
18. Define Verification and Validation. Explain the differences between the two.
19. Explain the differences between White-box, Gray-box, and Black-box testing.
20. Define the following and explain their usefulness: Change Management, Configuration Management, Version Control, and Defect Tracking.
21. What is the difference between a test strategy and a test plan?
22. Do you support automated testing? Why?
23. We have a testing assignment that is time-driven. Do you think automated tests are the best solution?
24. What is your experience with change control? Our development team has only 10 members. Do you think managing change is such a big deal for us?
25. How important is Change Management in today’s computing environments?
26. Do you think tools are required for managing change. Explain and please list some tools/practices which can help you managing change.
27. We believe in ad-hoc software processes for projects. Do you agree with this? Please explain your answer.
28. Are regression tests required or do you feel there is a better use for resources?
29. Our software designers use UML for modeling applications. Based on their use cases, we would like to plan a test strategy. Do you agree with this approach or would this mean more effort for the testers.
30. Tell me about a difficult time you had at work and how you worked through it.