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Intro to the Manual Software Testing Interview (Q&A for QA)
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Intro to the Manual Software Testing Interview (Q&A for QA)

The first step in the long journey of passing an interview and getting a job as a Software Tester(QA)
Created byMark Shrike, Andrii Kuchyrenko, Viсtoria N
Last updated 11/2025
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What you'll learn

  • Answers to the Top 10 Software Testing Theory Interview questions
  • Each answer includes real-life practical example, which helps to better understand the theory
  • Each answer includes a video for those who prefer visual content
  • Each answer includes an article for those who to read and analyze thoughtfully

Course content

7 sections • 28 lectures • 2h 40m total length

  • Intro to Software Testing Theory2:44

    Explore software testing theory and core topics like client-server architecture, web, mobile, and API testing, plus test design techniques such as equivalence partitioning and decision tables.

  • What is Software Testing?4:31
  • What is Software Testing?15:20

    Explore what software testing is and how it builds confidence in quality by verifying requirements, validating user needs, and finding defects across the life cycle.

  • What is the Difference between Error, Bug, and Failure?2:32
  • What is the Difference between Error, Bug, and Failure?11:43

    Explore the difference between error, defect, bug, fault, and failure through ISTQB and IceCube theory, with a practical discount example showing how human actions introduce defects that cause failures.

  • What is the difference between QA and QC and testing?4:25
  • What is the difference between QA and QC and testing?5:56

    Explore the differences between QA, QC, and testing, examine official literature and ISTQB references, and clarify how QA supports QC and testing within quality management.

  • What is STLC? What stages of STLC do you know?6:46
  • What is STLC? What stages of STLC do you know?5:11

    Explore the test process stages from planning to closure, highlighting ISTQB guidance and key activities like test planning, monitoring and control, analysis, design, implementation, execution, and closure.

  • What is Scrum?4:10
  • What is Scrum?15:52

    Explore scrum as an agile, iterative framework for software development. Learn artifacts and events, including product backlog, sprint planning, daily scrum, and the roles of product owner and scrum master.

  • Please explain the Equivalence partitioning technique?2:31
  • Please explain the Equivalence partitioning technique?13:11

    Explore the equivalence partitioning technique, a black box testing method that designs test cases from valid and invalid partitions using one representative value each, to achieve efficient, prioritized coverage.

Requirements

  • A cup of coffee or other favorite drink should be prepared in advance
  • It is better for "Larks" people to take this course in the morning, for "Owl" people - in the evening, respectively

Description

Hi everyone. This course is about preparing for an interview for a Software Tester, also known as a QA. In most interviews there are two parts, testing your soft skills and technical knowledge, this course is about the second part, the technical part.

We want to warn you right away that this is not a complete course. This is a free course with answers to the 10 most popular questions. After passing it, you will be able to understand whether the training format offered by us is suitable for you. The full course will be available in the spring.

The main task of the course is to deepen your knowledge of software theory. To help you answer questions clearly and confidently at the interview, we did three things, each answer to the question includes

1. Answer from official literature (standards, certifications, other documents)

2. Answer based on analyzed articles on the Internet (we call it "Human Language")

3. A real-life example to help you understand complex theoretical concepts

We hope you will enjoy the course and feel free to write reviews or send us the questions you were asked at the interview, we will prioritize and add them to the full version of the course.

Prepare a cup of coffee or another favorite drink and enjoy the course!


Who this course is for:

  • Absolute beginners in Software Testing
  • Experienced software testers who want to recall the basic knowledge of software testing theory
  • Anyone who wants to take the first steps in the career of a Software tester (QA)
  • Anyone who likes to watch videos about Software Theory or read articles on the same topic

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