Crafted and taught by FAANG+ Test Engineers, this course will help you crack your next Test Engineering Interview and uplevel your career. Learn everything you need to know about Test Engineering interviews at top tech companies and how to ace it.
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Covering data structures, algorithms, interview-relevant topics, and career coaching
Technical coaching, homework assistance, solutions discussion, and individual sessions
Live interview practice in real-life simulated environments with FAANG and top-tier interviewers
Constructive, structured, and actionable insights for improved interview performance
Resume building, LinkedIn profile optimization, personal branding, and live behavioral workshops
If you do well in our course but still don't land a domain-relevant job within the post-program support period, we'll refund 50% of the tuition you paid for the course.*
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From the interview process and career path to interview questions and salary details — learn everything you need to know about Test Engineering careers at top tech companies.
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Expect a coding round and a discussion of your past projects. The coding questions are typically at an easy/medium level on Leetcode.
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Interview questions are quite different for different types of Test Engineers, but they aim at the same goal: to ensure that the software application runs consistently and reliably with the least possible bugs. Take a look at these interview questions to gauge your software testing interview preparation.
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For a given array of size N containing distinct integer numbers, write a code to sort the array in the wave fashion.
From a given array containing integer values, write a code to find the maximum subarray of non-negative numbers.
For a given String S, write a code to find the minimum number of elements or characters that need to be inserted to convert it into a palindrome.
For a given String S, write a program to find the length of the longest Substring with distinct values.
For a given String S, write a code to remove successive duplicate characters recursively.
For two strings, A and B, write a program to figure out if B can be obtained by rotating A in at least two places.
Write a code to reverse a Linked List from position X to position Y.
For a given Linked List, write a code to return the node value where the cycle in question begins.
For a given binary tree T, write a code to print the bottom view of the tree from left to right.
You’re given the root of a binary tree T. Write a program to find out if it is a Binary Search Tree or not.
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As a Test Engineer, the importance of mastering your domain can’t be overstated. See if you can answer these domain-specific Test Engineering interview questions:
How do Test Pyramid strategies help in Automation Testing?
When is a build staging environment ready? What tests are covered in the staging environment?
How can we make exponential testing more structured?
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Tell me something about yourself as a Test Engineer that’s not in your resume.
Why this role and why our company?
How do you handle multitasking?
What qualities does a skilled software tester have?
Talk about the most challenging instance of your career as a Test Engineer. How did you handle it?
It’s crucial to know what’s expected of you in a role, not just before you take it up but before you decide how to prepare for it. Let’s look at the career path of a Test Engineer and the responsibilities associated with the role.
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The roles and responsibilities of software testing jobs include:
Understanding the requirements from an acceptance/customer perspective.
Understanding how the product is developed in terms of coding language, databases, etc.
Planning a strategy to automate maximum test scenarios as possible.
Creating and using robust and high–quality test automation solutions for functional, regression, and performance testing.
Developing automation code for the application to control the execution of tests, compare their outcomes, and report functions that would otherwise require manual testing activity.
Building different test scenarios and acceptance tests and ensuring maximum test coverage.
Working with deployment teams and resolving any level issues of the system.
Participating in the design discussions and providing effective feedback in code reviews.
The responsibilities for Software Test Engineers that need 2-4 years of experience or more expand with level and may include:
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Automating tests and creating test automation requirements to some extent.
Planning end to end test strategy involving – test automation, results, dashboards, alerts, and test environment
Focusing on EngProd (engineering productivity aspect of Test Engineering), not just on creating test automation solutions
Taking testing to the next level, influencing the testing culture, and making testing part of engineering practices (engineering productivity)
Building a test culture so development teams can contribute to better testing.
Strategizing and building long-term testing and EngProd scaling solutions.
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In a FAANG+ company, the career progression in software tester jobs looks as follows:
SDET-1: Junior level SDET, expected to write test automation scripts
SDET-2: Experienced SDET, expected to also develop reusable tools and test automation frameworks
Sr/Staff SDET – Senior-level SDET, expected to also
Test Architect/Solutions Engineer – designs/architects an overall framework for multiple projects, frames test specifications, and can also act as a delivery manager
Let us look at the Software Tester salary at FAANG+ companies and how they change with the levels:
Average compensation by level
Manual Testers/ SDET 1
< 140K
120K - 170K
0 - 4 years
Test Engineer (QAE2)/SDET 2
110K - 170K
140K - 200k
4 - 8 years
Senior Test Engineer/SDET 3
130K - 210K
160K - 240K
Above 8 years
Principal SDET
> 180K
> 200K
Above 8 years
What does a Test Engineer do?
A Test Engineer develops or utilizes testing frameworks/tools to run test cases and create test reports. They are involved in the software testing life cycle, where they test the feature/product end-to-end and identify bugs (if any). They support efforts to ensure that the software is bug-free and market-ready and can be released to customers.
What is the difference between QAE and SDET?
An SDET is an engineer who develops the testing frameworks/tools/services that are required for testing. In contrast, a QAE leverages these developed frameworks and tools to run several kinds of test cases and identify bugs.
A QAE tries to automate the identified test cases, and the SDET helps develop tools that achieve that. Also, an SDET is expected to have high technical expertise, which is not the case with a QAE.
What is API testing?
API testing is done either directly on the API or during integration testing. It aims at analyzing an application program interface or API to ensure it is functioning as it should, is secure, and performs efficiently and reliably.
Can a tester become a program manager?
Yes, as a Software Engineering Tester, with ample experience you can become a Program Manager.
What are the different types of testing?
The different types of testing include unit testing, integration testing, component testing, API testing, sanity testing, smoke testing, regression testing, and UI testing.
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