Senior Quality Engineer Interview Questions

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What is automation testing? What are the advantages of automation testing over manual testing? Which types of test cases are ideal for automation? What is the Page Object Model (POM)? Explain the difference between implicit and explicit waits in Selenium. What is a locator in Selenium, and name a few types? How does TestNG differ from JUnit? What is data-driven testing? Explain the test automation pyramid. What are some common challenges in automation testing?
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Senior QA Automation Engineer

Interviewed at Cognizant

4
Dec 9, 2025

What is automation testing? What are the advantages of automation testing over manual testing? Which types of test cases are ideal for automation? What is the Page Object Model (POM)? Explain the difference between implicit and explicit waits in Selenium. What is a locator in Selenium, and name a few types? How does TestNG differ from JUnit? What is data-driven testing? Explain the test automation pyramid. What are some common challenges in automation testing?

questions were on selenium rc vs webdriver, how testng annotations work, how rest work, I was not able to answer standard sql join question which every other comany ask otherwise very basic questions anyone can answer. he wanted to ask me on soap but i never worked on soap
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Senior QA Engineer

Interviewed at MakeMyTrip

4.1
May 29, 2015

questions were on selenium rc vs webdriver, how testng annotations work, how rest work, I was not able to answer standard sql join question which every other comany ask otherwise very basic questions anyone can answer. he wanted to ask me on soap but i never worked on soap

There was a logic task about wrappers that could be exchanged for candies, with each wrapper having its own value. After solving the logic part, I was asked to write code to calculate the results and explain my coding solution
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Senior QA Automation Engineer

Interviewed at Test Driven Solutions

3.3
Apr 26, 2025

There was a logic task about wrappers that could be exchanged for candies, with each wrapper having its own value. After solving the logic part, I was asked to write code to calculate the results and explain my coding solution

What's the difference between a DHR and a DMR? What different types of software inspection are laid out in IEC 62304? How would you set up a TMV for a Gage R&R? How would you handle a situation where the team is several weeks behind schedule and you're the final reviewer and find issues in a software module test?
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Senior Software Quality Engineer

Interviewed at Baxter

3.6
Feb 2, 2016

What's the difference between a DHR and a DMR? What different types of software inspection are laid out in IEC 62304? How would you set up a TMV for a Gage R&R? How would you handle a situation where the team is several weeks behind schedule and you're the final reviewer and find issues in a software module test?

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