Chronicles Of Testing

Does it matter to you as a hiring manager to know and share what a tester’s responsibilities are? Does this knowing shape what a tester does in the role of a tester? Does this knowing shape the future of testers and testing? What gets communicated as a tester’s responsibilities does affect what a newbie /clueless tester does at his / her first job. It takes a rebel and an educated tester to question the norms. My education on software testing was that of the traditional sorts — write test cases by looking into the FRS, send it for review, rework on the review comments, execute the tests and log bugs against it. When I did something out of the recorded tests — one of these 3 happened: ‘In awe!’, ‘Why did you do this?’ or ‘Who detected this?’. 1. In awe because a new tester swayed away from test cases (It was unheard off for some that a newbie cannot follow the rules set). 2. Why did you do this was because it is not recorded as one of the test cases (and is not reviewed) and who wi...

UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM What is the version of the application that you are currently using? Or If you are a tester, you may relate to this question: What is the difference between validation and verification? This infamous question decides some of the interviewees fate. Could this be because of one or more of these reasons: The interviewer was asked the same question at some point in his/her interview. It is listed as the top 10 questions for hiring a 'insert the role here' Is it because the interviewer thought 'if the candidate cannot answer this then they are not skilled at what they do, should do or EVER DID'. Or is it because there is lack of effort which goes into the preparation of hiring? Are we doing it right or simply following the footsteps of someone without thinking if this is the decider question on which I gauge the interviewee. Or should we be disheartened because we could not answer this question? I have had the privilege of...