Interviews and Fresh Graduates

After conducting several interviews  with fresh graduates it was evident that most didn’t do well due to small mistakes.  Since they are graduates, they are obviously knowledgeable candidates but lacking in experience. Whenever possible I have suggested areas of improvement which can benefit them in the future. 

So I thought of jotting down my “5 cents worth“ for fresh graduates who want to start their career as an engineer in Product Quality.

1. Bust the myths 

• Testing is a very easy job.
• Testing is a job you should select if you don’t get a proper job
• You don’t need to get ready for interviews
• Recognition is very low as a Quality/Test engineer than a Developer

Consider the points above, they are myths! I won’t go into detail but will give a brief outline on overcoming them.

Testing is only a task. There are many tasks that we need to perform to assure product quality. What is product quality? It’s the customer expectation of a product. For e.g. when you want to buy a phone, you look at a particular brand. This is because branded phones are considered to be of good quality. So as Product Quality Engineers (Test Engineers), this is our role. Do you think this is an easy job?

Things to know when testing Mobile applications

When testing using the traditional method on windows/web applications, we all know that we need to test functionality. The same concepts apply for Mobile applications for smart phones as well. As testing experts we should ensure the functionally of the application. While we perform functional testing we need to consider the following points as well.

Testing matrix

In the mobile market there are more than 835 million smart phones available and it is ever increasing. The testing matrix is complex and it is important to select the correct testing matrix as the test environment. Therefore the points below should be helpful:

•  OS and Browser 
•  Device model 
•  Wireless connectivity 
•  Location 
•  Network bandwidths 
•  Audience