Software testing Interview Questions

What's main difference between smoke and sanity testing? when these are performed? explain with example.

What Technical Environments have you worked with?

Have you ever converted Test Scenarios into Test Cases?

What is the ONE key element of 'test case'?

What is the ONE key element of a Test Plan?

What is SQA testing? tell us steps of SQA testing

How do you promote the concept of phase containment and defect prevention?

Which Methodology u follow in ur Testcase?specy the tools used by mnc companys

What are the test cases prepared by the testing team

During the start of the project how will the company come to an conclusion that tool is required for testing or not?

Define Bug Life Cycle? What is Metrics

What is a Test procedure ?

What is the difference between SYSTEM TESTING and END-TO-END TESTING ?

What is Traceability Matrix ? Is there any interchangeable term for Traceability Matrix ? Are Traceability Matrix and Test Matrix same or Different ?

What is the differance between an exception and an error?
Correct bug tracking process - Reporting, Re-testing, Debigging, .....?

What is the difference between bug and defect?

How much time is/should be alloated for Testing out of total Development time based on industry standards?

What are test bugs?

Define Quality - bug free, Functionality working or both?

what is the purpose of software testing's - Bug removal, System's functionality working, quality or all?

What is the major difference between Web services & client server environment?

Is there any tool to calculate how much time should be alloated for Testing out of total Development?

What is Scalability Testing? Which tool is used?

Define Reliability?

Best to solve defects - requirements, plan, design, code / testing phase?

Cost of solving a bug from requirements phase to testing phase - increases slowly, decreases, increases steeply or remains constant?

What is calability testing? What are the phases of the calability testing?

What is the difference between end to end testing and system testing.

What kind of things does one need to know before starting an automation project?
Have you worked with datapools and what is your opinion on them? Give me an example as to how a script would handle the datapool.

What is difference between a Test Plan, a Test Strategy, A Test Scenario, and A Test Case? What’s is their order of succession in the STLC?

How many functional testing tools are available? What is the easiest scripting language used?