QA Engineer Behavioral Interview Questions

Ashley C. - "I follow a variation of the RICE framework when prioritizing how I ship product features. I start by looking at: Reach: Because the customer segmentation across our product portfolio is so similar, I tend to hold a lot of weight on product features that will maximize our customer reach with a minimal LOE. Impact: After establishing which customer segments will benefit from the product feature, I determine the urgency and estimated impact on each customer segment based on customer i"See full answer

Hans - "Described a scenario where I joined an established project as an EM Typical medium sized team - 6 devs, 2 testers, PO, PM (part time) Scrum master (very hands off) The product was well established and already being used by circa 30000 single country based users for the companies own products (personal banking capabilities) We were due to go live with a BIG change about 2 months after I joined - this change meant a user could manage multiple personal banking accounts from the 1 interface. We w"See full answer

Hans - "Situation: Was given negative feedback about an aspect of my communications. The person said it made them worried because of the brevity and the format of some messages. (Their worry was that a longer negative message was coming) Task(s): Reflected on feedback about my communication style. Acknowledged the point. Assumed best intentions on the part of the person giving the feedback Saw things from the other person's point of view Action(s): In private - Apologised to the person wh"See full answer

Amparo L. - "The reason I want to work at Apple Company is because I have great communication skills"See full answer

Daniel M. - "Should be able to charge the airpod case when pluged into energy. Should be able to charge when the airpod case has battery. Should be able to alert if the airpod case is out of battery. Should be able to sync with non-paired devices. Should be able to sync automatically with paired devices. Should be able to sync automatically with paired devices that are closer to the airpod. Should be able to switch the connection to a device answering a call. Should be able to pause during us"See full answer

RestlessMonk - "My style of inspiring / discovery sessions / brainstorming / execution guidance / upskiling the team has always been Outcome driven. Outcomes always took the central focus of our efforts, and hence easier prioritisation and a clarity on why a decision failed or succeeded. I take personal responsibility to help the teams to define outcomes if it is a complicated charter and for most help them fine tune the outcomes to keep them simple, progressive and aspirational."See full answer

Hans - "Described a bug I found on an app designed for a specific make of tablet. In this sequence I described: The app the bug was found in The priority and severity of the bug That it was a regression to an existing working piece of functionality The hardware and the firmware on the device the bug occurred on The steps that led to me finding the bug and how it manifested itself Talked about how we debugged from the point of view of: Code Component Deployed application Comparison to"See full answer

Saurabh N. - "1) Have a common goal 2) Have a clear and fair accountability between teams 3) Ensure conflicts are resolved in time on common issues 4) Promote common Brain-storming , problem solving sessions 5) Most important , Have clear and effective communication established and practised"See full answer