what qualities a person must have to become a good tester
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Answer / ram mohan
1. +ve Attitude
2. good analytical knowledge
3. thinking power of both + ve and - ve
4. good understnding of documentation
5. good communication and writing skills
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Answer / preethi
To be a good Test Engineer he/she should have the following
Skills:
1)Should have Domain knowledge related to project
2)Should have knowledge of capturing all the possible scenarios
3)While testing is going he should have the capable of
testing as an End user
4)Should have good Analytical skills
5)Should have the guts to intimate defects to Developers
without any hesitation
Regards
Preethi.G
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Answer / sudhakar
1) Should be keen observation
2) Need to be suspious
3) To be curious
4) Pay attention to the details.
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Answer / abhinav
To be good tester you should
1.think +vely and -vely
2. be frank and open to report bugs
3.shouldn't get afraid of technolgies( for eg: you are
testing a .net based application and u dont know what is .net,
in that situation you should not get upset)
4.good analysing.
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Answer / nithya
1.Must have Test break attitude.
2.Good Analytical skill.
3.Must think in negative approach.
4.Must have good communication between both technical and
non technical person.
5.Must test in end user point of view.
6.Must concentrate in each an every scenario even its a
minor issue.
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Answer / gowri sankar gowd
The qualities that will make a person a good tester are
1.patience
2.convincing power
3.domain knowledge
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Answer / sudheer
1. Good Analytical,Logical skills
2. Keen on Finding bugs
3. Effective Communication SKills (Wriiten,Verbal)
4. they must be able to understand the entire software
development process and how it can fit into the business
approach and goals of the organization.
5. An ability to find problems as well as to see 'what's
missing' is important for inspections and reviews.
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Answer / sunil
The foremost important quality of a tester should be
negative minded while testing an application.
Developer tries to build the application.Tester should find
the loop holes through which user can break the application.
Then comes:
a)Good Communication skills.
b)Keen to learn new ways of testing to produce 0 defects in
production phase.
c)Friendly attitude.
d)Good understanding of requirements,and preparing
excellent testcases which should result in good customer
satisfaction.
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Answer / vandana
1.Proper and standard requirement document is necessary to
write the testcases.
2.Technical knowledge is important,UI skills are important
in designing point of view.
3.The person shd have capability to explain the designer and
make him/her to understand the Theme of the project.
4.Friendly attitude.
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Answer / thejaswi
A good Test Engineer;
Should learn the AUT well.
Shouldn't feel testing as monotonous.
Should test from end user's point of view.
Is This Answer Correct ? | 4 Yes | 4 No |
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