Freshers Technical Manager Interview Questions & Answers
1. What is software testing?
Software testing is the process of verifying and validating that an application works as per requirements and is free from major defects.
2. Difference between SDLC and STLC?
SDLC is software development life cycle. STLC is software testing life cycle.
3. What is a test case?
A test case is a set of steps, inputs, and expected results to verify a feature.
4. What is a test scenario?
A test scenario is a high-level idea of what needs to be tested.
5. What is a bug?
A bug is an error or defect in software that causes incorrect behavior.
6. Difference between severity and priority?
Severity is how serious the bug is. Priority is how quickly it should be fixed.
7. What is smoke testing?
Smoke testing checks whether the basic functionality of the application is working.
8. What is sanity testing?
Sanity testing checks a particular functionality after a fix.
9. What is regression testing?
Regression testing ensures new changes did not affect existing functionality.
10. What is functional testing?
Functional testing verifies features as per requirements.
11. What is non-functional testing?
Non-functional testing checks performance, usability, and security.
12. What is black box testing?
Testing without knowing internal code structure.
13. What is boundary value analysis?
Testing minimum and maximum input values.
14. What is equivalence partitioning?
Dividing inputs into valid and invalid groups for testing.
15. What is UAT?
User Acceptance Testing is done by end users to verify business requirements.
16. How will you test a login page?
I will test valid login, invalid login, blank fields, and password format.
17. How will you test a number field?
I will test with valid numbers, alphabets, special characters, and boundary values.
18. What is defect life cycle?
New → Assigned → Open → Fixed → Retest → Closed.
19. How do you write good test cases?
By understanding requirements and writing clear steps with expected results.
20. What will you do if you don’t understand a requirement?
I will ask my lead or BA for clarification instead of assuming.
21. What is test data?
Test data is the data used to execute test cases.
22. What is RTM?
RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix) ensures all requirements are covered by test cases.
23. What is exploratory testing?
Testing without predefined test cases by exploring the application.
24. How do you report a defect?
By giving steps to reproduce, expected result, actual result, and screenshots.
25. Are you interested in automation?
Yes, I want to learn automation after gaining strong manual testing knowledge.