🧪 Manual QA
Prepare for manual QA engineer interviews: testing theory, test design techniques, bug reporting and practical interview questions.
Stages
Basics
Foundations of testing theory: what testing is, why it matters, SDLC/STLC and test levels.
Test design & documentation
Test design techniques (BVA, EP, decision tables), writing test cases and professional bug reports.
🔓 Recommended after: Basics
Practical skills
The manual QA's technical toolkit: API testing (Postman), SQL for testers and browser DevTools.
🔓 Recommended after: Test design & documentation
Process and metrics
The QA role in Agile, reading and reporting test metrics, and performance testing basics for manual QA.
🔓 Recommended after: Practical skills
Interview preparation
Practical interview tasks, scenario questions and preparing for the interview process itself.
🔓 Recommended after: Process and metrics
📚 Sources and documentation
- ISTQB Glossaryofficialglossary.istqb.org
The official definitions of testing terms — the reference point when a term is disputed in an interview.
- ISTQB Foundation Level syllabusofficialistqb.org