Microsoft Test Engineer Mock Interview

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What are the criteria that distinguish a symptom from a cause when executing a test?

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This question addresses the topic of root cause analysis. Distinguishing the symptom from a cause allows the Microsoft test engineer to identify the issue that needs to be addressed. Once the appropriate root cause has been determined, the development team can begin to resolve it. Once the issue is resolved, and the software is retested, the symptom should disappear, indicating that the cause has been addressed and resolved.

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"The key element that distinguishes a symptom from a cause is that the symptom indicates that a problem exists, and the cause creates the issue that generated the symptom. Addressing the symptom will not fix the cause while fixing the cause will eliminate the symptom. By using the symptom to identify the root cause, I can make recommendations to the Microsoft development team on how the root cause can be corrected."

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30Microsoft Interview Questions & Answers

Discovery

1.Please describe what you believe are the job responsibilities of a Microsoft test engineer.

Discovery

2.What specific duties do you perform in your role as a test engineer?

Direct

3.What soft skills do you believe are important for a Microsoft test engineer to possess?

Discovery

4.Can you describe some of the software testing tools you have used in your previous jobs?

Technical

5.What are the criteria that distinguish a symptom from a cause when executing a test?

Technical

6.Can you discuss the SDLC methodology and how test engineers employ this in their work?

Discovery

7.Tell me about an effective test strategy you have used in your career.

Technical

8.Do you have experience working with object-oriented programming languages?

Technical

9.What are the software testing life cycle phases?

Operational

10.Have you ever cut corners to save time on testing, and if so, what was the result?

Teamwork

11.Tell me about a time when you collaborated with a team of developers to successfully launch a new application.

Technical

12.What are some of the test cases you would write for a mobile application?

Operational

13.What steps would you take to learn about a new Microsoft product you will be testing?

Discovery

14.What is your strategy for staying up-to-date with developing technologies in your field?

Technical

15.What sort of documentation do you create when testing a software product?

Situational

16.Have you ever experienced a software developer disagreeing with your test results? How did you manage this?

Situational

17.Please describe a time when your testing strategy and methodology conflicted with one your supervisor preferred and how you resolved the conflict.

Technical

18.Can you discuss some of the different methods used in software testing?

Technical

19.What are defect life cycles?

Technical

20.What are the differences between verification and validation software testing?

Technical

21.What are the elements of a defect report?

Technical

22.What is meant by the term 'defect cascading'?

Technical

23.How do you go about creating a software test script?

Technical

24.What are the items you believe should be addressed in a Microsoft software bug report?

Technical

25.How would you proceed with a software test if proper documentation was not available?

Technical

26.Can you discuss the differences between quality assurance, quality control, and software testing?

Technical

27.How do retesting and regression testing differ from each other?

Technical

28.What does the term 'smoke testing' mean, and how does this differ from sanity testing?

Technical

29.How are the severity and priority of a software defect defined?

Technical

Microsoft Test Engineer Mock Interview

What are the criteria that distinguish a symptom from a cause when executing a test?

30Microsoft Interview Questions & Answers

1.Please describe what you believe are the job responsibilities of a Microsoft test engineer.

2.What specific duties do you perform in your role as a test engineer?

3.What soft skills do you believe are important for a Microsoft test engineer to possess?

4.Can you describe some of the software testing tools you have used in your previous jobs?

5.What are the criteria that distinguish a symptom from a cause when executing a test?

6.Can you discuss the SDLC methodology and how test engineers employ this in their work?

7.Tell me about an effective test strategy you have used in your career.

8.Do you have experience working with object-oriented programming languages?

9.What are the software testing life cycle phases?

10.Have you ever cut corners to save time on testing, and if so, what was the result?

11.Tell me about a time when you collaborated with a team of developers to successfully launch a new application.

12.What are some of the test cases you would write for a mobile application?

13.What steps would you take to learn about a new Microsoft product you will be testing?

14.What is your strategy for staying up-to-date with developing technologies in your field?

15.What sort of documentation do you create when testing a software product?

16.Have you ever experienced a software developer disagreeing with your test results? How did you manage this?

17.Please describe a time when your testing strategy and methodology conflicted with one your supervisor preferred and how you resolved the conflict.

18.Can you discuss some of the different methods used in software testing?

19.What are defect life cycles?

20.What are the differences between verification and validation software testing?

21.What are the elements of a defect report?

22.What is meant by the term 'defect cascading'?

23.How do you go about creating a software test script?

24.What are the items you believe should be addressed in a Microsoft software bug report?

25.How would you proceed with a software test if proper documentation was not available?

26.Can you discuss the differences between quality assurance, quality control, and software testing?

27.How do retesting and regression testing differ from each other?

28.What does the term 'smoke testing' mean, and how does this differ from sanity testing?

29.How are the severity and priority of a software defect defined?

30.What are some of the challenges you encounter in software testing?