IBM - Manual and Automation Interview Questions - 3 Plus experience

IBM EGL Bangalore - April 2018

Round 1 : 2 interviewer

1. Logic behind finding max and min of two numbers without writing any if else statement

2. Debugging a written code with for loop, header, attribute

3. Debugging a system where data is flowing from frotend to DB via different stages

4. SQL for join conditions.

5. Nested select statement

6. Scenario based questions to find out test condition and test cases

7. Testing techniques to be used for a migration project where requirements are not documented

8. Educational background, Career path and few questions based on situation
9. Security testing related qsn

Round 2:  1 interviewer

1. Current Project Architecture

2. Finding test scenario for a given work flow where people are getting registered for Marathon, than live marathon tracking is happening thn, results are getting published

3. Test condition for Copy paste from one server to another server.

4. Flag testing when user tried to login incorrectly 3 times

5. Roles and responsibilities

6. Testing techniques like state transition, boundary value.

7. Back end testing

8. Compatibility testing

9. Acceptance testing

10. For a particular situation what are the "xyz"  testing scenarios

Round 3. 2 interviewer

1. Career path.

2. What is your strategy to switch in every 2 yrs

3. Mobile testing on Android and iOS asked qsn related to my project

4. Difference between post and put API

5. Rest API related questions

6. How portal and mobile do communicate

7. Notification testing on a Android application. Push and inApp notification

8. Regression around push notifications

9. Fingerprint authentication for Android app

10. Scenario for mobile testing situational

Common Questions in all rounds
1. Usability of automating an application.

2. Based on what condition you will find out testcase for automation

4. Specialty in engineering

5. Any questions for us

6. Are you ready to work on any product or do you have constraint