What do you think are the 3 most important
Software Testing skills and why do you think so.
In today’s world Software
Testing industry is growing at a very rapid pace. The number of people pursuing
software testing as a career has grown immensely over the years. The need to
deliver quality products has become the foremost goal of the software testing
companies. So in order to achieve this, need of good software testers is tremendous.
Hence the 3 most important skills which a good software tester must possess would be:
1. Out of the Box thinkers: A good software tester should be able to create multiple what if scenarios. S/He should be able to put him/herself in customer’s shoes and apply all the scenarios in the workflow of the application.
2. Excellent Communication Skills: To be able to communicate the issue to the development team is the most important job of the tester. Hence every tester must possess excellent communication skill (Oral and Written both) in order to communicate the issues faced by him/her in the most effective and efficient manner.
3. Quick Learner: This is last and most important quality that a tester must have is the ability to adapt and learn quickly. The 2 applications for testing given to the tester may of completely different domains. For eg. One A Banking Website and another A Learning Management System. So tester needs to adapt himself quickly and should be able to switch quickly from banking website to a LMS.
Hence the 3 most important skills which a good software tester must possess would be:
1. Out of the Box thinkers: A good software tester should be able to create multiple what if scenarios. S/He should be able to put him/herself in customer’s shoes and apply all the scenarios in the workflow of the application.
2. Excellent Communication Skills: To be able to communicate the issue to the development team is the most important job of the tester. Hence every tester must possess excellent communication skill (Oral and Written both) in order to communicate the issues faced by him/her in the most effective and efficient manner.
3. Quick Learner: This is last and most important quality that a tester must have is the ability to adapt and learn quickly. The 2 applications for testing given to the tester may of completely different domains. For eg. One A Banking Website and another A Learning Management System. So tester needs to adapt himself quickly and should be able to switch quickly from banking website to a LMS.
4. Analytical Skills - An
important goal of testing is to identify the hidden errors. To be an effective
tester, the person must be able to analyze the given business situation and
judge all the possible scenarios. He should have the capability to identify and
test unfamiliar scenarios. Creating logical scenarios and validating the
application under test before releasing it to production. This can be done
effectively only by a person who has strong analytical skills.
5. Creativity – A person should have the out-of-the-box thinking so that s/he should exercise the system which requires one to try non-intuitive ways of accomplishing tasks. Those who are Task-oriented and receive a set of instructions and follow the given instruction every time cannot become good testers.
6. Communication Skills - Excellent communication skills are very important for reporting bugs. A tester must be able to effectively communicate his thoughts and issues encountered in the application. Arguments should be supported by facts; the language should be pragmatic rather than philosophical.
5. Creativity – A person should have the out-of-the-box thinking so that s/he should exercise the system which requires one to try non-intuitive ways of accomplishing tasks. Those who are Task-oriented and receive a set of instructions and follow the given instruction every time cannot become good testers.
6. Communication Skills - Excellent communication skills are very important for reporting bugs. A tester must be able to effectively communicate his thoughts and issues encountered in the application. Arguments should be supported by facts; the language should be pragmatic rather than philosophical.
7. Ability to think out of the box, if a
tester has the ability to think and apply such scenarios which are covering a
vast logical area then the chances of finding defects increases.
8. Passion and Enthusiasm, as testing
is a repetitive activity so sometimes it becomes very boring and tester losses
its interest in finding bugs.
9. The most important skill is
communication, as it is very important to communicate your findings to the
developer so that it can easily understood to the developer and can fix it
quickly
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