Questionnaire
On
Manual Testing
Beginner-Level questions
What is manual testing, and why is it important?
Can you explain the software testing life cycle (STLC)?
What is the difference between verification and
validation?
What is a test case? What are the key components of a
good test case?
What is the difference between a test plan and a test
strategy?
What is the purpose of a requirement traceability matrix
(RTM)?
What are positive and negative testing?
What is the difference between severity and priority in
bug reporting?
What are functional vs. non-functional testing?
What is exploratory testing, and when would you use it?
What are some examples of boundary value testing?
How do you decide what to test when requirements are
unclear?
What is a bug life cycle?
What are common fields found in a bug report?
Can you explain smoke and sanity testing?
Intermediate-Level questions
How do you write effective test scenarios and test cases
for a login page?
What is the difference between regression and
retesting?
How do you prioritize test cases when you are short on
time?
What are the differences between black-box and white-
box testing?
How do you ensure maximum test coverage for a new
feature?
How do you perform UI/UX testing manually?
What is ad-hoc testing? How is it different from
exploratory testing?
How do you review requirements or user stories from a
QA perspective?
What steps would you follow to test an e-commerce
checkout process?
What types of testing would you perform for a
responsive web application?
How do you track and manage defects during a test
cycle?
How do you handle inconsistencies between expected
and actual behavior when requirements are missing?
What are test case design techniques (e.g., equivalence
partitioning)?
How do you communicate test progress and issues to
the team?
Senior-Level questions
How do you define a QA strategy for a large or complex
application?
How do you perform risk-based testing, and what
factors do you consider?
What are the biggest challenges in manual testing today,
and how do you tackle them?
How do you mentor junior testers in test planning and
execution?
How do you measure and improve the effectiveness of
your test cases?
How do you ensure manual testing adds value in a team
moving toward automation?
Can you walk through how you perform end-to-end
testing in an enterprise environment?
What’s your approach to testing legacy systems with
poor documentation?
How do you handle exploratory testing in agile
environments with rapid iterations?
How do you ensure test coverage for cross-platform or
cross-browser scenarios?
Describe a time when your manual testing caught a
high-impact defect missed by others.
How do you participate in sprint planning and backlog
grooming as a QA lead?
What kind of metrics do you track and report to
stakeholders?
