Interview experience – Automation testing (BA4- position)

The interview process started with an online screening round conducted on HackerRank. This round included multiple-choice questions related to software testing concepts along with hands-on Selenium automation tasks.

After clearing the screening round, I was invited for a face-to-face interview. The recruiter was friendly and made the discussion comfortable. In the first technical round, I was asked to solve two coding problems and answer questions related to my current and past projects, along with a few situational and behavioral questions.

Candidates who cleared the first technical round were asked to attend a second technical round on the same day. This round focused more on in-depth technical discussions, automation framework design, and real-world problem-solving scenarios. After successfully completing the technical rounds, the process moved forward to a managerial discussion, followed by the final HR round.

Overall, the interview process was well-structured, detailed, and technically strong. It focused heavily on real-world automation testing scenarios, framework design, coding skills, and problem-solving abilities.

Some of the key questions and topics discussed during the interview included:

1. Writing a program to reverse a string while keeping blank spaces intact.
2. Writing a program where the input string was "name01, name03, name05" and replacing name with a surname while keeping the numeric part unchanged.
3. Scenario-based questions such as handling challenging situations at work.
4. Approach to designing an automation framework from scratch for a new project.
5. Detailed project-related questions based on past experience.