QA Automation Engineer Interview Experience - Ottawa, Ontario
Process
Robotic, pre-defined, and taken by senior even though working with them as Manual QA.
No consideration.
Not sure what they are thinking to proceed.
No manual tester being hired.
No relaxation or flexibility on contractors.
Questions
All About Python
What are Python decorators and how would you use them?
How would you set up many projects where each one uses different versions of Python and third-party libraries?
What is PEP8, and do you follow its guidelines when you're coding?
How are arguments passed – by reference or by value? (Easy, but not that easy; I'm not sure if I can answer this clearly)
Do you know what list and dict comprehensions are? Can you give an example?
Show me three different ways of fetching every third item in a list.
Do you know what the difference between lists and tuples is? Can you give me an example for their usage?
Do you know the difference between range and xrange?
Tell me a few differences between Python 2.x and 3.x.
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Ford's interview process for their QA Automation Engineer roles in Ottawa, Ontario is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Ford's QA Automation Engineer interview process in Ottawa, Ontario.
Ford Work Experiences
- 4.0Good People, Good ExperienceQA Automation Engineer • Current EmployeeWaterloo, Ontario, CanadaSeptember 23, 2025Pros: Good job, good people, and great experience.Cons: Slow at times, but no really big cons.
- 4.0Good Balance, Poor CollaborationSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeOttawa, Ontario, CanadaNovember 12, 2025Pros: - Work and life balance - Social community - VacationsCons: - RTO policy (4 days) - Weak cross-team collaboration - Pay rates
- 3.0Management focused on metrics more than the actual qualitySoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former EmployeeOttawa, Ontario, CanadaNovember 5, 2025Pros: Free coffee in the office, free parking.Cons: Decisions on who will be laid off are based on “green squares” in GitHub. So instead of developing a good product, people learn how to get maximum “green squares”. Discrimination of full-time contractors, for example: all permanent full-time employees are getting paid Christmas vacation, but full-time contractors are getting forced non-paid vacation at that time.
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