Manual testing: practice, test and prove it

Covers SDLC and STLC, test design techniques, severity and priority, bug life cycle and bug reporting.

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Manual testing screenings check whether you think like a tester. Questions give a short requirement, such as an age field that accepts 18 to 60, and ask which values to test, how to rate a defect, or what status a bug moves to next. Definitions matter, but applying them to a scenario matters more.

This page lets you practise those scenario questions. The lessons explain boundary value analysis and equivalence partitioning with worked examples, and walk through severity, priority, the bug life cycle and how to write a bug report a developer can act on.

Benchmark: The pass mark on this site is 80%, and manual testing is commonly screened for QA analyst, software tester and test engineer roles. Requirements vary by employer.

Lessons

Designing test cases with boundary values and equivalence partitionsHow to choose a small set of test values that still catches most input errors, with worked examples and a test case format.Lesson 1

Severity, priority, the bug life cycle and writing a good bug reportHow to rate defects, how a bug moves from New to Closed, which test types to run when, and what a useful bug report contains.Lesson 2

SDLC, STLC, test levels and what goes in a test planHow testing fits each development stage, the difference between smoke, sanity and regression, and the entry and exit criteria a plan needs.Lesson 3

Decision tables, state transition tests and traceabilityTurn business rules into a decision table, test status flows with a state diagram, and prove coverage with a traceability matrix.Lesson 4

Interview prep

Manual testing interview questionsManual testing questions interviewers commonly ask, with answers that show practical testing judgement.6 questions

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Common questions

Do I need coding skills for manual testing roles?

Not usually for entry roles. Basic SQL and an understanding of how web pages and APIs work help, and they make moving into automation easier later.

Is this content based on a certification syllabus?

It uses widely accepted testing terms that also appear in common certification syllabi, but it is written as practical preparation, not as an official exam guide.

Are STLC phase names the same everywhere?

Names vary slightly between companies, but the sequence of analysing requirements, planning, designing tests, preparing the environment, executing and closing is widely used.

Manual testing test for interviewWhat the screening round looks like, with a 5-question sample.