ABC Software Test Engineer interview questions

HR Screening (15–30 mins) Introduction, current role, notice period Reason for job change, salary expectations Technical Interview – Round 1 (45–60 mins) Manual testing concepts (SDLC, STLC, test case design, bug lifecycle) Writing test scenarios, boundary cases SQL queries (JOINS, filtering, GROUP BY) API Testing (Postman, status codes, request/response validation) Tools: JIRA, test case management Basic automation understanding (if applicable) Technical Interview – Round 2 (45–60 mins) Automation framework knowledge (Selenium, TestNG, etc.) Scripting basics (Java/Python, if mentioned) Real-world problem-solving (e.g., test API flow, debug failures) Test planning, prioritization, stakeholder handling