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1. What automating testing tools are you familiar with?

I am familiar with SilkTest, WinRunner, Unix Shell Scripts

2. How did you use automating testing tools in your job?

I leveraged such tools to reduce manual testing efforts, by focusing on repetitive actions / test cases.  The automation helped to reduce testing time, manual repetition, and allowed to focus on testing others risk areas.  We had a test framework created, to incorporate and run our automation after every scheduled build or deployment.  We also had the abilty to run specific test cases, but modifying test suites to include only specific test cases/scripts.  The automation generate a results summary of what PASSED or FAILED.

3. Describe some problem that you had with automating testing tool.

The Learning Curve

The major challenges faced started with learning the automation testing tool. There is a learning curve if no formal training is provided.  However, a lot of information exists online.

Proper Automation Framework 

Having a framework designed properly is key.  This allows to set certain standards and structure, especially when dealing with multiple SQE / QA engineers.

Maintenance

4. How do you plan test automation?
5. Can test automation improve test effectiveness?
6. What is data - driven automation?
7. What are the main attributes of test automation?
8. Does automation replace manual testing?
9. How will you choose a tool for test automation?
10. How you will evaluate the tool for test automation?
11. What are main benefits of test automation?
12. What could go wrong with test automation?
13. How you will describe testing activities?
14. What testing activities you may want to automate?
15. Describe common problems of test automation.
16. What types of scripting techniques for test automation do you know?
17. What are principles of good testing scripts for automation?
18. What tools are available for support of testing during software development life cycle?
19. Can the activities of test case design be automated?
20. What are the limitations of automating software testing?
21. What skills needed to be a good software test automator?
22. How to find that tools work well with your existing system?
23. Describe some problem that you had with automating testing tool.
24. What are the main attributes of test automation?
25. What testing activities you may want to automate in a project?
26. How to find that tools work well with your existing system?
27. What are some of the common misconceptions during implementation of an automated testing tools for the first time?