How I Interview Testers
25th April 2016
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Dan Ashby
Director of Quality Services

Talk Description
In this Masterclass, Dan states what he believes makes a good tester, detailing the required knowledge and skills and what it means to be a "Professional Tester." He goes on to share his interviewing techniques, the conversations he looks to instigate and the topics he covers to determine the candidates' knowledge and experience. He gives examples of the questions he asks around common misconceptions and how he tests the candidates' communication skills. Dan also shares some of the challenges he sets to discover the candidates' thinking skills.
If you have already begun your testing career, you’ll have inevitably been through an interview or two for a new role in your career. And you’ll also have probably been on the other side of that fence, being the interviewer too. So the items discussed in this Masterclass will hopefully help you in either of these situations in the future, be it in learning how to interview to find great testers or learning about the skills you need to get that next great job.
By the end of this session, you'll be able to:
- Describe what a professional tester means
- List the the required skills of a tester using the Dreyfus model
- Use an interview questions model to initiate fruitful conversations to find great testers
- Set insightful testing challenges
Director of Quality Services
Proud father.
Quality and Testing enthusiast, teacher, coach, and mentor.
Director of Quality Services @ Ada Health.
I blog at: danashby.co.uk
I love being involved in the testing community!
Director of Quality Services
Proud father.
Quality and Testing enthusiast, teacher, coach, and mentor.
Director of Quality Services @ Ada Health.
I blog at: danashby.co.uk
I love being involved in the testing community!
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