There is simply nothing else like it.
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What's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering MoTaverse? Lass uns gehen!
— Simon Tomes, Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
Community
💌 Does loving a profession make us love the community, or does loving a community make us love the profession? Bug congrats to Mariem SAFI on her Community Certificate.
In this talk, Tom Game shares the top four ways to get involved with the Ministry of Testing community.
I suspect there are plenty of people living in your bubble, you just need to find them, should you want to.
Does the happy path make us happy? Ep. 84. Unpack quality coaching, job titles, happy paths, and pull request templates in a This Week in Testing episode full of candid chat and personal stories. 🎧
Ba dum tish. That moment the audience were the real winners of the TTP Supernova Showdown with Ben, Aj, Clare and Shweta.
My first TestBash. Got me out of stale ways of thinking about testing and my place in the team. Thanks for sharing, Al Goodall.
We shared what we and the community found during Selenium Conference 2025. 🖼️
Thanks again MoT for having me on stage! I truly appreciate all the advice I received. ❤️ For anyone: Don't hesitate to tell me if you manage to track down those junior roles! 😄
Podcasts we recommend: 1) Engineering Quality, 2) The QA Hype Show, 3) Quality Talks Podcast.
Doing something for the first time is special. This collection is dedicated to many of those moments. Every "first" expands the MoTaverse!
Does the phrase "you reap what you sow" always have to imply negative experiences? Over the past year, I've been more involved with the Ministry of Testing which has championed and helped me in so many ways. To recognise my involvement, turns out I was awarded an MoT Community Certificate! Bug congrats, Emily O'Connor.
Good to see some fresh faces on the Selenium committee! A photo memory from Angie Jones.
I was introduced to MOT by my mentor and did the course Introduction to software development and testing. I loved it, it was very informative, and I want to learn even more. I’m training to be a full stack tester and I’ve done some performance tests, UI tests and I’m hoping that by joining the community I learn even more. Say hi to Mercy Nwabueze-nwoji.
When Christine Pinto was with us simultaneously at The Testing Planet and Selenium Conference. Plus, Rodrigo Julian Martin Olivera shares all his Selenium Conf memories.
Gary is all systems GO for our London Ministry of Testing 2.0 Meetup!
Career Growth
Job moves
- I just wanted to say a massive thank you for the welcome, encouragement and support you've given me over the past few months. Last week I started a short term Accessibility test contract and that will be followed by the role I was offered earlier today. If I can pay even a fraction of that value back through getting involved with MoT events it'll be my absolute pleasure. Thank you for being the awesome welcoming community you are 🙏. Bug congrats, Jane D'Cruze.
Now hiring
- Junior Test Engineer, Vocovo, UK Remote.
- Great opportunity to join Dunelm and be a part of our amazing quality chapter! – Christopher Henderson.
- Staff Quality Engineer (Mobile) via George Blake, remote-friendly.
- Staff Quality Engineer, PLEO.IO, Spain/England. Via Aj Wilson on the MoT Slack.
Help us grow this collection. Let us know if you've recently had a career break and what it meant to come back to testing.
Starting a new job or joining a new team? Explore this collection: The Community's Guide to Onboarding.
Essentials
STEC Module 10 explores the core practical aspects of a junior tester’s day-to-day tasks. You’ll learn how to prepare effectively, execute tests critically, explore software using mission-based charters, work with oracles, and experiment with note-taking techniques that fit your context. Read the deets. 🤩
TestSphere expands in the MoTaverse — it's now available digitally!
New Glossary Terms: Quality Characteristics - Testing Debt - Technical Debt - Test Artefacts - why not add your own understanding and definitions to them?
Have you tried using mission-based charters?
Fifty Quick Ideas To Improve Your Tests, as recommended by Ben Dowen during This Week in Testing.
Quality Engineering
Continuous Integration and Testing. Join hosts Ale, Royalee, and Veronika as they explore the role of quality in software engineering.
Systems Thinking
Hot topic: What’s the biggest blocker that stops you from becoming a systems thinking specialist?
Quality Coaching
What Quality Coaching books would you recommend? Thanks Conny for starting this thread during The Testing Planet on Quality Coaching.
Do the possibilities of quality coaching change in different teams and contexts?
Where do quality coaches, Scrum masters and Agile coaches intersect and how are they different? asks Shalini Tharakan.
What are common traps teams fall into when implementing quality coaching?
🪐 An update from Diana Dromey: Last week's episode of The Testing Planet was a fantastic success! To start the topic of Exploring Quality Coaching, Anne-Marie Charrett brought us the talk Quality Coaching in the wild: when theory hits reality - which is now available to watch on-demand!! Who’s with me in saying ‘I love Anne-Marie’?
What does a quality coach actually do in your company, and what skills make them effective?
What key factors influence management’s belief that Quality Coaching is essential for both individual growth and overall team development?
Calling ALL leaders for a one-day educational experience to help expand quality engineering and testing practices.
📍 Brighton - 30th Sep 2025
Leadership
🥞 Updated collection: The Community's Guide to Software Testing Leadership.
Why Don't Our Leaders Care About How We Work? by John Cutler.
Agile
New Testing Trend: The future is agile, or is it? A look at 9 key agile perspectives and what might come next.
Automation
The one and only Emily O'Connor answers the question: What do people mean when they say ‘automation is a tool’?
A software tester’s guide to the art of mocking by Stefan Dirnstorfer. Learn when to use mock testing to create effective and challenging test scenarios. Share your challenges and join the discussion.
What Makes the Page Object Model So Special? by Gil Zilberfeld.
Mitigate JavaScript Flaky Unit Tests with Andrey Enin.
Test Data Management
Using AWS S3 for Test Data Management by Pricilla Bilavendran.
Microservices
Parasoft have announced a new webinar happening on the 3rd of April: How to Bypass the Microservices Testing Roadblock with Jamie Mothereal and Lavanya Esambadu.
Tooling
🛠️ Tool of the week: QMetry.
Cypress session validation with Bart Vanherck.
Yogita Lad would like you to say hello to alerts! Handling Dialog Boxes in Playwright.
Test Center 4.1: Requirements Traceability Matrix and Demo Environment by Nico Kaufmann.
Accessibility
Look at what has just landed on the MoTaverse: The recording of episode 2 of Software Testing Live with Ben Dowen and Jane D'Cruze! Access All Areas.
Don’t use scores from automatic tools in your accessibility statement – do this instead, encourages Bogdan Cerovac.
Mind the WCAG automation gap with SteveF. What can automated tools test without humans?
3 months to the European Accessibility Act deadline.
Security
JWT Token Security Testing: Building a Custom Fuzzer for Authorization Header Attacks by Irfan Mujagic.
AI
Tracing the thoughts of a large language model by Simon Willison.
Experimenting with AI Agents: sending Mailinator emails with Zapier MCP, Goose and CursorAI by Beth Marshall.
AI-Powered Test Report Analysis: Generating Execution Summaries.
Just for fun
"That’s one small sign error for a formula – one giant crash for the system." Thomas Dietsch encourages us to put error patterns into famous quotes. 😃
The opportunistic moment of a selfie in a lift
🗓️ Events
New events are always added, so keep checking the events page for up-to-date info.
- How to Bypass the Microservices Testing Roadblock Thu 3 Apr
- London Meetup Thu 3 Apr 🇬🇧
- Gloucestershire Meetup Thu 3 Apr 🇬🇧
- This Week in Testing Fri 4 Apr 🎙️
- Munich Meetup Wed 9 Apr 🇩🇪
- Munich Meetup Tue 15 Apr 🇩🇪
- Software Testing Live Wed 23 Apr 🔎
- Coventry Meetup Thu 8 May 🇬🇧
- Newcastle Meetup Tue 20 May 🇬🇧
- Software Testing Live Wed 18 Jun 🔎
- Software Testing Live Wed 16 Jul 🔎
- Leading with Quality Tue 30 Sep 🇬🇧
- TestBash Brighton 2025 Wed 1–Thu 2 Oct 🚀
🚀 Continuous Call for Contributions
Expand the MoTaverse! Share your stories and support everyone's career growth. Talks, articles, meetups, conversations, courses and more! Submit an idea today.
Plus, what could you pick from this list? Discover how we recognise individual contributions to the community.
