what is the scope of software manual test engineer in India?
Manual testing has very wide scope in India. Software Quality is major factor for any product or service , manual testers increase quality of Product. Testers have more knowledge of any web/mobile application than developer does.
Automation testing is depended upon good manual testers. Great manual test scripts will act as a fuel to a much more effective automated testing. You can’t expect a machine to think out of the box! It is why Manual Testing is always going to prevail the industry.
Reasons that place manual testing above the automation.
1. Even Automation Can Have Error –
Automation is nothing but a manually entered script. Just like an error-filled code, it can fail. An incorrect automation script can be deduced as a functionality that failed in your application, worst case scenario is an error in the code being passed as a correct functionality. When a code is manually tested, it is ensured that the application is being tested from a user’s point of view with no room for errors.
2. Automation is Costly for Small Projects
3. Validation of User Experience –
Automation testing in UI works by checking the placement of an element, alignment and distance between elements and the container. A little blunder in the computerization content will bring about error of one such arrangement. A manual software test engineer can promptly identify if something looks somewhat “off” in the UI and imprint the experiment as “come up short”.
4. Fast Reproduction of Errors in Production
– For all web-based applications, immediate bug fix are a must. A manual tester can go through the information submitted by end users, quickly reproduce the error and inform the developer about where the error is actually happening. With automation testing, the time between a fix and a customer issue is delayed.
Manual Test Engineer Job Description(Sample)
– You’ll develop/ Use testing approaches and methods to ensure that applications are stable and production-ready.
– You’ll be following the current process effectively and provide the process improvement suggestions to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness.
– You’ll skillfully develop test scripts/cases/ scenarios to test various testing environments.
– You’ll be self-reliant and proactively oversee dashboards to schedule & track system tests.
What you’ll bring to the team :
– You’ll bring the compulsory and essential experience of QA methodology and tools.
– Know-how of emerging quality assurance methodologies and best practices.
– You have experience in management and communication with cross functional teams.
– You understand the software requirements.
– You Know how the end user will use the application.
– You know how to create test cases from the user stories or from test scenarios.
– You know how to execute the test cases.
– You have the knowledge of defect life cycle and SDLC/STLC.
– You know that if defect found, how to report it to developer.
– You know how to retest the defect when it comes for retesting .