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Here's what I would do: 1. Spend a couple of hours doing some research. So you'll learn "regression test" means "automated test to ensure a bug is fixed and do
by itamarst 8y ago
Here's what I would do:
1. Spend a couple of hours doing some research. So you'll learn "regression test" means "automated test to ensure a bug is fixed and doesn't reoccur", and about some automated testing frameworks for your language of choice.
2. Spend another hour doing some minimal automated testing with one of those libraries.
3. In interview when asked about testing you explain "At my previous employer we mostly focused on manual testing, so I did that, and then QA person checked it and usually my manual testing was good enough, so I'm pretty thorough. But I know automated testing is important so I've spent some time looking into it, and I'd probably be using <testing framework you found in step 1> for <your language>."
Basically:
1. Don't lie.
2. Spend small amount of time to make sure you have basic albeit superficial knowledge, which is a lot better than "dunno".
3. Communicate you can learn on your own.
4. Communicate you care about quality.
Some general advice for interviewing for jobs with technologies you don't know: https://codewithoutrules.com/2018/01/23/job-with-technology-you-dont-know/ https://codewithoutrules.com/2018/01/23/job-with-technology-...
- wingerlang 8y ago> automated test to ensure a bug is fixed and doesn't reoccur This is not necessarily true, you can perform a regression test manually as well.