Interview Tips for Entry level Testing jobs

You need not to be big techie to get selected for Software Testing job. Just be clear about the fundamentals of Software testing and about software engineering.

Here are some topics you should be clear to answer:

Testing fundamentals: Testing terminology, definitions etc.

Testing Processes: The testing processes used in your current/previous company. Knowledge of life cycle testing etc.

Testing tools: Given a problem, how to solve them using testing tools.

Testing deliverables: Able to write a test plan or test case for a given product or requirements.

Analytical skills: Solving Puzzles.

Programming skills (optional): Able to write pseudo code for a given problem.

In my last interview with Symantec I have faced questions from all the topics I mentioned above except 'Programming skills'. They asked me one simple puzzle too.
Puzzle: You have 9 similar balls and one of them is weighs less, so you must identify that ball with minimum number of weighs. You dont have any weights to measure.
Luckily I was able to answer and clear the interview!

Resume
• Whatever you mention in the resume, you must try to be thorough in it.
• Be honest of what you put in it.
• Try to keep it small, it should not be longer than 2 to 3 pages.
• One of the main reason of rejection is, something is mentioned in the resume and when asked questions about it, not able to answer them and in few cases saying that "I have done that 'something' long back and I don’t remember anything”. In many cases its true that you have used a tool or something a year back and you don’t remember much about it, in that case before attending the interview, brush up at least some basics regarding it, do some home work and prepare yourself to talk about it or don’t mention about it in the resume, if it is not that important.