Test Automation Engineer Interview Questions-Entry Level

You are still new to the Automation field, but want to start preparing for your potential interviews. The earlier you start preparing the better you will be at answering the questions. This article will give you 10 questions that you may get asked in an interview. Because you are new to the field, questions will be mainly geared towards your knowledge and not your experience. You should also read my QA interview questions here also because you can be asked some general QA questions as well.

1. What automation tools are you familiar with?

I am proficient in Selenium, JMeter, and RFT.

2. How do you decide what to automate and what not to automate?

Any type of testing process that will be repeated a large number of times should be automated. If something is just going to be tested once, it can be left as a manual test.

3. What is an API and do you know of any tools to test an API?

An API is an application programming interface and is a way for 2 or more computer programs to communicate with each other. APIs can be tested with tools such as Postman.

4. What is a testing framework?

A framework is a set of guidelines, concepts, and coding practices for creating an environment…