Entry-level Testers / Junior QA Engineers

● Understand core lifecycle concepts: SDLC vs STLC

● Explain phases, objectives, deliverables, and tester responsibilities

● Map testing activities to each STLC phase

● Identify tester responsibilities in practical scenarios

● Create structured test plans and strategies

● Identify risks, metrics, and documentation standards

● Apply black-box testing techniques

● Execute exploratory, functional, and non-functional testing

● Report high-quality defects with severity and priority

● Use industry-standard defect tracking tools (Jira, GitHub, Bugzilla)

● Design optimized test cases using decision tables, state transition, and scenario-based techniques

● Improve coverage while reducing redundancy

● Understand environment setup and dependencies

● Manage test data, configurations, and harnesses

● Identify automation candidates

● Understand automation frameworks, benefits, and risks

● Validate REST APIs using requests and responses

● Interpret status codes and JSON payloads

● Automate UI flows and assertions using Selenium/Cypress/Playwright

● Apply best practices for maintainable automation

● Integrate testing into Agile ceremonies

● Support CI/CD pipelines, continuous, and regression testing

● Prepare for QA job interviews with mock sessions

● Review CVs, common QA questions, and interview strategies

● Apply all learned skills in an end-to-end testing scenario

Minimum criteria:

1. Course attendance – 80%.

2. Final Project/Exam - 20%