Software Testing :: Automation Job Interview Questions and Answers

Automation related Frequently Asked Questions by expert members with professional career as Automation. These list of interview questions and answers will help you strengthen your technical skills, prepare for the new job interview and quickly revise your concepts

1 What is Selenium?
2 Tell me does the Selenium have any limitations?
3 Tell me what is an Absolute XPath?
4 Explain me what the WebDriver supported Mobile Testing Drivers do you know?
5 Tell us what is the alternate way to click on login button?
6 Tell me can Selenium handle Windows based pop-up?
7 Tell us how to perform right click using Selenium WebDriver?
8 Tell us can you write the code to double click an element in Selenium?
9 Tell me how you can find broken images in a page using Selenium Web driver?
10 Tell us how many exceptions do you know in Selenium WebDriver?
11 Tell us which package can be imported while working with WebDriver?
12 Tell us how you can use recovery scenario with Selenium?
13 Tell me what is a hub in Selenium Grid?
14 Do you know how to debug the tests in Selenium IDE?
15 Tell me what is IntelliJ?
16 Tell me what is Automation Testing?
17 Explain what is Selenium IDE?
18 Please explain what is a Relative XPath?
19 Do you know what is the difference between "type" and "typeAndWait" command?
20 Explain me what is the difference between setSpeed() and sleep() methods?
21 Tell me could cookies be deleted in Selenium?
22 Tell us what kind of keyboard operations can be performed in Selenium?
23 Do you know how to locate a link using its text in Selenium?
24 Tell us what methods of Robot Class do you know?
25 Tell us how to login into any site if it’s showing any authentication pop-up for username and password?
26 Do you know what are the main advantages of Selenium Grid?
27 Tell me what is the testng.xml file used for?
28 Tell me what are the advantages of Using Git Hub For Selenium?
29 Can you explain me what is Object Repository?
30 Explain what Java API is required for generating pdf reports?
31 Tell me in which format does source view show the script in Selenium IDE?
32 Tell me what is the purpose of getOptions() method?
33 Tell us can captcha and bar code reader be automated by using Selenium?
34 Tell me how can we maximize browser window in Selenium?
35 Tell me how a text written in a text field could be cleared?
36 Do you know what is Selenese?
37 Explain me what are the main advantages of Selenium?
38 Tell us what are the two modes of views in Selenium IDE?
39 Tell me how you can capture server side log Selenium Server?
40 Do you know what is the purpose of creating a reference variable- 'driver' of type WebDriver instead of directly creating a FireFoxDriver object or any other driver's reference in the statement Webdriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();?
41 Tell me how can you switch back from a frame?
42 Tell me how can we find the value of different attributes like name, class, value of an element?
43 Explain me how to check a checkBox in Selenium?
44 Tell me an example of the languages supported by WebDriver?
45 Tell us what automation tools could be used for post-release validation with continuous integration?
46 Explain me how many types of Webdriver APIs are available in Selenium?
47 Explain me what are the main advantages of Automation Testing?
48 Tell me how can you insert a start point in Selenium IDE?
49 Tell me how can you handle network latency using Selenium?
50 Do you know when AutoIT is used?
51 Tell me what is the FirefoxDriver, class or an interface? And which interface does it implement?
52 Tell us the line of code Webdriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();.?
53 Do you know what is the purpose of deSelectAll() method?
54 Tell me how to verify tooltip text using Selenium?
55 Do you know how to check if a button is enabled on the page?
56 Tell us how to select a value in a dropdown?
57 Tell me how could the web element attributes be inspected in order to use them in different locators?
58 Tell me what API is required for Database Testing in Selenium WebDriver?
59 Tell me can we use Selenium RC for tests driving on two different browsers on one operating system without Selenium Grid?
60 Tell me what is a node in Selenium Grid?
61 Explain me how do you send ENTER/TAB keys in WebDriver?
62 Do you know what is Robot API?
63 Explain me what is TestNG and why is it better than JUnit?
64 Tell us how can we handle Web-based pop-up?
65 Please explain what are the different types of locators in Selenium?
66 Tell us what is the difference between single slash (/) and a double slash ( //) in XPath?
67 Tell me why to choose Python over Java in Selenium?
68 Tell us what is the difference between @Factory and @DataProvider annotation?
69 Explain me how to Handle Alerts in Selenium WebDriver?
70 Explain me how to execute JavaScript in Selenium?
71 Explain me what kinds of annotations are used in TestNG?
72 Tell me what are the different types of navigation commands?
73 Tell us what kinds of test types are supported by Selenium?
74 Explain me what is a framework and what are the frameworks available in RC?
75 Do you know how can we make one test method dependent on other using TestNG?
76 Tell us what is the difference between getWindowHandles() and getWindowHandle()?
77 Tell me what kind of mouse actions can be performed in Selenium?
78 Tell us how can you find if an element is displayed on the screen?
79 Tell us what Selenium components do you know?
80 Please explain what is the difference between findElement () and findElements ()?
81 Explain me how can we capture screenshots in Selenium?
82 Tell me how would you test your own element locator?
83 Please explain what is the hybrid framework?
84 Tell us how do you get the width of the textbox?
85 Do you know how to mouse hover an element in Selenium?
86 Do you know how to verify if the checkbox/radio is checked or not?
87 Explain me how to check if an element is visible on the page?
88 Tell me what is a keyword-driven framework?
89 Tell me how could AJAX controls be handled in WebDriver?
90 Tell me the meaning of assertion in Selenium and what are the types of assertion?
91 Tell me how can the user get a text of a web element?
92 Tell me how do perform drag and drop using Selenium WebDriver?
93 Explain me which web driver implementation is the fastest?
94 Tell us how could you explain the main difference between WebDriver and RC?
95 Tell me how can we launch different browsers in Selenium WebDriver?
96 Tell us the difference between assert and verify commands?
97 Tell me how colors could be handled in Selenium WebDriver?
98 Tell us can we find all links on a web page?
99 Tell us how will you use Selenium to upload a file?
100 Tell me do you know a way to refresh browser by using Selenium?
101 Do you know what is a XPath?
102 Explain me what could be the cause of Selenium WebDriver test to fail?
103 Tell us what is JUnit? And what is JUnit Annotation?
104 Tell us how can you run Selenium Server other than the default port 4444?
105 Tell us how can you create HTML test report from your test script?
106 Tell me the fundamental difference between XPath and CSS selector?
107 Do you know what is a data-driven framework?
108 Do you know the difference between close and quit command?

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