Boeing : Interview questions for SDET

**𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬:

𝟏. 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: How do you test a new feature in backend automation?

𝟐. 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬: Explain client-server architecture in REST Assured and the concept of method chaining.

𝟑. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧: Why use REST Assured for backend automation instead of Postman?

𝟒. 𝐎𝐎𝐏 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬: Which OOP concepts do you apply, and how?

𝟓. 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬: Differences between HashMap and HashTable.

𝟔. 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬: Function overloading vs. overriding, static class concepts, and static initialisers.

𝟕. 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: What are serialization and deserialization?

𝟖. 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐒𝐀: How are variables stored in memory?

𝟗. 𝐃𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬: What are the primary data structures, and how does a stack work? (With pseudocode!)

𝟏𝟎. 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬: What challenges do you face during test automation?

𝟏𝟏. 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬: What is the singleton pattern, and how is it used in test automation?

𝟏𝟐. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Explain the structure of your test automation framework.

𝟏𝟑. 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Find a pair of numbers in a set that adds up to a given target (e.g., [1, 2, 3, 9] with a target of 10).

𝟏𝟒. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: Explain iframes and the use of robot classes.

𝟏𝟓. 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: Discuss dynamic locator strategies and axes XPath syntax.

𝟏𝟔. 𝐂𝐈/𝐂𝐃 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: How have you effectively used CI/CD pipelines, and what was the outcome?

𝟏𝟕. 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 & 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: How do you prepare a test strategy and estimate for new product features?

𝟏𝟖. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Explain microservice architecture, payloads, and their traces.

**𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰:

𝟏. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 & 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Talk about past projects, skills, and tech stack.

𝟐. 𝐐𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬: Discuss QA best practices and methodologies.

𝟑. 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: Situational questions related to test planning and execution.

𝟒. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬: Address questions reflecting leadership and decision-making skills.