Most QA jobs offer daily opportunities to learn new things every day. Yeah, even the job you are at right now! We get introduced to new technologies and ideas that our colleagues work on. News about our competitors trickles in. We hear things during water-cooler conversations with coworkers. Our colleagues share interesting articles about technology. And so on. But we […]
Gradual familiarity as a learning tool
A hands-on QA training program for fresh graduates
Qxf2 Services is conducting a hands-on QA training program for freshers. The training program is practical and resembles real-work you will do as a tester. We do not follow the traditional teaching method. We believe in learning by applying and solving real-world problems. During the course of this program, you will test real applications, shadow senior QA engineers and work […]
The Weather Shopper application – a tool for QA
Qxf2 has been using a web application called Weather Shopper to train our interns on Python and Selenium, interview candidates that list GUI automation as a skill on their resume, validate the capabilities of new GUI automation frameworks, etc. While we shared a write up about this tool several months ago on Reddit, I realized we hadn’t shown it to […]
An introduction to training at Qxf2
This post outlines our efforts in building a training program at Qxf2. The training program at Qxf2 We doubt that the current skills of testers will be sufficient in the near future (see The need for change (at Qxf2)). Which means we will need to train (or retrain) people to stay relevant. This post will give you an overview of […]
Testers, get started with git
Hey, tester! It is 2017 and about time we all got comfortable with Git. I’ve heard too many testers saying that they think it’s too difficult to get started with git and that getting familiar with Git will take time. I’ve been thinking about how to get rid of this objection. I’m going to try and explain the basic concepts […]
Freshers, tell us about your job hunt
We noticed a trend – many freshers (recent graduates) do not land a job even after months of job hunting. We want to help but we do not have data. So we have created this survey: https://goo.gl/eB9H2R If you are a fresher or in your final year, please: 1. Take the survey – it takes about 10 minutes […]
Cover letters that help you to get the job
Cover letters make a big difference when applying to small companies. From personal experience, I can say that cover letter can be a big help to impress the recruiter at a small company. In this post, I will show you how to craft an effective cover letter. Pro-tip: You can search for openings at small companies at AngelList. Ok Let’s […]
Mock interviews for freshers
Preparing for an interview needs a lot of effort and energy. Unfortunately, there are some areas you cannot practice effectively by yourself. We (Qxf2) believe mock interviews help you learn where your strengths lie and where you may need to improve. So we thought of conducting mock interviews for our interns during our internship program. Why this post: I noticed […]
Resume writing for freshers
As a fresher, you prepare your resume and start the job hunting process. But sometimes you don’t get any replies or interview calls. This maybe because of some easy-to-correct mistakes in your resume. This post will help you identify and correct some major mistakes you may be making in your resume. Why this post: We all know how important it […]
How freshers can get more interview calls
Are you a fresher looking for your first break? I bet you are frustrated with the low volume of responses you are receiving. This post will help you identify some mistakes you may be making. Note 1: If you live outside of India, this post is unlikely to help you. Why this post I designed and implemented Qxf2’s first internship […]