The Recruitment Page

If you are thinking about recruiting software testers, then this page may serve as a great place to get your ideas going.

The Masterclass

Dan Ashby presented a Masterclass on how he recruits software testers that's  well worth a watch.

Questions To Ask

If you are a bit unsure about how to get the conversation started when trying to interview testers then perhaps try some of these out.

• Why test? (What’s the purpose?)
• Are you a member of The Software Testing Club?
• What are your favourite websites to visit?
• Ask about their favourite or most satisfying bug ever found
• What is your biggest weakness?
• What is your biggest strength?
• How have you improved your skills in the past week? Month? Year?
• What are your top three technical skills?
• Talk about the previous product you worked on. Your experience and how it was tested.
• What is the last book or article you have read on testing?
• What was the last event or conference you went to?
• Give a presentation (with adequate warning of time) to the project team.
• How would you test <this>?
• How would you test a time machine?
• Why do you like being a tester?
• Why don’t you want to be a developer?
• What do you know about the company you are applying to?
• How do you help your colleagues perform their job better?
• What do you think is the best way to make Developer and QA relationship healthy?
• Testing can get sometimes repetitive. How do you keep your team motivated?
• When you don’t have much time, how do you plan and prioritise?
• How do you estimate the testing effort?
• What are your criteria to stop testing?
• When would you use exploratory testing?
• When would you use scripted testing?
• When is a product ready to be released?
• What is a difference between a bug and a defect?
• What are your favourite websites to visit?
• Why do you like being a tester?
• How do you know when to stop testing?
• What was the most interesting bug you ever found?
• How do you learn?
• Would you release a product that included a bug?

Useful Recruitment Resources

We've gathered some useful links from the interwebs that may also provide you with some ideas and inspiration.