How to be a good tester?
After joining software testing field, to grow, one has to work hard. But with hard work, there are some points to be taken care to become a good tester. Let’s have a look at them :
- Understand priorities : As a tester, you are given multiple tasks with pre-defined timeline. If priority of each task is understood, as a tester, you will not mess up things or will not stress out. Based on experience, you should be able to prioritize things like
- What should be tested first and what can be given less priority
- Which test cases to be automated and which should be executed manually
- Which bug fix should be verified on critical basis and which one can be delayed for some time.
- Quality Vs Quantity : As a junior tester, you are inclined to report more number of bugs. But rather than quantity of bugs, you should focus on quality of bugs.
- Testing ideas : As a tester, you are supposed to understand how the product will be used by end user. Based on that, generate number of ideas to test the product differently, to cover every aspect of the product.
- Effective bug reporting : As much as it is important to identify bug, equally important is to report the bug effectively.