It seems as though automated testing or scripting experience is becoming mandatory for more and more software testing jobs in Dublin, particularly permanent jobs/better paying jobs/better employer jobs. It seems as though elsewhere a division has developed between manual and automated testers, but in Ireland it seems to be a case of automated testing experience becoming a prerequisite for most QA/ software testing roles.
The implications of this are interesting as many (if not most) of the QA people we’ve seen have a manual testing background. This seems to have become a pretty high-value skill in Dublin at the moment.
The good: This CV has a clean and simple format with enough details to create a clear picture of the person’s background, but not enough to make the recruitment specialists’ eyes glaze over. Click here to view.
The bad: This CV is much too generic and short. For QA positions, knowledge of specific technologies or industries can make or break, so being vague will keep you from being considered for some roles. Here’s an example.
The Ugly: Coming soon. It takes a surprisingly long time to invent bad CV’s.
So, as development on Jobyssey rolls along we’ve stared seeing more pieces of functionality completed and ready for testing. As a start up, our developer hands over the code and it’s up to us to check that everything is functioning properly. We found a real dearth of ideas about how to implement an extremely simple, basic QA procedure. Plenty of ideas as to why QA was important, why you should hire QA people, how you should track bugs and so on, but not much that spoke to the “QA on a shoestring” contingent (Yo).
Here’s the procedure we followed: