Red Hat

Role: SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: 2022

Interview Type: Full-Time

Result: Not Specified

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 4 rounds (HR Interview, Technical Interview 1, Technical Interview 2, Techno-Managerial)

Topics Asked: HR questions, Java (OOPS concepts, Exceptions and their types, WAP to handle Exceptions), Selenium & Cypress (difference, architecture, Implicit Wait & Explicit Wait and their methods), DSA (WAP to Reverse words in a given string), Project discussion (roles, responsibilities, challenges), Automation & Manual testing, Real-time issues/challenges in automation, Scenario-based problem-solving.

Experience:

The interview process consisted of 5 rounds, starting with an HR interview for resume shortlisting. The HR round included questions like "Tell me about yourself," "What experience do you have in this field?", "Do you have experience in Automation?", and "What are your salary expectations?".

Round 2 was a Technical Interview. The interviewer asked for an introduction, preferred coding skills (Java and Javascript), OOPS concepts used in projects and their rationale, Exceptions and their types, a program to handle exceptions, exceptions encountered in Selenium code, and real-life examples of exceptions. Questions specific to testing tools included the difference between Selenium and Cypress, their architectural differences, and the difference between Implicit Wait and Explicit Wait. A coding question was given: "WAP to Reverse words in a given string."

Round 3 was also a Technical Interview. This round focused on project discussions, including roles and responsibilities, challenges faced, and how they were handled. The interviewer also asked about comfort with both automation and manual testing.

Round 4 was a Techno-Managerial round. After an introduction, questions were asked about real-time issues and challenges faced during automation projects. A scenario-based problem was presented: how to prioritize testing multiple scenarios with limited time.