How to start QA Testing with no experience?

How do I get my first job as a QA tester?

I'm a 19-year-old college student who has always had a passion for technology and how it can be used in the real world.

I am currently studying computer science, but I have plans to switch into IT after I graduate and get a job as a QA tester. What do you think are some of the best ways to get a job as a QA tester?

Since I've been in college, I've developed a strong passion for the job of QA tester. I'm not completely sure if this passion will last through the rest of my college career, but at the moment, I can't imagine anything more enjoyable than solving problems and getting new testers on board.

In order to become a QA tester, I have a few steps that I need to go through: Find a local company that needs QA testers (I've heard that big companies usually hire off-shore workers to do this, but I have no idea how to do this). Get a portfolio together (I would use JIRA as my QA testing platform). Apply to the company I find (I'd go to their careers page and apply there). Gain some experience before applying for a QA tester job. I don't know if you guys have heard of the phrase job shadowing, but I'm hoping to get some tips on how I can get started as a QA tester! I hope this question helped you out. Feel free to leave your thoughts below, and don't forget to subscribe to my blog if you haven't already! Like this: Like Loading.

What qualifications do you need to be a QA?

This is a subjective question.

It's like asking "What music should I listen to?", where there are many people with different opinions on this issue. There are several common criteria, however.

It might be easier to narrow it down a bit. The following qualities usually apply: A QA should have both strong analytical skills and strong skills in troubleshooting, so they can effectively combine both to solve problems for users. Good communication skills are very important to work well in a team. Some good project management skills (or at least enough experience of managing a team) are helpful for some projects. But having the right attitude is more important than any set of skills. If you ask "Do you want to know the answer?" - the answer is "No".

But that doesn't mean that every team will work as smoothly as possible. People with different personalities will find different ways to work best. In general, a QA tries to build confidence with their teammates, so they don't run around screaming and waving around an axe. But if someone gets upset and starts screaming, then they could accidentally ruin things. A QA should be able to listen to users' suggestions with a cool head, and understand why a user made the suggestion. They do a lot of "Why did that happen? - Why didn't the user get that? - Why can't we give better information? These are not easy questions. It takes patience to dig deep into the issue and figure out how it happened. And sometimes these inquiries won't get you any closer to understanding why a bug occurs.

When a problem occurs, a QA has to make an initial diagnosis and try to identify what went wrong. Then they have to write a short report and log that as a bug in a bug tracking system. It's not enough to just tell the team that "the code crashed the app". After that a user may get angry and try to blame you for their poor English skills. Your answers may seem rude to them and you may get a response such as "Why did this happen? - You don't know the language well" or "Just read the documentation". A user may try to make you feel bad, but if you're aware of this - you have time to prepare your answer for them.

The more you work with users, the more you understand what's really going on. Eventually, you're better at predicting what will happen.