What to look for in a software tester?

[The Spartan]

Hilarious.

Thing is he's correct in a way, you can have all the technical talent in the world but if you can't apply it and adopt the right mindset then you have no chance. The problem with technical testers as opposed to button pushers is that they tend to miss what the problem actually is. Button pushers know the system and how it is meant to work from a customer perspective whereas a lot of this is lost by those who are concerned with how technical the system is.

Take a website for instance it can be viewed by mulitple different browsers and devices, it's the simplest of problems yet no one technical person has been able to solve. So I guess we'd better leave that to the button pushers then .

What you need in a tester is someone who is adaptable and able to think outside the box and yes like d000hg said someone with a background in software testing forget qualifications, certifications or degrees they mean anything much in testing to me at least. I'm sure you could find 1000's of bob's with degrees and certifications on LI alone so what does that really tell you?

[TestMangler]

Woops my mistake he's been there since May last year

Thats OK then :-) PM me his name if you want.

One started last Monday is now, sadly, no longer with us. Fickle game, this UAT testing

[jmo21]

Better suited for Programmers.Stackexchange

[Mister Clark]

Take a website for instance it can be viewed by mulitple different browsers and devices, it's the simplest of problems yet no one technical person has been able to solve. So I guess we'd better leave that to the button pushers then .

That's a joke, right?
There are multiple different products that do exactly that.

[The Spartan]

That's a joke, right?
There are multiple different products that do exactly that.

No it's not a joke, though there are many that claim to do this they actually don't or not reliably.

[BolshieBastard]

Thats OK then :-) PM me his name if you want.

One started last Monday is now, sadly, no longer with us. Fickle game, this UAT testing

Something amiss with the recruitment process methinks!

[TestMangler]

Something amiss with the recruitment process methinks!

Something amiss with the candidate

Don't make your first words to the permie boss "That was a tulip drive in this morning. Don't think I'll last long doing that", followed by "I want to come in at seven, so that means I'll be leaving at four every day". And, when i say 'first words' i really mean it !

Have the sense to get to know the test analysts and sound out what the score is first.

Lesson learned now I think, with plenty of free time to contemplate

[The Spartan]

Oh dear not very bright then

Out of curiosity just how far was the supposed commute?

[TestMangler]

Oh dear not very bright then

Out of curiosity just how far was the supposed commute?

About 60 miles I think.

Thing is, if you don't want the gig cause it's too far away, don't f**kin' apply for it.

I've got another whinge-bag in my team now who's always complaining about her 40 mile commute.

Bloody contractors nowadays. when I were a lad blah blah blah.......

[The Spartan]

About 60 miles I think.

Thing is, if you don't want the gig cause it's too far away, don't f**kin' apply for it.

I've got another whinge-bag in my team now who's always complaining about her 40 mile commute.

Bloody contractors nowadays. when I were a lad blah blah blah.......

Oh dear another whinge bag as well, Christ they don't make contractors like they used to. I have no qualms about travelling hence I'm in Zurich