How to get job in Software Testing

Many ask this question & answers vary but some outline remains the same.

1. Software Application Testing is the easiest route. But it is not too easy be prepared to put enough study.

2.Start learning Testing Concepts like : What is Testing, Testing Process, Testing Life Cycle, Testing terminologies.

3. Do not forget SDLC(Software Development Life Cycle) and SDLC models - they are also very essential

4. Learn How a Bug Life Cycle is managed in an Enterprise ( Defect Tracking Process)

5.Start learning a project in detail - if you get a chance to work on any Software Application Testing project that will be a big advantage.

6.Know about the technical domain like : Networking, Operating Systems, Programming like J2EE and Application Server.

7. Know how a Development team interacts with a Testing team within a company & know all the essential things about Servers, Installation & Configuration of Hardware servers as well as Software Servers like : Web Server, Application Server, proxy Server, Calendar Server, Portal Server

8. Know a Linux based Operating System well - Preferable RHEL5(Red Hat Enterprise Linux) or Solaris 10 or SLES10(Suse Linux Enterprise Server)

9.Know how you can test your application in MS-Windows environment & how to test in Linux environment.

10. Know how will be a Release Engineering , Product Release Cycle , Product Development process & where QA Team (Testing team) comes into picture.

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