CGI Group Software Testing Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

In this round, the interviewer first started asking me questions around basics of Software Testing. Then he switched to Agile Testing and at the end asked some more questions related to SQL.

Q1. Software Testing Question
Explain STLC.
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STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle) is a fundamental part of SDLC which is used to test software and ensure that the quality standards are met. It generally involves both verification activities and validation activities. In this, different activities are executed in a specific order throughout the software testing process. There are basically six different phases in STLC. They are as follows : 

1) Requirement Analy...read more
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Q2. Software Testing Question
Write the difference between Test Stub and Test Driver.
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Test driver and test stub, both are types of test harness that are used to provide a simulation environment for testing a module or component. They both are dummy modules specially created for test purposes. 

Test stubs: Test stubs are used in a top-down testing approach and allow testing of the upper levels of the code when the lower levels of the code are not developed yet. It is used as ‘called programs’ when su...read more
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Q3. Software Testing Question
What is the importance of agile testing?
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Agile testing is basically a software testing process that uses agile methodologies i.e., follow test-first design paradigm. It evaluates the software from the customer's point of view. It does not require any development team to complete coding for starting QA, instead of testing and coding can go hand in hand. Features are tested as they are developed. Some of its advantages include : 

1) Boosts the performance a...read more
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Q4. Agile Question
What is Spike and Zero Sprint in Agile?
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Spike: It generally refers to a too large and complex user story in software development that cannot be estimated until the development team runs a timeboxed investigation. These stories can be used for various activities like research, design, exploration, prototyping, etc. Spikes are usually created to resolve some technical issues and design problems in the project. 

Zero Sprint: It generally refers to the first...read more
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Q5. Agile Question
What is the difference between Agile and Scrum?
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Agile : 
1) It is a methodology that is used for software management and project management.
2) It emphasizes the incremental and iterative model known as sprints. 
3) It is best suited for projects that usually involve a small team of experts.
4) It is a long-term process.
5) It requires simple and straightforward design and execution.
6) In this, all tasks are handled and managed by the project head. 


Scrum :
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Q6. SQL Question
How many Aggregate functions are available in SQL?
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SQL Aggregate functions determine and calculate values from multiple columns in a table and return a single value.

There are 7 aggregate functions in SQL :

1) AVG(): Returns the average value from specified columns.
2) COUNT(): Returns number of table rows.
3) MAX(): Returns the largest value among the records.
4) MIN(): Returns smallest value among the records.
5) SUM(): Returns the sum of specified column values.
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Q7. SQL Question
What are triggers?
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Triggers in SQL is kind of stored procedures used to create a response to a specific action performed on the table such as INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE. You can invoke triggers explicitly on the table in the database.

Action and Event are two main components of SQL triggers. When certain actions are performed, the event occurs in response to that action.

Syntax :

CREATE TRIGGER name {BEFORE|AFTER} (event [OR..]}
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round had questions revolving around Automation Testing , Selenium and Cucumber.

Q1. Automation Testing Question
How do you automate the testing of CAPTCHA?
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It’s not possible to automate the testing of CAPTCHA. That is the goal behind any good CAPTCHA strategy. By
definition, a computer can’t automate it. If it could, then it’s not a good challenge that you can use in your application.

However, if you need to test an application that uses CAPTCHA, you have to work with the development team to
build a workaround or a back door that allows the automated test to bypass the CAPTC...read more
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Q2. Automation Testing Question
What is Protractor?
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Protractor is an open-source automated testing framework that allows you to perform end-to-end testing of your web
applications. It’s built on top of WebDriverJS. Protractor is developed by Google and is especially used for testing
Angular applications.


Protractor runs the tests against the web application by running it in real web browsers. It also interacts with the
application like an end-user would, e.g. clicking butto...read more
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Q3. Selenium Question
Why should Selenium be selected as a testing tool for web applications or systems?
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Selenium provides the following advantages, which make it an excellent automated testing framework :

1) It is free and open-source software with a large user base and supports providing community.

2) It has cross-browser compatibility and supports multiple browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge, Opera, Safari, etc.

3) It supports multiple operating systems such as Windows, Linux, macOS, etc.

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Q4. Selenium Question
Explain what are the JUnits annotation linked with Selenium?
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The JUnits annotation linked with Selenium are :

1) @Before public void method() – It will perform the method () before each test, this method can prepare the test
2) @Test public void method() – Annotations @Test identifies that this method is a test method environment
3) @After public void method() - To execute a method before this annotation is used, test method must start with test@Before
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Q5. Cucumber Question
What are annotations in Cucumber?
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An annotation is a type of text that has been pre-defined and has a specified meaning. It tells the compiler/interpreter what to do when the program runs. The annotations on Cucumber are as follows:

1) Given : It specifies the requirements for running the test.
Example : Given I have an account on Interviewbit.

2) When : It establishes the starting point for any test scenario.
Example : When I log in to Interviewbit.

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Q6. Technical Question
Explain briefly how Behavioral Driven Development works?
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There are majorly three steps in the working of BDD. They are as follows:-

1) Behaviour Description : We list down the features of our application first in the feature file.

2) Making the Step Definition file : The mapping between each step of the scenario defined in the feature file and a code of the function to be executed is stored in the steps definition file.

3) Testing and running : We run the test cases to check if...read more
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Q7. Technical Question
Difference between Selenium and Cucumber.
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Open-source testing tools, Selenium and Cucumber are both used for functional testing. However, there are some distinctions between them.

Here are some key distinctions between Selenium and Cucumber :

1) Cucumber is a behavior-driven development automation tool that may be used with Selenium. Selenium is a web browser automation tool for web projects (or Appium).

2) Cucumber is used for acceptance testing, while Selenium ...read more
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Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was a Technical Cum HR round where I was first asked some basic Java related concepts and then we discussed
about my expectations from the company , learnings and growth in the forthcomig years. I would suggest be honest and
try to communicate your thoughts properly in these type of rounds to maximise your chances of getting selected.

Q1. Basic HR Question
Why should we hire you ?
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Tip 1 : The cross questioning can go intense some time, think before you speak.

Tip 2 : Be open minded and answer whatever you are thinking, in these rounds I feel it is important to have opinion.

Tip 3 : Context of questions can be switched, pay attention to the details. It is okay to ask questions in these round,
like what are the projects currently the company is investing, which team you are mentoring. How all is the ...read more
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Q2. Basic HR Question
Why are you looking for a job change?
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Tip : For an experienced professional seeking a change, this is a common question. The easiest method to respond
to this question is to state that you are leaving your current work in order to advance your career. Make sure you don't
criticize or speak poorly about the company where you now work.
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