HCLTech Senior Automation Test Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Code to print the no of Times the letters present in a string
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Code to count the occurrences of each letter in a string and print the result
• Iterate through each character in the string

• Use a dictionary to store the count of each letter

• Print the count of each letter at the end
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Q2. What are the ways to start a Appium server
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Appium server can be started using command line, programmatically in code, or using Appium desktop app.
• Start Appium server using command line by running 'appium' command

• Start Appium server programmatically in code using Appium server programmatically in code using AppiumDriverLocalService class

• Start Appium server using Appium desktop app by launching the app and starting the server
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Q3. How to run tests parallel for mobile devices
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Tests can be run parallel for mobile devices using test automation frameworks like Appium or Espresso.
• Use test automation frameworks like Appium or Espresso to run tests parallel for mobile devices

• Leverage cloud-based testing platforms like Sauce Labs or BrowserStack for parallel testing on multiple devices

• Implement parallel test execution using tools like TestNG or JUnit in combination with Appium or Espresso

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Q4. How do you automate otp in mobile
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Automating OTP in mobile involves using automation tools to interact with the OTP input field and validate the received OTP.
• Use automation tools like Appium or Espresso to interact with the OTP input field

• Extract the OTP from the message received on the mobile device

• Validate the extracted OTP with the OTP input field

• Handle scenarios where OTP validation fails
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Q5. What are desired capabilities
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Desired capabilities are a set of properties or attributes that define the behavior of a browser or mobile device in Selenium automation testing.
• Desired capabilities are key-value pairs that are used to configure the WebDriver instances in Selenium.

• They can be used to set properties like browser name, version, platform, and other settings.

• For example, setting 'browserName' to 'chrome' will launch the Chrome browser dur
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Q6. How do you tell appium to run tests on ios or Android devices
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To run tests on iOS or Android devices using Appium, specify the platformName capability in desired capabilities.
• Specify platformName capability as 'iOS' for iOS devices and 'Android' for Android devices

• Include other necessary desired capabilities like deviceName, platformVersion, appPackage, appActivity, etc.

• Example: capabilities.setCapability('platformName', 'iOS');
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Q7. How to set up automation for ios devices
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Setting up automation for iOS devices involves using tools like Appium and Xcode for testing mobile applications.
• Install Xcode on your Mac machine

• Set up Appium for iOS automation

• Connect your iOS device to the Mac machine

• Create test scripts using Appium for iOS apps

• Execute the test scripts on the connected iOS device
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Q1. Tell about yourself and basic java coding
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Q1. Different types of exceptions we face during automation
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Various types of exceptions in automation testing
• Checked exceptions

• Unchecked exceptions

• Timeout exceptions

• Element not found exceptions

• Stale element reference exceptions

• Invalid element state exceptions

• Element not interactable exceptions
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Q2. Different types of locators
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Locators are used in automation testing to identify web elements on a page. Common types include ID, class name, name, xpath, css selector, link text, and partial link text.
• ID: Unique identifier for an element

• Class name: Class attribute value of an element

• Name: Name attribute value of an element

• XPath: XML Path language to locate elements

• CSS Selector: CSS syntax to locate elements

• Link text: Text of a link element

• Partial
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Q3. Difficulty faced during automating a application
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Difficulty faced in automating an application is handling dynamic elements on the webpage.
• Identifying and handling dynamic IDs or classes

• Using dynamic XPath or CSS selectors

• Implementing wait strategies for dynamic content to load

• Updating locators frequently due to changes in the application
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Coding sheet was given with options to choose

Q1. Questions on Java, framework and Selenium were asked
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Q1. Questions on Selenium CSS and xpath selector and Automation test reports are asked
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Q1. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. About project and skills that i have 3. Based the above, they are asking the questions 4. most of them are not direct questions, example they didn't asked what is interface and...read more
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Q2. Tell me yourself, about automation role that you are playing in your company, framework related questions, CI CD tools exposure
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