HSBC Group QA Lead Interview Questions and Answers

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Q1. Basic questions on manual testing concepts, SQL query, Unix shell scripting questions,etl and some situations based questions
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Q2. What is bug life cycle
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Bug life cycle is the process of identifying, reporting, fixing, retesting, and closing a software bug.
• Bug identification: Bug is identified by QA engineer during testing.

• Bug reporting: QA engineer reports the bug with detailed information.

• Bug fixing: Developer fixes the bug based on the reported details.

• Bug retesting: QA engineer retests the fixed bug to ensure it is resolved.

• Bug closing: Once the bug is confirmed fix
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Q3. Write query for duplicate records
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Query to find duplicate records in a database table
• Use GROUP BY clause with HAVING COUNT() function to identify duplicate records

• Select columns to display duplicate records

• Example: SELECT column1, column2, COUNT(*) FROM table_name GROUP BY column1, column2 HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
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Q4. How to copy one file to another
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Use a file copy command to copy one file to another
• Use the 'cp' command in Unix/Linux systems

• Syntax: cp source_file destination_file

• Example: cp file1.txt file2.txt
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Q5. How would you handle major bugs in your current project
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Q1. Write program to get count of letters in a word
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Program to count letters in a word using array of strings
• Create an array to store the count of each letter in the word

• Iterate through each letter in the word and increment the count in the array

• Return the array with the count of each letter
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Q2. How to find elements that are not available in dom in selenium? exception in selenium
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To find elements not available in DOM in Selenium, use try-catch block to handle NoSuchElementException.
• Use try-catch block to handle NoSuchElementException when trying to find elements not available in DOM.

• Catch the exception and handle it appropriately in the code.

• Use WebDriverWait with ExpectedConditions to wait for the element to be present before interacting with it.
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Q1. Scenario based questions
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Q1. What is Defect Life Cycle?
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Defect Life Cycle is the process of identifying, reporting, fixing, retesting, and closing software defects.
• Defect identification: Finding and documenting the issue in the software.

• Defect reporting: Informing the development team about the identified defect.

• Defect fixing: Developers resolve the reported defect.

• Defect retesting: QA team verifies if the defect is fixed correctly.

• Defect closing: Once the defect is confirm
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Q2. What are different type of waits in Selenium?
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Different types of waits in Selenium include Implicit Wait, Explicit Wait, Fluent Wait, and Page Load Timeout.
• Implicit Wait: Waits for a certain amount of time before throwing a No Such Element Exception.

• Explicit Wait: Waits for a certain condition to occur before proceeding further in the code.

• Fluent Wait: Waits for a condition to be true with a specified polling frequency.

• Page Load Timeout: Waits for the entire page
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Q3. Tell logic to select first characters of each word in a given string sentence.
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Use a loop to iterate through each word in the string and extract the first character of each word.
• Split the string into an array of words using a space as the delimiter

• Iterate through each word in the array and extract the first character of each word

• Store the first characters in a new array
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Q4. Write a program to reverse a number.
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Program to reverse a number
• Convert the number to a string to easily manipulate each digit

• Iterate through the string in reverse order and append each digit to a new string

• Convert the reversed string back to an integer
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Q1. Experience and Knowledge Gained .
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Q1. Knowledge and Work Experience.
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Q1. Selenium questions - iframes, window handles, locators, synchronization (waits)
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Q2. What is Test harness
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Test harness is a software tool used to run automated tests on software applications.
• Test harness provides a framework for running test cases and reporting results.

• It includes test data, test scripts, and a way to execute tests.

• Test harness can simulate user interactions and test different scenarios.

• Examples of test harness tools include JUnit for Java and NUnit for .NET.
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Q3. How will you write test case for a scenario
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To write a test case for a scenario, identify the objective, define test steps, determine expected results, and validate the outcome.
• Identify the objective of the test case

• Define the test steps to be executed

• Determine the expected results for each step

• Validate the outcome against the expected results

• Include preconditions and postconditions if necessary
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Q1. How to multiply 2 strings
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It is not possible to multiply 2 strings in a mathematical sense.
• Strings can be concatenated using the + operator.

• To repeat a string, use the * operator followed by the number of repetitions.

• To convert a string to a number, use the parseInt() or parseFloat() functions.
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Q2. How to get non repeating substring from a string
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To get non-repeating substring from a string, we can use the sliding window technique.
• Create a hash set to store the characters in the current window.

• Iterate through the string and add each character to the hash set.

• If a repeating character is found, remove the first character from the hash set and move the window.

• Keep track of the longest non-repeating substring found so far.

• Return the longest non-repeating substring.
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Q3. Difference between implicit and explicit wait
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Implicit wait is a global wait applied to all elements, while explicit wait is applied to specific elements.
• Implicit wait is set once and applied to all elements in the script

• Explicit wait is set for specific elements and waits until a certain condition is met

• Implicit wait is not recommended as it can slow down the script unnecessarily

• Explicit wait is more efficient as it only waits for the necessary time

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Q4. SQL Query to find nth salary
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SQL query to find nth salary
• Use ORDER BY and LIMIT clauses

• Use subquery to exclude previous salaries
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