How do I screen QA Engineer candidates before interviewing?

Send every applicant one link that carries 4 skills tests (QA Test Engineer, Selenium With Python, Attention to Detail, Jira Software Cloud), a personality inventory and 5 one-way video questions. springhire scores everything automatically and ranks the candidates, so you interview the top few. The free plan covers 10 candidates a month.

How long does the QA Engineer screening take a candidate?

About 42 minutes for the tests, plus 10 to 15 minutes for the video questions. Candidates complete it on their own time, on any device.

What should a QA Engineer job description include?

A short brief, key responsibilities, must-have and nice-to-have skills and the requirements. The JD generator writes one for this role in a minute.

Which interview questions work best for a QA Engineer?

Questions that ask for a specific past example and a walkthrough of how the candidate thinks. This page lists 8 with sample answers, and the full bank has more.

Yes. The free plan includes every screening tool with 10 candidate credits a month and no card. Paid plans start at $39 a month.

Engineering

How to hire a QA Engineer

What the role does, the job description, the interview questions, and the 42-minute screening pack that tells you who can do the job before you book a single interview.

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The role

What a QA Engineer does

A QA Engineer sits in the Engineering function. The sections below give you the job description, the interview questions and the screening pack for the role.

Screen before you interview

The QA Engineer screening pack

Test engineering, automation, detail and the tooling around it. Every applicant gets one link. You get one ranked report.

Skills tests · 42 minutes total

IT & securityQA Test Engineer Test10 min · 20 questions · IntermediateThe QA Test Engineer Test helps hiring teams assess intermediate QA skills before interviews. It is suited for roles that need practical judgment in test design, clear defect reporting, and basic automation knowledge, especially when candidates will work across changing product features and release cycles.Programming knowledgeSelenium With Python Test10 min · 20 questions · IntermediateThe Selenium With Python Test helps hiring teams check whether candidates can write and reason about practical browser automation tests. It is suited to intermediate QA and test automation hiring where you need evidence of skill with locators, waits and clean test structure.Cognitive & aptitudeAttention to Detail Test12 min · 24 questions · IntermediateThe Attention to Detail Test shows you how carefully a candidate reads, checks, and verifies textual information. It measures four practical skills: matching strings against a reference, comparing records, checking that document fields agree, and spotting errors and omissions in text and data.Software skillsJira Software Cloud Test10 min · 20 questions · IntermediateThe Jira Software Cloud Test helps hiring teams assess candidates who will work in Jira day to day. It is suited to intermediate users in delivery, QA and engineering operations roles, and checks practical knowledge of issues and workflows, boards and sprints, and reporting.

Personality inventory

Big 5 (OCEAN) Personality TestThe Big 5 (OCEAN) Personality Test helps hiring teams understand how entry level candidates are likely to approach work, people and pressure. It measures five broad personality dimensions that can support decisions for roles where reliability, teamwork, adaptability and communication matter.

One-way video questions · answered on camera, scored by AI

1
How do you decide what to automate and what to test by hand?
2
Describe a bug you found that everyone else missed.
3
How do you write a test plan for a feature with no spec?
4
How do you handle a developer who disputes your bug report?
5
What does 'done' mean for a release, in your view?

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Interview questions

QA Engineer interview questions

For the candidates who pass the pack. Each comes with a sample answer on the full page.

01
What drew you to quality assurance and testing?
02
Tell me about your background and the kinds of products you have tested.
03
What are you looking for in your next QA role?
04
How do you keep your testing skills current?
05
How do you design test cases for a new feature?
06
How do you decide what to automate versus test manually?
07
How do you approach API and integration testing?
08
How do you handle flaky tests in an automation suite?

All QA Engineer interview questions with answers

Frequently asked questions

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