Sitemap Issue
QA
QA
- Worst timing in life and worst decision to send wife home I made a huge mistake letting my wife go to India to attend visa interview. My wife went to give l-1b blanket interview and got denied. She appeared for h-4 visa interview after that and got denied again. Reason give was that she was traveling to a different city than her husbands city. Now, I was
- link Point out a logical flaw in this immigration post? Please read Senators Grassley's position on a significant immigration bill. If you support the post by Senator Grassley, I only ask that you call congress and tell them you OPPOSE S.386 or the fairness in high skilled immigrants act. It is VERY IMPORTANT TO CALL BECAUSE MOST OF CONGRESS IS UNWITTING
- Super sexually attracted to my dates but need to pick one to sleep with. I’m dating a few people and find all super attractive. I’m kind of old (37) and don’t have time to play around. Here are my options - Data scientist at google - really nice guy but his personality too logical for my taste. Same age as me. (37) valuable Google RSUs 🤣 but not sure of compatibility.
- BLINDWhere can I find more exclusive content on Blind? Sign up to access your private company channel
and industry lounge. - Heard Rackspace just asked all its QA engineers to join Tech Mahindra or quit. Is it true? So they don’t have to pay severance or anything.
- Chewy Boston interview process Really strange process. Hacker rank 10 minute test consisting of java trivia questions. Then a phone screen with more java trivia. On-site consisted of even more trivia questions or vague situational questions without enough details although the interviewers seemed to be looking for a very specifi
- How much is base salary for automation QA Engineer entry level? 5yoe as manual. Moving to automation. Behind only theoretical courses and knowledge. Not sure how much I have to ask for. ***** Location: Bay Area Interested in any company, that pays well. Currently manual at Apple Thanks
- Potential offer from Cognizant How much can we expect/negotiate from cognizant for a Senior QA Consultant / manager position in Los Angels metro area as a lateral and what would be salary strucure ? YOE - 12
- Improve your game interviewing candidates Have been interviewing for past 10 years and can easily make out which candidate really has done “the work” and who is faking. Adding some funny lines I’ve heard over years. Note: I got in using the same, so this is just for fun :) 1. I was the only one on the team who knew it, so I did it. (Oh ye
- SDE vs SDET at Amazon recently applied for a role in Amazon for SDE. During interview, hiring manager said software development engineer in test when explaining the role. Is the JD misguiding, or are there really “SDEs” who work in QA that are not SDET? what is the difference? Thanks TC: 99k
- Take a big pay cut to be a developer? I’m a QA right now, and i feel like its a shit position. Manager doesnt treat me with respect. Team doesnt value QA. The thing is i dont have dev experience on my resume. If i want to become a dev, i most likely need to take a big cut in salary and go to a smaller company. Is the pay cut worth it
- Apple offer for Wireless tech position I m trying to evaluate Apple offer for WTE in Apple for QA position in cellular team TC:155+105+40(Base+Rsu+sign on bonus) YoE:9 No information whether it’s Ic-3 or ic-4 Please share your thoughts , should I take it?
- Quality Assurance/Testing Doing research on changing careers... No programing background; what are some of the basics to learn if I decide to go with QA? What would be the base salary? (Philadelphia) and how could I learn quickly? (if that's even possible)
- Splunk Sr. QA Interview I have splunk Sr QA interview. Can anyone share their QA interview exp/ or kind of questions asked in Splunk.
- What are some untold general truths in Silicon Valley? - If you are gay, you’re probably a designer - If you have a IBM thinkpad, you probably work in finance or accounting (Same If you use the printer) - If you’re a bad engineer, you probably work in QA - If you dress badly, you’re probably a backend engineer - If you dress well, you’re probably an iOS
- Amazon QA Engineer TC for L5 My friend is being offered an L5 QA engineer position at Amazon. What sort of TC - base,etc. should she negotiate? Edit - she works in a small company and thinks that it's very easy to find out who she is if she posts. To the troll from Apple - GTFO! Post only if you can have something to add. Not
- non-CS Self study DS&A for tech interviews? I'm a junior QA/devops right now, with a hard science undergrad degree (so no exposure to data structures and algorithms). Is self studying that stuff and grinding leet code a good use of my time if I want a high TC SWE role? Or would I be better off making projects to show to companies that don't
- Google Sydney sponsorship? TC: AUD $155k YOE: 5 QA Hi I've seen test engineer openings at Google Sydney. Is Google a sponsor in AUS?
- How can so-called "scrum masters" unblock or coach anything for devs? they advertise themselves the ability to "speed up team delivery", "eliminate technical roadblocks", "coach developers". Now with the exception of SWEs who act as SM, how can a dude with a business degree and past experience as QA/BA/photographer/front desk reception can help, or even understand, a
- QA Salary question With 5 years of experience with a variety of testing including manual, automation, performance testing. I also have a lot of experience as a test lead with offshore and offshore teams along with technical sales experience. I feel like I could be making more but I'm not sure. At 74k in San Diego bu
- Looking for a long term career path Hey all I’m currently a nontechnical role at fb doing sales (TC 170k). Previously I was data science at a gaming company and before that was a front end dev. I like different things about each role I’ve been at and have performed fairly well at all of them. Is there a career path that can make the
- How is Amazon for Quality Assurance Engineers? Do you ever see any QA guys PIPed? If yes, for what reasons? I am going to interview soon, but the PIP posts here hold me back. TC - 200K. I am on visa so worry about PIP, as I do not want to be out of status.
- New MS grad - job prospects? Hello, I am currently a QA engineer and I will shortly be graduating with a MS in Software Development from Boston University. Good program, learned a lot, but my bachelors degree is in an unrelated liberal arts degree. In terms of applying to development jobs and switching out of QA, I suppose I a
- BLINDWhere can I find more exclusive content on Blind? Sign up to access your private company channel
and industry lounge. - How easy is it to get manual QA jobs in Bay area? How easy is it to get manual QA jobs in Bay area? YOE: 4 Skills: SQL, Android apps testing, Bluetooth HW device testing, Atlassian tools (confluence JIRA etc)
- For those in QA/QE positions what is your title and tc? Almost never see QA/QE ppl posting tc. If you are one, can you please share? My tc 210k, principal QA, Bay Area
- Hiring!! Friends if any of you are looking for relocation opportunities(Japan/Singapore/India) then do send me your CVs in PM. We are hiring in bulk Full stack developer, automation qa engineer, product managers, program mgrs and UX designer from top notch companies. Helping the needy ones.
- Are software engineers scared of working for big cannabis companies in California? I work for one of the largest cannabis companies in California and am constantly looking for engineers/dev ops/qa but find I’m having a hard time doing so. The industry is huge and has massive opportunities, my company is trying to add tech to an out dated industry. I’d love to hear why some people
- Who's hiring QA right now? I am open for new projects;)) My contract just over. Can start new on Monday😄 Who's hiring QA right now? I am open for new projects;)) My contract just over. Can start new on Monday😄
- Would you recommend AWS *hardware* team? Preparing for a Hardware QA role onsite interview. Would appreciate tips on preparing for these interviews . (Phone screens have so far focused on fairly easy coding questions and leadership principles) A bit confused as I’m not a coder by profession (but a very good scripter 🤷♂️). So do I focus
- Does QA engineer have any future ? Pay is pretty low in this field. How I can move Out from QA field?
- Lyft job opportunities Lyft has exciting roles in Dev, Dev Test, QA, Dev Ops, PM etc. One of the top places to work with great culture, work and pay. There are full-time, intern roles present in US and Canada. PM me if interested.
- How to get in Google I am a QA for 10+ yrs at Apple. How do I build up my career to get in google. Google doesn’t have QA position. Should I switch to do some thing else first at Apple? Like EPM?
- Why I don't see QA engineers posting TC as much here? Is it that there are not many here or they are shy?
- 3 dead 1 stabbed at offsite trip This weekend our team went camping as an offsite and it started out well. Crisp fresh air, picturesque views of mountains in the Adirondacks. We even experimented with bacon on a smore, which we may make into a startup in itself. One of my coworkers was overly rambunctious about us being “clothed an
- TEST - DO Not Apply on LinkedIn As QA , I always like to check out and verify bugs in general, today i noticed something weird on Linkedin, Is this intentional? Does it happened with anyone else?
- amazon salary difference- NYC vs NJ? how much is the avg TC difference between nyc and nj for a dev/qa/support/any other ENGINEER
- How much leet is leet enough? I've seen posts like these before, but I felt I should ask again, as times are a constantly a-changin. What's required these days for successful onsites? I'm currently completing about 70-80% of leetcode Mediums that I attempt, in close to optimal complexity, in about 30-40 minutes, including corne
- Moving out from QA to Product Management I have been in QA for a long time now and want to move into product management. What should be the approach to make it happen? Got some advice from folks that internal move will be simpler but would like to understand this community’s perspective as well.
- Infrastructure Software engineer at Google (SWE) A google recruiter has reached out for this role with title as Infrastructure Software engineer (SWE). They said they are very much interested in my profile and can skip phone interview as well. But due to this unusual title, I'm having questions: 1. I'm only interested in regular SWE roles - backe
- Is QA a bad place to start your career? New grad here!
- Phone interview with PayPal (QA). What to expect? Thank you:)
- Amazon SDE 1 interview schedule seems abnormal? I just got.my schedule and its only the interviewers first name and last initial, no reference to what I could be asked (some of my friends got that in their schedule so not sure if this is norm) Also I'm getting a boxed lunch, I thought we usually go out for lunch? It seems my interview is only ti
- BLINDWhere can I find more exclusive content on Blind? Sign up to access your private company channel
and industry lounge. - Did anybody here live in Irvine? I've got an offer Hello. I've got an offer from TacoBell company in Irvine as a QA. I live in San Jose. Thinking if it worth to move (contract 6-12 months)? Thanks
- QA/SDET career path in companies. What is the QA career path like in your companies? Is it forever in the QA stream till Director Qa) or do you have room to branch out laterally to Dev/Solutions/PM/TPM? Tagging 3 companies to start a conversation.
- Why most indians are in QA or SE in Test? Why most indians are in QA or SE in Test?
- I feel lateral hiring is no longer practical ? Do you feel the same way ? Everyone keeps doing these LEETCODE interviews when we all know that might be good way to judge a Fresher or Intern level but no one with a regular job has time to cram "cracking the coding interview" or algorithms. Sure it might be easier for day to day developers but coding algorithms in 1 hr Int
- How common is it to have devs do regression testing instead of having a dedicated QA team to do it? I understand the necessity of startups to do so but what about bigger companies who have gone public or have hundreds of employees?
- Here you go ? Is H1b/h4/l1 visa good or bad for America I want to hear both sides. Both sides are not happy with current high skill visa program H1B ? What are your suggestions? Should non engineers like product managers / QA qualify for program?
- What’s a good entry lvl job? Instead of being stuck at Google as a contractor making chump change not growing career wise, I wanna start looking for FTE role. However, my bs is physics and I can’t code. Been doing this software QA for about 4 months so that hardly counts. Should I just start as SDR or Customer service FTE a
- What’s my YOE? - Got into tech 10 years ago as a manual QA - Switched to test automation 7 years ago - Wanted to do more than writing tests, switched to SDET role 5 years ago where I was building internal tools / systems / frameworks for other engineers - Became a SWE 4 years ago During this journey, I’ve been in
- DS to ML engineer? 1 year working as a DS / QA after PhD in Stat. Don't see much impact in my work, and tired of doing analysis. Thinking about switching to ML but haven't made decision as it sounds a big career reset. Love coding, have ML-stat research experience, and happy to give half year or more time to leetcodin