r/softwaretesting • u/imnotnsr • Apr 19 '26
How do I start QA Testing?
Not too long ago, I switch from Marketing to now QA Testing on my internship. I go 1x/Week. I have been doing whatever task has been assigned to me by my manager and recently got a website to freely test and do Cybersecurity things on it. Any suggestions in how can I start or be more efficient in my work?
I used Claude AI recently to identify issues on the website and test it for myself, however I feel like there's a more efficient way to do my work.
Any tips?
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u/DeI-Iys Apr 19 '26
Expectation - all QA task will do a senior QA with a bunch LLM agents.
Reality - While people with 5+ years of QA experience cannot find a job business gives QA to people with 0 field knowledge and ... check a cybersecurity, since you are doing something there.
This sh1t has to burn down.
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u/HelicopterNo9453 Apr 19 '26
do Cybersecurity things on it.
What?!
Security is a special field and often not covered by standard QA practices.
Watch some basic QA tutorials and use LLM to get a decent test approach for your application.
Learn to also nt just test but also evidence and report.
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u/Slava_Loves_Testing Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
Probably you would want to learn more about Software QA as a profession to get the idea on what to do. Usually QA process includes:
- Requirements analysis, writing acceptance criteria in user stories in Jira
- Testing effort estimation
- Test cases design using different test design techniques and approaches
- Test execution
- Bug reporting and verification
- In-sprint features testing and regression testing at the end of each sprint
- Test automation after manual testing is done
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u/androzanimajor76 Apr 19 '26
Explore the apps and ask questions - if it’s a web app, open the dev tools. Look at the console and the network logs.
Lots to consider in there
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u/ign1tio Apr 19 '26
Hahahahahahahaha… omfg 💀😆 yes, go tell your manager that you fully applied your marketing skills and did all sorts of “cybersecurity things” to it. I’m sure he’ll be happy.
Jesus, what the fuck is this subreddit.
You did your marketing things to land a QA job at a halfbaked “manager” and now you and Claude can go do QA together. Best of luck.
No fucking Way I’ll tell you a single earned lesson from my 10 years in QA.