One of my friend recently had to attend an interview for a company for a selenium – tester job profile. Then he asked me, what should I prepare for? Then I thought of putting together this post, as selenium is now an industry accepted tool.
Simple explanations
What is Selenium ?
- Its a web testing tool.
How it works?
It works through a proxy, using javascript to driver the tests.
What browsers does it support?
Firefox – 3.0/2.0
IE – 7/8
Safari
What programming languages can you use to write the tests?
| Language |
Selenium IDE |
Selenium Remote Control |
Selenium Core |
| C# |
Generate code |
Library (“driver”) support |
n/a |
| Java |
Generate code |
Library (“driver”) support |
n/a |
| Perl |
Generate code |
Library (“driver”) support |
n/a |
| PHP |
Generate code |
Library (“driver”) support |
n/a |
| Python |
Generate code |
Library (“driver”) support |
n/a |
| Ruby |
Generate code |
Library (“driver”) support |
n/a |
Preparing for Interview
Tips :
1) Understand the basics right :
- Basics of Web testing
2) How selenium Indentifies web element on the page?
- By Id or Name or Using an Xpath
3) Different Flavours of selenium
- Selenium Core
- Selenium RC
- Selenium Grid
4) Selenium - How to use IDE?
5) Is IDE good enough to automate your tests?
6) What are the practical issues, while using selenium?
7) Selenium Vs Other tools (Like QTP)
8) Multi browser testing with selenium (Or Selenium Grid)
