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| Nov 26, 2015 at 8:03 | history | edited | ou_ryperd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Updating answer with further detail that I gave in the quotes
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| Nov 25, 2015 at 16:17 | comment | added | ECiurleo | can you update your answer with your comments? | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 13:33 | comment | added | ou_ryperd | An automator often has to fix tests that don't work any more. Give the candidate a broken test (in your harness/framework, whatever) and get her to fix the test. Or let the candidate create a simple test and export it to Java (it's been a while), then parameterise with data from a csv file. <shrugs> | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 13:20 | comment | added | ECiurleo | but as per the question, this is for the technical part of the interview. Ie can they actually use the tool effectively or are they just Saying they can. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 12:57 | comment | added | ou_ryperd | A goal could be: do 20 equivalence class tests on this edit box; or: here are manual steps - automate them. Those have a clear pass/fail outcome.You have to decide what you want in a candidate and test for that. Knowing Selenium doesn't imply knowing testing. I am wary of tool jockeys. I employ people who fundamnentally understand what they are doing and the tool is just a tool of of a certain fit-for-purposeness. For that case HtmlUnit, Splinter, Selenium, WATiR etc. all essentially do the same if you understand the problem. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 12:47 | comment | added | ou_ryperd | I offered HtmlUnit as alternative because of what you said: "setting up an IDE and designing making the base of a suite could take a bit long for an interview" | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 12:05 | comment | added | ECiurleo | Sometimes good foundations are the most important part ;) So, to clarify, what do you want the candidate to accomplish? I tend to find offering an open question will not give the candidate enough direction. I don't want to prove they can't accomplish a task I want them to have a clear question/scenario to achieve. If the candidate is familiar with Selenium (why they are in the interview) what benefit would it be to ask them to use something they are unfamiliar with? | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 11:53 | history | answered | ou_ryperd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |