# QA / Test Engineer Resume

Templates for manual testers, automation engineers, and SDETs at Indian IT companies.

## Key Points
- Testing roles get hundreds of applicants — ATS filters out 75% before a human sees your resume.
- Automation skills are non-negotiable for 2026. Manual-only testing resumes get filtered out.
- Your resume format should be as bug-free as your test cases.
- Structured, clean formatting — like a well-organized test plan.

## What to Include
- Automation frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium
- CI/CD integration: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
- Bug tracking tools: JIRA, Bugzilla, Azure Boards
- Test management: TestRail, Zephyr, HP ALM
- Performance testing: JMeter, Gatling, k6

## Common Mistakes
- Listing only manual testing skills
- Not mentioning specific automation frameworks
- Missing defect metrics and coverage percentages
- Not including CI/CD pipeline experience
- Writing 'tested application' without methodology details

## Keywords to Use
- QA Automation
- Selenium
- Cypress
- API Testing
- Regression Testing
- Test Automation Framework
- CI/CD
- JIRA
- Agile
- SDET
- Performance Testing
- Test Coverage

## Sample Bullet Points
- Built Selenium-based automation framework reducing regression testing time from 3 days to 4 hours, covering 2,000+ test cases
- Achieved 95% test automation coverage across 5 microservices, integrated with Jenkins CI/CD pipeline running 500+ tests per build
- Identified 200+ critical defects pre-release through systematic exploratory testing, reducing production bugs by 60%
- Designed API testing suite using Postman and RestAssured covering 300+ endpoints with automated contract validation

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## Frequently Asked Questions

**Is manual testing still relevant in 2026?**
Manual testing skills are valuable for exploratory and usability testing, but automation is essential for most QA roles now.

**Which automation tool should I learn first?**
Selenium with Java/Python is the most demanded. Cypress and Playwright are growing fast for web testing.

**Should I pursue ISTQB certification?**
ISTQB Foundation is valued by service companies. For product companies, practical automation skills matter more.

**How do I transition from manual to automation testing?**
Learn a programming language (Java/Python), then Selenium basics, then build a portfolio of automation projects.

**How many pages should my resume be?**
1 page for freshers and up to 5 years experience. 2 pages maximum for 10+ years. Never exceed 2 pages — recruiters spend 6-7 seconds on initial screening.

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