Whether you’re a fresher or a QA professional with 6+ years of experience, manual testing interviews often begin with basic and scenario-based questions. This blog post compiles the top manual testing interview questions that are commonly asked across various IT companies in 2025.
These questions cover a wide range of areas — from software testing life cycle (STLC) to test case design, defect tracking, and real-time project scenarios.
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Top Manual Testing Interview Questions [Freshers to 6+ Years]
Core Concepts and Fundamentals
- What is software testing and why is it important?
- What is the difference between verification and validation?
- What is SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and how does testing fit into it?
- What is STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle)?
- What are the different levels of testing (unit, integration, system, acceptance)?
- What are the main types of software testing?
- What is the difference between functional and non-functional testing?
- What is the difference between static and dynamic testing?
- What is the difference between positive and negative testing?
- What is black box testing?
- What is white box testing?
- What is exploratory testing and when do you perform it?
- What is the difference between QA (Quality Assurance) and QC (Quality Control)?
Test Design Techniques
- What is a test case? What are its key components?
- What is a test plan? What does it typically include?
- What is Boundary Value Analysis (BVA)?
- What is Equivalence Partitioning?
- How do you prioritize test cases in a real-time project?
- What is risk-based testing?
- What is the difference between a test case and a test scenario?
Defect Management
- What is the defect life cycle?
- What is the difference between error, defect, and failure?
- What is the difference between defect, root cause, and effect?
- What is the difference between severity and priority?
- How do you report a bug effectively?
- Which bug tracking tools have you used?
- How do you handle a developer who does not accept a valid bug?
- What would you do if a bug is found in the production environment?
Test Execution and Scenarios
- How do you write test cases from requirements?
- What is regression testing and when is it performed?
- What is the difference between regression testing and retesting?
- How do you test a login page thoroughly?
- How do you ensure complete (100%) test coverage?
- What are some common challenges you face during manual testing?
Real-Time Practices & Agile
- Describe the testing process you follow in your project.
- How do you ensure complete test coverage and traceability?
- Have you created a traceability matrix? If so, how?
- What are entry and exit criteria in software testing?
- What is your approach when you have very limited time for testing?
- How do you handle incomplete or unclear requirements?
- What steps do you take when documentation is missing or incomplete?
- How do you test a feature without proper requirements?
- How do you perform exploratory testing in a real project?
- Have you participated in requirement review meetings? What was your role?
- How do you manage test data and environment-related challenges?
- What is defect leakage and defect clustering?
- What is your role during sprint planning and execution in Agile?
- How do you handle change requests that come mid-sprint?