Where can I get experience as a tester (on real projects)?

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bob772015-09-22 00:11:02

Software testing

bob77, 2015-09-22 00:11:02

Where can I get experience as a tester, preferably on real projects? At least for free, to be able to do something in practice. For many things, like working with bug tracking systems, maintaining documentation, and the very practice of creating competent cases and finding errors, need practical skills, and not just theory.

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Alexander Vasilenko, 2015-09-23
@SanchelliosProg

The only way I know is to read the book Testing.com, watch Mikhail Portnoy's video and choose any site for UI testing. Simply, if it seems that you need to test something - go ahead, make test cases and a spire on them. It is very important to choose the format for compiling a test case and a bug report in such a way that they do not take much time to compile. I really liked the position of M. Portnov on this matter - he used Excel and wrote down all the points of the test case in columns. It's very visual. Well, I'm just speaking from my experience. In general, most often, everything will be different at work, but this is not at all scary. Simply, the most basic thing is to learn to think the right way, and after that, nothing will be scary. There are many technologies, all different, all simple, they will teach you at work if they are not nerds. From the software, I would advise you to pay attention to SoapUi and Selenium. Good luck!
PS You can also sign up for courses, it will be a plus.

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Anton Kuznetsov, 2015-09-22
@t0rrim

If you know the theory well, then you need to try to take a junior position in some company. Write a resume and send it to HR of major companies in your city. If all else fails, try to find a mentor (on forums, etc.). Use trials of bug trackers, test management of tools (any, but experience). Good luck.

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Dmitry, 2015-09-22
@EvilsInterrupt

What did you try to do in order to get this experience? You can at least try to write to the company in which you would like to work and say "I'm a beginner. But I'm ready to work for free." Quite possibly, where the process is well established and intelligible documentation is written, they can agree.