Manual Testing Most Popular Interview Questions
Today we are going to discuss about, one of the most popular interview question, that is �tell me the test cases for Google Search Engine? Or give at least 10 test cases for the Google Search engine� once interviewer asks this question candidate goes to uncomfortable condition, because there are lot of things google search engine can do. So this article is going to describe the test cases that we can make for the google search engine.
Initially before start telling the test cases, group them as per there type, like start telling the test cases as per the functionality, as per the UI and as per the Performance. First of all, try to think about the requirements. To get requirement we need to analyze how google works?, what is the use of google?, what functionality google offers ? this types of question to self can help us to analyze the requirements and which would help us to write the test cases in better way.
Mainly try to think functional test cases, UI test cases and then Performance test cases.
Functional test cases:
- Verify the result is as per the entered query or not.
- Verify the most relevant search result should be at the top.
- Verify the matched key word are highlighted in search result.
- Verify the result for single word search query.
- Verify the result for multi word search query.
- Verify the search result for special symbol
- Verify the search result for digits
- Verify the search result for mix char
- Verify the response when user try to search without entering the query.
- Verify the result displayed in each page
- Verify that upon clicking on the result user should navigate appropriate page.
- Verify that search result should contain the appropriate match page link
- Verify that search result header is black and URL is blue.
- Verify that the auto suggestion are showing proper suggestions.
- Verify that the misspelled word are highlighted at the top of the result.
- Verify that the misspelled work suggestion is right .
- Verify the misspelled suggestion for multi misspelled word.
- Verify the paging of the result
- Verify the response when user clicks on next button
- Verify the result present in next page
- Verify the result is as per the selected category.
- Verify the result when select the image and enter the search query
- Verify the result when user select the video category and enter the search query
- And many more to be written on the same.
UI Test cases :
- Verify the google logo position
- Verify the spelling on the page
- Verify the position of the search box
- Verify the color of the button
- Verify the label of the buttons
- Verify the position of the buttons
- Verify the font style and type is same throughout the page.
- Verify the search result page design and alignment.
- You can add more to this UI related test cases�
Performance :
Here we are not considering the tool, we are writing the performance test cases by considering manual testing.
- Verify the time taken to load the google page.
- Verify the time taken to display the result
- Verify the time taken to display the images as a result
- Verify the time taken to display the videos as a result.
- Verify the time taken to navigate to next search result page.
- Verify the time taken to navigate to the last page of the search result.
- You can here also add more, but this are few important test cases.
This is how you can answer this question if asked in interview, you can also provide your thoughts and suggestion in below comment box.
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