QA

SDLC/STLC overview

Bug lifecycle and severity/priority

Test plan vs test cases

Equivalence classes & boundary values

Exploratory testing basics

HTTP basics for testers

DevTools Network inspection

API testing with Postman (overview)

Auth testing (sessions/JWT)

Basic SQL for QA (SELECT/JOIN)

Choose one: Playwright/Cypress (overview)

Selectors strategy

Test data and fixtures

CI running tests basics

Flaky tests: causes and fixes

Performance smoke tests (overview)

Security basics for QA (OWASP overview)

Accessibility checks (overview)

Cross-browser testing basics

Logging/monitoring awareness

Write 30 test cases for a form builder

Report 20 bugs with good repro steps

Create regression checklist

Automate 10 critical paths

Prepare for QA interview questions