02 · Quality & Testing
QA / Manual Tester
Find what breaks before the customer does
- Fresher (India)
- ₹2.5 – 5 LPA
- Demand
What it is
You read the requirement, design test cases, and systematically try to break the product — edge cases, wrong inputs, bad networks, odd sequences. Then you file bug reports developers can actually reproduce and fix.
What you actually do all day
- 1Write test cases and structured test plans
- 2Run functional, regression and UAT cycles
- 3File reproducible bugs with steps and evidence
- 4Verify fixes and guard the release
Core tech stack
Core
- Test case design
- SDLC & STLC
- Agile
Tools
- Jira
- TestRail
- Postman
- DevTools
Useful
- SQL basics
- API testing
- Charles Proxy
Reality check: Manual-only roles are shrinking — plan to add automation within your first year.
Good fit if: You notice details nobody else does and enjoy systematic thinking.
Your first step
Test a real public app, log 20 genuine bugs properly, and keep that report as your portfolio.