Pregunta de entrevista de Palantir Technologies

How would you test a blender?

Respuestas de entrevistas

Anónimo

15 oct 2012

No. The goal is to test your testing methodology, general knowledge and creativity. You have to be able to both structure your answer ("First, I'd do a quick smoke test to see if nothing fails catastrophically; second, I'd check this an this to see if specs have been respected; now that we established it works fine under normal circumstances, let's test edge cases etc. As a bonus, we can finally run some usability/ergonomy tests...") and be able to think of creative cases on the spot ("how does it fare if you plug it into an outlet with a different voltage?"). Basically, they want to know how you think when you approach a testing problem. Taking it like a dumb question ("er.... turn it on and see if it works") is probably the worst answer you can give.

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Anónimo

15 oct 2012

To add on what I just wrote: knowing about testing terminology helps making it look like you know what you're talking about. Terms include: smoke test, black vs. white box testing, unit testing, edge case testing, etc. You can learn about these by going on the Wikipedia page for any of these terms then clicking on the hyperlinks.

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Anónimo

7 oct 2012

Will it blend?

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Anónimo

15 oct 2012

Are these answers correct?

Anónimo

7 ago 2012

Um..turn it on and see if it blends?

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