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Walk me through the defect life cycle: what statuses does a bug go through from the moment it's found until it's closed?

~4 min by voice

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The interviewer wants to see whether you understand the whole defect workflow: not just the happy path of "found it, fixed it, closed it", but also retesting, reopening, alternative outcomes and the tester's role in closing a bug.

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