QA · Junior · Theory

What's the difference between smoke testing, regression testing, and retesting?

~4 min by voice

How to approach it

This checks whether the candidate understands the purpose of these three kinds of testing and can tell them apart: smoke asks whether the build is fit for testing at all, a retest asks whether a specific bug was fixed, and regression asks whether something that used to work got broken. It's especially important not to confuse retesting with regression.

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testing types regression

Answer by voice

The interviewer will ask this question and listen. Think out loud and ask for a hint if you need one. When you're done, pause or tap “That's my answer”. In about a minute, your score and the points you covered show up here.

Best with headphones · ~4 min