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QA · Senior · Theory

How do you decide which checks to automate and which to keep manual, and how do you judge whether automation is paying off?

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They're checking whether you treat automated tests as an investment with ongoing costs: deliberately choosing what to automate and at what level, counting the total cost of ownership, and honestly measuring the suite's value instead of chasing a coverage percentage.

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