QA Tester resume example

A strong QA resume shows that you prevent bugs, not just find them. Highlight automation coverage, defects caught before release and the time your tests saved the team.

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Key skills for a qa tester resume

  • Manual and exploratory testing
  • Test automation (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress)
  • API testing (Postman)
  • Test planning and case design
  • Bug tracking (Jira)
  • SQL for data validation

Neha Gupta

QA Engineer

  • neha.gupta@example.com
  • +1 555 0100
  • Hyderabad, India
  • linkedin.com/in/nehagupta

Summary

QA engineer with 4 years of experience in manual and automated testing for fintech apps. Built a Playwright suite covering 85% of critical flows, cut regression time from 3 days to 4 hours and reduced production defects by 60%. Detail-oriented, with strong SQL and API testing skills.

Experience

QA EngineerMay 2021 – Present
Paytm
  • Built a Playwright automation suite covering 85% of critical payment flows
  • Reduced regression testing time from 3 days to 4 hours per release
  • Lowered escaped production defects by 60% by adding API contract tests in Postman
  • Trained 5 manual testers to write automated tests
Software TesterJun 2019 – Apr 2021
Wipro
  • Designed 1,200 test cases for a banking app used by 3M customers
  • Logged and verified 900 defects in Jira with a 98% reproduction rate

Education

B.Tech Information Technology2015 – 2019
JNTU Hyderabad

Skills

  • Playwright
  • Selenium
  • Postman
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • Jira
  • Test planning
  • Regression testing
  • API testing

Certifications

  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level

How to write a qa tester resume

  1. Quantify coverage and quality: automation percentage, escaped defects, regression time.
  2. Mention the testing types you own — regression, performance, accessibility, mobile.
  3. If you write code, say so clearly; automation skills raise QA salaries the most.

ATS keywords for qa tester jobs

Applicant tracking systems rank resumes by how well they match the job post. Use the keywords that appear in the posting you are applying for — these are the most common:

  • quality assurance
  • test automation
  • Selenium
  • Playwright
  • regression testing
  • API testing
  • test cases
  • Jira
  • Agile
  • defect tracking

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