What a Junior } should know

Understands basic accessibility testing concepts including WCAG guidelines, keyboard-only navigation, and screen reader fundamentals. Follows team checklists for performing manual accessibility audits — checking tab order, color contrast, alt text presence, and form label associations. Uses browser accessibility inspection tools and basic screen readers (NVDA, VoiceOver) to identify common a11y violations.

Understands E2E testing fundamentals: complete user journey validation, test scenario design from requirements, and defect reporting with reproduction steps. Writes comprehensive E2E test cases covering critical business flows. Follows team practices for test case management and execution tracking.

Understands basics of integration testing for cross-module functionality. Writes simple test cases verifying data flow between UI, API, and database layers. Follows team testing guidelines for integration test scenario documentation and execution.

Understands the fundamentals of manual mobile testing. Performs exploratory testing on different devices and screen sizes. Maintains a basic device matrix for coverage tracking. Applies standard practices for usability testing and defect reporting on mobile platforms in daily work.

Understands security testing fundamentals from QA perspective: manual security test case design, authentication/authorization flow testing, and input validation verification. Executes security-focused exploratory testing sessions. Follows team guidelines for security defect reporting and classification.

Understands BDD fundamentals: Given/When/Then scenario structure, behavior-driven test case design, and collaboration between QA and developers on test specifications. Writes clear BDD scenarios in Gherkin that serve as both documentation and test cases. Follows team conventions for scenario organization.

Understands basic principles of test data preparation for manual testing. Creates simple test datasets following predefined templates. Maintains test data catalogs and follows team guidelines for data versioning and cleanup after test sessions.

Understands basic principles of test environment setup and configuration. Prepares local testing environments following documented setup guides. Follows team conventions for managing test environment access, browser configurations, and prerequisite software installations.

Understands the test pyramid concept and how manual testing complements automated testing at different levels. Identifies which test scenarios belong to unit, integration, or system testing layers. Follows team strategy for focusing manual effort on high-value exploratory and acceptance testing.

Understands basic unit testing concepts: purpose of unit tests in quality assurance, reading test results and coverage reports, relationship between unit tests and manual test cases. Follows team practices for coordinating manual testing with automated test coverage.