Nowadays I observe that majority of software testing oriented people attaches great importance to certification - ISTQB has 100 thousands graduates ! Is this good from employer point of view ? How to choose right person when all of them have the breast full of distinctions ?
It’s a safe bet that a person who pass additional exam in his/her life gain some extra knowledge and will know the theory a bit better. On the other side I know some sort of people who only have “these kind of papers” and do not care about expanding horizons.
I think that the work experiences are the clue, person with bunch of diplomas without real life testing evidence is a risky choice. Below are list of available certification for quality care staff and some advice for right choose.
Vendors certification:
HP / Mercury
Segue
Rational
Empirix
good if we want engieener specialized in some sort of test tools.
On the other side we have vendor-neutral exams and courses:
ISTQB Certified Tester
three levels: Foundation, Advanced, Expert
exam prices : 200-300 Eur
website : http://www.istqb.org
Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)
work experience required
exam prices: 350-400 $
website: http://www.softwarecertifications.org/
Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE)
work experience required
exam prices: 350-400 $
website: a
Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)
work experience required
currently hold an active CSTE Certification
exam prices: 600 $
website: ahttp://www.softwarecertifications.org/
Certified Test Manager (CTM)
work experience required
formal education required - minimum 10 days (http://www.testinginstitute.com/Course_List.php)
website: http://www.testinginstitute.com/ctm.php
Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP)
formal education required - minimum 10 days (http://www.testinginstitute.com/Course_List.php)
exam prices: course price (500-1000 $)
website: http://www.testinginstitute.com/cstp.php Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (SSBB)
website : http://www.asq.org/certification/six-sigma/ Above exams and courses, I think, are strictly connected with test manager skills not for test engineer.
Finally, check that our potential employee is visible by google Maybe this is strange and funny but true ! Test manager should do any internet activity: blog, digg, twitter or be only a commentator. Check social media like linkedin, facebook, results might be hard to interpret but often authoritative.
Summary
So, if You want to hire a test engineer, look at CV in order:
work experience
internet activity
vendor certificate
vendor-neutral certificate
Test manager:
word experience
vendor-neutral certificate with formal job experience requirment
internet activit
vendor-neutral certificate
So, do not rely on certificates only! Think, think …
and do not use “Tester” in advertisment as a job position , rather “Test engineer”
What’s Your opinion about that process of IT specialists typecasting with distinctions ?
Very good information. we need learn from real time examples and for this we choose good training institute, who were interested to know about web design and development which is quite interesting. We need a good training institute for my learning .. so people making use of the free demo classes.
ReplyDeleteMany training institute provides free demo classes. One of the best training institute in Bangalore is Apponix Technologies.
https://www.apponix.com/web/index.html