QA Engineer Interview Guide 2026

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07 · Recent experiences

What candidates reported recently

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Nokia

Jul 31, 2026 · Difficult

The process began with a short call with talent acquisition where we kept it simple: my background and a quick overview of the company. After that recruiter step, the scheduling moved quickly toward the main interview. For the official stage, I went through an in-person interview that came bundled with an assessment.

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Veeva Systems

Jul 28, 2026 · Average

I started with a screening call, and then about a day later I had a direct video call with the hiring manager. The tone felt urgent, like they were trying to fill the need quickly. During the conversation I realized a big gap: I didn’t have pharma domain knowledge, and my background was more in finance, not testing in

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Manual Testing

23%

API Testing

21%

Test Automation

18%

02 · Typical process

Recurring stages, by frequency

1
Recruiter or HR screen
Background, motivation, target level and timeline.
80%
2
Technical screen
A short live technical round before the main loop.
9%
3
Technical interviews
Deep dives on the core skills the role tests.
58%
4
Assessment or take-home
Online test, case study or take-home exercise.
45%
5
Hiring manager interview
Role fit, past work and how you would operate on the team.
17%
6
Behavioral and culture fit
Past situations, collaboration and values.
22%
7
Panel or team interviews
Several interviewers at once, often cross-functional.
24%
8
Final or onsite round
A multi-interview loop, sometimes with leadership.
33%

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05 · By category

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Spacex

Jul 23, 2026 · Average

After a recruiter call, I moved through a sequence of phone interviews that felt more structured than anything I’d done before. I then had another round with an engineer and, later, a hiring-manager call that ran long—about half an hour beyond what I expected—and stayed pretty chill. I kept noticing how much they wante

Veeam

Jul 21, 2026 · Difficult

I went through a fairly heavy, multi-round process that felt like it kept stacking up the steps. It started with a homework technical assignment, and after that I had a technical interview where I answered pre-made questions online while staying on a call. That round was pretty rigid in format, and it was very task-foc

EPAM India

Jul 18, 2026 · Average

After the recruiter call, I ended up doing a technical screen where the questions leaned heavily into Python and automation thinking. I worked through how Python concepts like lists, decorators, generators, and the differences between iterators and generators show up in real code. They also asked about PyTest fixtures,