QA Job Descriptions today:
Know multiple Automation Tools
Perform Manual testing
Understand Performance, Security, and API testing
Handle DevOps & CI/CD
I believe JDs should focus on what’s actually needed for the role instead of listing everything.
What do you think about this?
Job descriptions are often wishlists rather than what is actually required for the role but unfortunately, we are in an employer’s market right now with the amount of redundancies and people seeking jobs so employers can be more picky with candidates.
Furthermore, JDs are sometimes written by looking at what other companies are currently hiring for; copying bullet points and such. This is probably because ‘if other companies are looking for people with these skills, we should too’.
In the eyes of an employer, it’s surely better to have someone with all the popular skills rather than someone with one or two. This is obviously no good for jobseekers though as we often feel like we fall short of all the requirements.
Would be interesting to ask an employer with long wishlists a) how many actual days per year the new hire is likely to spend using each skill and b) how much they themselves know about that skill.
The latter probably indicates how much autonomy and support a tester is likely to get in a position.
The gap is horrendous, they want people with a multitude of skills and will even question them as per their wish list in the interviews. But we all know what the hired tester will eventually be doing once they start that new job.