I got a job that was opened for a Senior for my first job as a tester(after having over 80 other applications and 20 interviews). This was about 13 years ago.
My advantages:
- I did great at the internal testing exercise they gave me(come into their office, put me in front of a PC, in an open space with 20+ other people around, gave me the task to find as many bugs as I can in a given piece of software in 2 hours);
- A master’s degree in Software Engineering;
- I won 3 Beta testing contests they had run yearly in the past 3 years(most bugs found and best bug).
My disadvantages: - 0 professional experience
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