# \#onboarding

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## [What advice would you give to someone about to join a team as the first dedicated tester?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-advice-would-you-give-to-someone-about-to-join-a-team-as-the-first-dedicated-tester/85363)

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**Author:** [@demivm](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/demivm)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [10 July 2025 11:04 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-advice-would-you-give-to-someone-about-to-join-a-team-as-the-first-dedicated-tester/85363 "2025-07-10T11:04:12Z")

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Joining a product team that’s never worked with dedicated testers before can be challenging. Team members may feel unsure or even resistant, and it can take time to find your place and show the value of testing. In my M…

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## [What experiences do you have with onboarding onto a new project?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-experiences-do-you-have-with-onboarding-onto-a-new-project/69382)

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**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [23 January 2025 17:13 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-experiences-do-you-have-with-onboarding-onto-a-new-project/69382 "2025-01-23T17:13:02Z")

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It’s new article day and a new day for releasing articles (We’ve moved to Tuesdays!) This week we have an article from @kinofrost who has shared his thoughts on different ways in which we can onboard new testers quickly…

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## [What tips do you have for onboarding new hires?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-tips-do-you-have-for-onboarding-new-hires/80447)

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**Author:** [@dianadromey](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/dianadromey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [24 October 2024 18:49 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-tips-do-you-have-for-onboarding-new-hires/80447 "2024-10-24T18:49:31Z")

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During today’s session “Onboarding from both perspectives” with Maddy Kilsby-McMurray and Scott Kenyon on the sixth episode of The Testing Planet, someone asked this question, but we didn’t have time to get to it. We’re…

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## [New to a company, what questions do you ask to get to know the business processes?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-to-a-company-what-questions-do-you-ask-to-get-to-know-the-business-processes/77799)

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**Author:** [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [19 July 2024 01:30 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-to-a-company-what-questions-do-you-ask-to-get-to-know-the-business-processes/77799 "2024-07-19T01:30:02Z")

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During a recent This Week in Testing, @alg shared that he’d been “doing the rounds” as part of his new job. to help formulate a test approach. He’d meet with various stakeholders to get a sense of the existing business …

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## [Starting new company - learning well established applications](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/starting-new-company-learning-well-established-applications/68374)

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**Author:** [@testerfromliverpool](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/testerfromliverpool)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [16 June 2023 14:43 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/starting-new-company-learning-well-established-applications/68374 "2023-06-16T14:43:19Z")

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Morning All When moving to a new company which has some well established applications how do you approach the learning of that new application? How long would you expect it to take? What sort of artefacts and /or meth…

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## [Great expectations, how do you capture your teams input?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/great-expectations-how-do-you-capture-your-teams-input/64693)

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**Author:** [@fullsnacktester](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/fullsnacktester)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 14:11 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/great-expectations-how-do-you-capture-your-teams-input/64693 "2023-02-06T14:11:23Z")

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I’ve recently started in a new team at work, not only am I new to the team, but the team itself is forming from different people from across the org. Of the 15+ people in the team (some are shared with other teams) acr…

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## [What do you do on your first day at a new job/assignment?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-do-you-do-on-your-first-day-at-a-new-job-assignment/50230)

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**Author:** [@maaike.brinkhof](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/maaike.brinkhof)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [11 November 2022 16:02 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-do-you-do-on-your-first-day-at-a-new-job-assignment/50230 "2022-11-11T16:02:54Z")

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I’m starting a new assignment next Monday as mobile tester/developer. It’s not my first rodeo so I’ve got a couple of ideas what I want to accomplish on my first day and first week, but it’s made me curious about what o…
