This document outlines the key skills and attributes of a good tester. A good tester needs strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to clearly convey information. They must have a business-oriented mindset to understand requirements and constraints. Additionally, a good tester is able to self-learn new skills, tools and technologies. Other important qualities include flexibility, persistence, and technical testing skills like writing test scenarios and reporting bugs. Most importantly, a good tester is a good team player who can adapt to different roles.

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WhatMakesa Good Tester
Communication skills – both
verbally and written.
Business
Oriented
Ability to
Self-Learn
Flexibility
Persistence
PersonalSkills
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Every person in the team,
especially a tester, needs to be
able to communicate clearly and
accurately, without going around
in circles and knowing how to
differentiate between the noise
and the important stuff in their
message.
Each member of the
team needs to
understand the
purpose, requirements
and constraints of the
business; after all we
are part of a larger
team with one sole
purpose or mission
Able to take a new subject:
methodology, feature or a tool,
and learn it by themselves,
looking for materials available
on the web, books, or
whatever other place they
may find them.
Attributes required from a professional
tester in today’s environment.
Able to do more than one job
and who won’t find ANY JOB
bellow their taste or abilities.
A tester should poses that
delicate balance between
understanding when they
are wrong (and letting go)
and when they need to be
persistent with their peers,
managers and other
stakeholders.

2. Technical Skills in
the product areas
they worked in
previously.
Technical-Skills
Able to analyze a
product & deduce
from it the best
approach to test it,
based on the
requirements and
constraints of the
business!
Able to
write clear
&complete
testing
scenarios
Bug
reporting
skills
Tools – any tools
regardless if they are
testing-tools, db-tools,
sniffers, etc.
At theend oftheday it is better tohavea great person
whocan becomea good tester, than a “great” tester
whowill never bea good part ofyour team.
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