Testers should have patience, convincing capability and be a good team player

Today’s world, people expect lot of Qualities/Skills from testers- Domain knowledge, Technical Skills, Adaptability, Analytical thinking etc...

The most important qualities for testers is to be good team player with convincing capability and lot of patience to listen to the comments and Criticism.

The above said qualities are a very important aspect for any professional. However, for tester it’s the very very essential quality to be successful.

As the quality gate keepers, we are responsible in finding bugs, and showing others that there is fault in what they have implemented/developed. Trust me anybody who is pointed out will go nuts. Some time they show it to us. Most of the time they keep it to themselves. It’s the human tendency. In the process, we might encounter lot of opposition, aggression, debating situation etc.

We need act in patience in such situation. Listen to the comments, criticism and conversation. Analyze and try to convince the facts with statistical data and prove that you’re right. Retaliating to the comments will put us nowhere.

Also, we should also be ready to accept things first and then get back with proper data and prove ourselves correct.

Note: you need to be sure what your commenting and debating on. if not accepts the comments and make sure you don’t repeat such things again.

Being Good team player and having good rapport is very important to tester. As a tester, we will come across lot of agreements and lot more disagreements. We have to face it, correct us if we are wrong, and convince others if we are correct.

"Take things easy and cool end of the day we are working for the organization and not for anybody else. Don’t take things personally", if we have this motive, things will be simpler and lot more straight.

Caution, good rapport with the team members, doesn’t mean that u agree for everything others comment or they agree for everything you report.

"As a tester we should be good in debating".

Next time, you’re in a situation that people are not agreeing to you, "It’s simple that you’re not able to convince". Work on your convincing skills, have patience in what they say, collate the statistical data to convince your findings, and more of all, be a good team player. "Work only when you’re at work”. When you come out of it, forget everything and be a normal person. "Don't try to carry forward aggression", it will affect your mindset towards an individual or about the conversation he or she had. The moment we start implementing these things in our day to day activity, we will definitely see improvements in our way of working and co-ordination with others teams.

Try this it works. it has worked for me....