Final-year students
Placement season is close and your resume still has no project on it.
Finish with three pieces of work you can demo in an interview.
Testing
Software Testing — Manual and Automation
Find, describe and prove defects on purpose — and then automate the checks so the suite runs without you.
- 7 weeksEstimated time
- 5Modules
- 15Lessons
- 3Projects
- YesCertificate
- FreePrice
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Who this course is for
Three people take this course. The work is the same; the reason is different.
Fresh graduates
You have the degree, but the job ads ask for proof of skill.
Build a portfolio before the next hiring round, not after it.
Career switchers
You are experienced elsewhere, new to this field, and starting from zero.
Learn the vocabulary and ship one published project that proves the switch.
Proof, not notes
What you will build
Every module ends in something finished. These are the pieces you leave with.
A 20-case test sheet
a real signup flow, with boundaries and negative cases
Skills used Testing
Portfolio project
Six automated Selenium tests
reports and a screenshot on failure
Skills used Testing
Portfolio project
Five bug reports written in
the format a developer can act on without asking
Skills used Testing
Portfolio project
The brief
Your final project
Five bug reports written in
the format a developer can act on without asking
- Write down, in one sentence, what the finished thing does and who it is for.
- Build it with the tools this course taught. A borrowed project cannot be explained in an interview.
- Run it from a clean start on another machine, and fix whatever breaks.
- Publish it, and put the link at the top of your resume's project section.
What changes
What you will be able to do
Not definitions to recite — tasks you can open a laptop and complete.
Roles this supports QA engineer / test engineer trainee · Manual tester at a services company, then automation after six months · Product-support roles that own reproduction and triage
- Write a bug report a developer can reproduce without asking a single question
- Turn a requirement into test scenarios, boundary values and negative cases
- Run smoke, regression and exploratory testing on purpose rather than by habit
- Write and run a Selenium script in Python against a real web page
- Handle waits and selectors so a suite passes twice in a row, not once by luck
- Publish a small test suite with a report you can show in an interview
The syllabus
Course curriculum
5 modules · 15 lessons. Open a module to see its outcome and lesson titles.
Module 1 What testing actually is The thinking, before the tools. Most fresher testers are hired for this and nothing else.
- 01 A bug report a developer can act on Free preview
- 02 The test case worth writing
- 03 Severity, priority and the words that get read
Deliverable 3 practice tasks, one per lesson
Module 2 Manual testing, end to end Requirements, techniques and the three kinds of run. This is what a first QA job looks like on a Monday.
- 04 Turning requirements into test scenarios
- 05 Boundary values and equivalence partitioning
- 06 Regression, smoke and exploratory testing
Deliverable 3 practice tasks, one per lesson
Module 3 Automation with Selenium and a real project One language, one framework, one suite. Automation is what separates two testers with the same manual skills.
- 07 Your first Selenium script in Python
- 08 Waits and selectors that survive
- 09 A portfolio suite with a report
Deliverable A portfolio suite with a report
Module 4 Testing behind the screen APIs, databases and the data you test with, because most bugs never touch the screen.
Deliverable 3 practice tasks, one per lesson
Module 5 Working like a QA engineer A test strategy, bug triage with numbers, and a portfolio a recruiter can open.
- 13 Writing a test plan and strategy
- 14 Bug triage, metrics and the words that get read
- 15 A portfolio suite a recruiter can open
Deliverable A portfolio suite a recruiter can open
Lesson explanations, worked examples and practice tasks are in the learning player, not on this page — so you can read the syllabus without scrolling through the whole course.
How the course works
Every lesson follows the same four steps. No passive video playlists.
- 1
Learn the concept
A short explanation in plain English, with the one idea the lesson depends on.
- 2
See a worked example
The same task done end to end, with the reasoning behind each step.
- 3
Complete the practice task
You write it yourself. The task is the lesson; the reading is only the setup.
- 4
Build and publish a project
Each module ends in work you can open, explain and attach to an application.
Way2Fresher Academy
Courses written for the fresher hiring market — not translated from a bootcamp built for another country.
- Plain English Every explanation is written to be read once, slowly, by someone new to the field.
- Project-first A practice task in every lesson and a project at the end of every module.
- No paywall The full syllabus, all lessons and the certificate are free. Nothing is held back for a paid tier.
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8,800Learners
3Portfolio projects
15Lessons
The work is the proof
A fresher interview cannot assess a certificate. It can assess a project you can open, explain and change on the spot — which is why every course here ends in one.
- A finished project brief with an evaluation checklist
- A shareable repository, dashboard or case study
- A certificate that records the work, once every lesson is done
Frequently asked questions
The answers that decide whether this is the right six weeks.
Do I need to be good at coding to be a tester?
Not to start, and yes to grow. Manual testing is the entry point and it is genuinely skill-based. Automation is where the salary and the seniority are, and it is why this course includes a real Selenium project rather than a chapter about it.
Is testing a good career or a dead end?
It is one of the fastest entries into a product team for a fresher, and there are three clear paths out of it: automation and quality engineering, product management, and business analysis. Each of those wants exactly the structured thinking this course trains.
Is this course free?
Yes. Every lesson, example and practice task is free to read, and there is nothing to buy to finish the suite.
Which is asked more in interviews — manual or automation?
Both, and in that order. The manual questions come first because they test whether you think. Two of the Career Portal tools are built for exactly this: the Placement Test Centre for the written round and the free AltiGrad check for where your overall readiness really stands.
Do I need coding experience?
No. This course is written for beginner learners and every lesson starts from the tool itself. If you can use a browser and a file, you can start lesson one today.
How long will it take?
About 7 weeks. The course holds 15 lessons, each built around one practice task, so the calendar depends on how many sessions you can keep each week.
Will I get a certificate?
Yes. Finish every lesson while signed in and a certificate with your name, the course, the date and the skills covered unlocks on this site. It is a record of work completed here, not an accredited qualification.
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