What can wrong in an interview? #1

“Can you tell us any recent critical bug you found in your current project?”

That is a most common question for a software tester and the typical response from a tester is to reveal a bug that he found in a product she has been testing.

Some of us were waiting for that moment to show off ourselves as best testers and reveal the bugs we found a day before coming to the interview.

Is that wrong?

What if you are attending an interview in a competitor product organization and they are interviewing you to know what bugs are there in their competitor product?

You may be letting down your current employer. Some people ask the question to see how faithful you are to your employer and reject you if you reveal confidential information such as bugs.

Have you heard of a story where Microsoft fired a tester because he published the bugs he found on XBox he was testing on his blog? ( Sssh! Google it out )

You can answer such a question by mentioning that you are bounded by an Non Disclosure Agreement that doesn’t permit you to talk about the bugs you found in your projects but can demonstrate bug finding skill by testing a product.

Tags: critical bug, interview tip, project, testers