Daily Routine of a QA Tester in a Product Company

🗓️ Daily Routine of a QA Tester in a Product Company

In a product-based company, QA testers play a key role in ensuring the stability, performance, and usability of the product. Unlike service-based projects, where tasks vary by client, product teams have ongoing feature updates, version releases, and regression cycles.

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⏰ Typical Daily Schedule (9:30 AM – 6:30 PM)

Time	Activity
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM	Email & Bug Tracker Check
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM	Daily Stand-up Meeting
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM	Test Case Execution / Retesting
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM	Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Feature Testing / Exploratory Testing
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Bug Reporting & Documentation
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM	Regression/Automation/Smoke Tests
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM	Sync with Dev Team
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Planning Tomorrow’s Tasks

🔧 Tools Commonly Used

Purpose	Tools
Bug Tracking	Jira, Bugzilla, GitHub Issues
Test Case Management	TestRail, Zephyr, Xray
Automation	Selenium, TestNG, Maven
API Testing	Postman, Swagger
Performance Testing	JMeter
CI/CD	Jenkins, GitLab CI
Version Control	Git, GitHub, GitLab

👨‍💻 Real-World Task Examples

• ✅ Retest Bug #456 on staging (Change Password issue)
• 🧪 Execute API Test Cases for "Add Product"
• 🐛 Raise new bug: "Search function returns blank results"
• 🔁 Run regression suite after a code push
• 📈 Share daily test report in Slack/Teams

💡 Best Practices QA Testers Follow Daily

• Update test case status regularly (Pass/Fail/Blocked)
• Verify logs during bug investigation
• Communicate clearly with devs using reproducible bug steps
• Use data-driven testing for forms and filters
• Track metrics like bugs found/fixed per sprint
• Participate in sprint planning & retrospectives

🧘‍♂️ Optional Additions (Team Dependent)

• Attend UX feedback or design review calls
• Join the release deployment validation
• Create scripts for generating test data
• Conduct a peer review of test cases
• Help onboard junior QAs or interns

📌 Summary

A QA tester’s daily routine is a combination of:

• Structured testing (manual, automation, API)
• Exploratory analysis (to find edge-case bugs)
• Collaboration with Dev, PM, Design, and Product
• Tool usage for CI/CD, versioning, bug reporting, and validation

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