Selenium Interview Questions:

1) What is Selenium and what is composed of?

Selenium is a suite of tools for automated web testing. It is composed of

Selenium IDE (Integrated Development Environment) : It is a tool

for recording and playing back. It is a firefox plugin

WebDriver and RC: It provide the APIs for a variety of languages like
Java, .NET, PHP, etc. With most of the browsers Webdriver and RC works.

Grid: With the help of Grid you can distribute tests on multiple machines
so that test can be run parallel which helps in cutting down the time required
for running in browser test suites

2) What is Selenium 2.0 ?

Web testing tools Selenium RC and WebDriver are consolidated in single tool in Selenium
2.0
3) How will you find an element using Selenium?
In Selenium every object or control in a web page is referred as an elements, there are
different ways to find an element in a web page they are

ID

Name

Tag

Attribute

CSS

Linktext

PartialLink Text

Xpath etc

4) List out the test types that are supported by Selenium?

For web based application testing selenium can be used
The test types can be supported are
a)

Functional

b)

Regression

For post release validation with continuous integration automation tool could be used
a)

Jenkins

b)

Hudson

c)

Quick Build

d)

CruiseCont

5) Explain what is assertion in Selenium and what are the types of

assertion?
Assertion is used as a verification point. It verifies that the state of the application conforms
to what is expected. The types of assertion are assert , verify and waifFor.

6) Mention what is the use of X-path?

X-Path is used to find the WebElement in web pages. It is also useful in identifying the
dynamic elements.
7) Explain the difference between single and double slash in X-path?
Single slash /

Single slash ( / ) start selection from the document node

It allows you to create absolute path expressions

Double Slash //

Double slash ( // ) start selection matching anywhere in the document

It enables to create relative path expressions

8) List out the technical challenges with Selenium?

Technical challenges with Selenium are

Selenium supports only web based applications

It does not support the Bitmap comparison

For any reporting related capabilities have to depend on third party tools

No vendor support for tool compared to commercial tools like HP UFT

As there is no object repository concept in Selenium, maintainability of

objects becomes difficult

9) What is the difference between type keys and type commands ?

TypeKeys() will trigger JavaScript event in most of the cases whereas .type() wont. Type key
populates the value attribute using JavaScript whereas .typekeys() emulates like actual user
typing
10) What is the difference between verify and assert commands?
Assert: Assert allows to check whether an element is on the page or not. The test will
stop on the step failed, if the asserted element is not available. In other words, the test will
terminated at the point where check fails.
Verify: Verify command will check whether the element is on the page, if it is not then the
test will carry on executing. In verification, all the commands are going to run guaranteed
even if any of test fails.
11) What is JUnit Annotations and what are different types of
annotations which are useful ?
In JAVA a special form of syntactic meta-data can be added to Java source code, this is
know as Annotations. Variables, parameters, packages, methods and classes are
annotated some of the JUnit annotations which can be useful are

Test

Before

After

Ignore

BeforeClass

AfterClass

RunWith

12) While using click command can you use screen coordinate?
To click on specific part of element, you would need to use clickAT command. ClickAt
command accepts element locator and x, y co-ordinates as argumentsclickAt (locator, cordString)
13) What are the advantages of Selenium?

It supports C#, PHP, Java, Perl, Phython

It supports different OS like Windows, Linux and Mac OS

It has got powerful methods to locate elements (Xpath, DOM , CSS)

It has highly developer community supported by Google

14) Why testers should opt for Selenium and not QTP?
Selenium is more popular than QTP as

Selenium is an open source whereas QTP is a commercial tool

Selenium is used specially for testing web based applications while QTP
can be used for testing client serverapplication also

Selenium supports Firefox, IE, Opera, Safari on operating systems like

Windows, Mac, linux etc. however QTP is limited to Internet Explorer on
Windows.

Selenium supports many programming languages like Ruby, Perl, Python

whereas QTP supports only VB script

15) What are the four parameter you have to pass in Selenium?
Four parameters that you have to pass in Selenium are

Host

Port Number

Browser

URL

16) What is the difference between setSpeed() and sleep() methods?

Both will delay the speed of execution.
Thread.sleep () : It will stop the current (java) thread for the specified period of time. Its
done only once

It takes a single argument in integer format

Ex: thread.sleep(2000)- It will wait for 2 seconds

It waits only once at the command given at sleep

SetSpeed () : For specific amount of time it will stop the execution for every selenium
command.

It takes a single argument in integer format

Ex: selenium.setSpeed(2000)- It will wait for 2 seconds

Runs each command after setSpeed delay by the number of milliseconds

mentioned in set Speed

This command is useful for demonstration purpose or if you are using a slow web
application
17) What is same origin policy? How you can avoid same origin policy?
The Same Origin Policy is introduced for security reason, and it ensures that content
of your site will never be accessible by a script from another site. As per the policy, any
code loaded within the browser can only operate within that websites domain.
To avoid Same Origin Policy proxy injection method is used, in proxy injection mode the
Selenium Server acts as a client configured HTTP proxy , which sits between the browser
and application under test and then masks the AUT under a fictional URL
18) What is heightened privileges browsers?
The purpose of heightened privileges is similar to Proxy Injection, allows websites to do
something that are not commonly permitted. The key difference is that the browsers are
launced in a special mode called heightened privileges. By using these browser mode,
Selenium core can open the AUT directly and also read/write its content without passing the
whole AUT through the Selenium RC server.
19) How you can use submit a form using Selenium ?
You can use submit method on element to submit form-

element.submit () ;
Alternatively you can use click method on the element which does form submission
20) What are the features of TestNG and list some of the functionality
in TestNG which makes it more effective?
TestNG is a testing framework based on JUnit and NUnit to simplify a broad range of testing
needs, from unit testing to integration testing. And the functionality which makes it efficient
testing framework are

Support for annotations

Support for data-driven testing

Flexible test configuration

Ability to re-execute failed test cases

21) Mention what is the difference between Implicit wait and Explicit
wait?
Implicit Wait: Sets a timeout for all successive Web Element searches. For the specified
amount of time it will try looking for element again and again before throwing a
NoSuchElementException. It waits for elements to show up.
Explicit Wait : It is a one-timer, used for a particular search.
22) Which attribute you should consider throughout the script in frame
for if no frame Id as well as no frame name?
You can use..driver.findElements(By.xpath(//iframe)).
This will return list of frames.
You will ned to switch to each and every frame and search for locator which we want.
Then break the loop
23) Explain what is the difference between find elements () and find
element () ?
find element ():

It finds the first element within the current page using the given locating mechanism. It
returns a single WebElement
findElements () : Using the given locating mechanism find all the elements within the
current page. It returns a list of web elements.
24) Explain what are the JUnits annotation linked with Selenium?
The JUnits annotation linked with Selenium are

@Before public void method() It will perform the method () before each
test, this method can prepare the test

@Test public void method() Annotations @Test identifies that this

method is a test method environment

@After public void method()- To execute a method before this annotation

is used, test method must start with test@Before

25) Explain what is Datadriven framework and Keyword driven?

Datadriven framework: In this framework, the test data is separated and kept outside
the Test Scripts, while test case logic resides in Test Scripts. Test data is read from the
external files ( Excel Files) and are loaded into the variables inside the Test Script.
Variables are used for both for input values and for verification values.
Keyworddriven framework: The keyword driven frameworks requires the
development of data tables and keywords, independent of the test automation. In a
keyword driven test, the functionality of the application under test is documented in a table
as well as step by step instructions for each test.
26) Explain how you can login into any site if its showing any
authentication popup for password and username?
Pass the username and password with url

Syntax-http://username:password@url

ex- http://creyate:tom@www.gmail.com

27) Explain how to assert text of webpage using selenium 2.0 ?

WebElement el = driver.findElement(By.id(ElementID))
//get test from element and stored in text variable

String text = el.getText();

//assert text from expected
Assert.assertEquals(Element Text, text);
28) Explain what is the difference between Borland Silk and Selenium?
Silk Test Tool

Borland Silk test is not a free testing tool

Selenium Test Tool

Selenium is completely free test automation t

Selenium supports many browsers like Interne

Silk test supports only Internet Explorer and Firefox

Firefox, Safari, Opera and so on

Silk test uses test scripting language

Silk test can be used for client server applications

Selenium suite has the flexibility to use many

like Java, Ruby,Perl and so on

Selenium can be used for only web application

29) What is Object Repository ?

An object repository is an essential entity in any UI automations which allows a tester to
store all object that will be used in the scripts in one or more centralized locations rather
than scattered all over the test scripts.
30) Explain how Selenium Grid works?
Selenium Grid sent the tests to the hub. These tests are redirected to Selenium Webdriver,
which launch the browser and run the test. With entire test suite, it allows for running tests
in parallel.
31) Can we use Selenium grid for performance testing?
Yes. But not as effectively as a dedicated performance testing tool like Loadrunner.

Q #1) What is Automation Testing?

Automation testing or Test Automation is a process of automating the manual process to
test the application/system under test. Automation testing involves use to a separate testing
tool which lets you create test scripts which can be executed repeatedly and doesnt require
any manual intervention.
Q #2) What are the benefits of Automation Testing?
Benefits of Automation testing are:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Supports execution of repeated test cases

Aids in testing a large test matrix
Enables parallel execution
Encourages unattended execution

5. Improves accuracy thereby reducing human generated errors

6. Saves time and money
Q #3) Why should Selenium be selected as a test tool?
Selenium
1. is free and open source
2. have a large user base and helping communities
3. have cross Browser compatibility (Firefox, chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari etc.)
4. have great platform compatibility (Windows, Mac OS, Linux etc.)
5. supports multiple programming languages (Java, C#, Ruby, Python, Pearl etc.)
6. has fresh and regular repository developments
7. supports distributed testing
Q #4) What is Selenium? What are the different Selenium components?
Selenium is one of the most popular automated testing suites. Selenium is designed in a
way to support and encourage automation testing of functional aspects of web based
applications and a wide range of browsers and platforms. Due to its existence in the open
source community, it has become one of the most accepted tools amongst the testing
professionals.
Selenium is not just a single tool or a utility, rather a package of several testing tools and
for the same reason it is referred to as a Suite. Each of these tools is designed to cater
different testing and test environment requirements.
The suite package constitutes of the following sets of tools:

Selenium Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Selenium IDE is a

record and playback tool. It is distributed as a Firefox Plugin.

Selenium Remote Control (RC) Selenium RC is a server that allows user to

create test scripts in a desired programming language. It also allows executing test
scripts within the large spectrum of browsers.
Selenium WebDriver WebDriver is a different tool altogether that has various

advantages over Selenium RC. WebDriver directly communicates with the web
browser and uses its native compatibility to automate.
Selenium Grid Selenium Grid is used to distribute your test execution on multiple

platforms and environments concurrently.

Q #5) What are the testing types that can be supported by Selenium?
Selenium supports the following types of testing:
1. Functional Testing
2. Regression Testing
Q #6) What are the limitations of Selenium?
Following are the limitations of Selenium:

Selenium supports testing of only web based applications

Mobile applications cannot be tested using Selenium
Captcha and Bar code readers cannot be tested using Selenium
Reports can only be generated using third party tools like TestNG or Junit.
As Selenium is a free tool, thus there is no ready vendor support though the user can

find numerous helping communities.

User is expected to possess prior programming language knowledge.

Q #7) What is the difference between Selenium IDE, Selenium RC and WebDriver?

Feature

Selenium IDE

Selenium RC

WebDriver

Browser
Compatibility

Selenium IDE
comes as a
Firefox plugin,
thus it supports
only Firefox

Selenium RC
supports a
varied range of
versions of
Mozilla
Firefox,
Google
Chrome,
Internet
Explorer and
Opera

WebDriver
supports a
varied range of
versions of
Mozilla
Firefox, Google
Chrome,
Internet
Explorer and
Opera.
Also supports
HtmlUnitDrive
r which is a
GUI less or
headless
browser.

Feature

Selenium IDE

Selenium RC

WebDriver

Record and
Playback

Selenium IDE
supports record
and playback
feature

Selenium RC
doesn't
supports record
and playback
feature

WebDriver
doesn't support
record and
playback
feature

Server
Requirement

Selenium IDE
doesn't require
any server to be
started before
executing the
test scripts

Selenium RC
requires server
to be started
before
executing the
test scripts

WebDriver
doesn't require
any server to be
started before
executing the
test scripts

Architecture

Selenium IDE
is a Javascript
based
framework

Selenium RC is
a JavaScript
based
Framework

WebDriver uses
the browser's
native
compatibility to
automation

Object Oriented

Selenium IDE
is not an object
oriented tool

Selenium RC is
semi object
oriented tool

WebDriver is a
purely object
oriented tool

Dynamic Finders
(for locating web
elements on a
webpage)

Selenium IDE
doesn't support
dynamic
finders

Selenium RC
doesn't support
dynamic
finders

WebDriver
supports
dynamic
finders

Handling Alerts,
Navigations,
Dropdowns

Selenium IDE
doesn't
explicitly
provides aids to
handle alerts,
navigations,
dropdowns

Selenium RC
doesn't
explicitly
provides aids to
handle alerts,
navigations,
dropdowns

WebDriver
offers a wide
range of
utilities and
classes that
helps in
handling alerts,
navigations,
and dropdowns
efficiently and
effectively.

WAP
(iPhone/Android
) Testing

Selenium IDE
doesn't support
testing of
iPhone/Andrio

Selenium RC
doesn't support
testing of
iPhone/Andrio

WebDriver is
designed in a
way to
efficiently

Feature

Selenium IDE

Selenium RC

WebDriver

d applications

d applications

support testing
of
iPhone/Android
applications.
The tool comes
with a large
range of drivers
for WAP based
testing.
For example,
AndroidDriver,
iPhoneDriver

Listener Support

Selenium IDE
doesn't support
listeners

Selenium RC
doesn't support
listeners

WebDriver
supports the
implementation
of Listeners

Speed

Selenium IDE
is fast as it is
plugged in with
the webbrowser that
launches the
test. Thus, the
IDE and
browser
communicates
directly

Selenium RC is
slower than
WebDriver as it
doesn't
communicates
directly with
the browser;
rather it sends
selenese
commands over
to Selenium
Core which in
turn
communicates
with the
browser.

WebDriver
communicates
directly with
the web
browsers. Thus
making it much
faster.

Q #8) When should I use Selenium IDE?

Selenium IDE is the simplest and easiest of all the tools within the Selenium Package. Its
record and playback feature makes it exceptionally easy to learn with minimal
acquaintances to any programming language. Selenium IDE is an ideal tool for a nave user.
Q #9) What is Selenese?
Selenese is the language which is used to write test scripts in Selenium IDE.

Q #10) What are the different types of locators in Selenium?

Locator can be termed as an address that identifies a web element uniquely within the
webpage. Thus, to identify web elements accurately and precisely we have different types of
locators in Selenium:
ID
ClassName
Name
TagName
LinkText
PartialLinkText
Xpath
CSS Selector
DOM
Q #11) What is difference between assert and verify commands?
Assert: Assert command checks whether the given condition is true or false. Lets say we
assert whether the given element is present on the web page or not. If the condition is true
then the program control will execute the next test step but if the condition is false, the
execution would stop and no further test would be executed.
Verify: Verify command also checks whether the given condition is true or false.
Irrespective of the condition being true or false, the program execution doesnt halts i.e. any
failure during verification would not stop the execution and all the test steps would be
executed.
Q #12) What is an Xpath?
Xpath is used to locate a web element based on its XML path. XML stands for Extensible
Markup Language and is used to store, organize and transport arbitrary data. It stores data
in a key-value pair which is very much similar to HTML tags. Both being markup languages
and since they fall under the same umbrella, Xpath can be used to locate HTML elements.
The fundamental behind locating elements using Xpath is the traversing between various
elements across the entire page and thus enabling a user to find an element with the
reference of another element.
Q #13) What is the difference between / and // in Xpath?
Single Slash / Single slash is used to create Xpath with absolute path i.e. the xpath
would be created to start selection from the document node/start node.
Double Slash // Double slash is used to create Xpath with relative path i.e. the xpath
would be created to start selection from anywhere within the document.
Q #14) What is Same origin policy and how it can be handled?
The problem of same origin policy disallows to access the DOM of a document from an origin
that is different from the origin we are trying to access the document.

Origin is a sequential combination of scheme, host and port of the URL. For example, for a
URL http:// http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/resources/, the origin is a combination of
http, softwaretestinghelp.com, 80 correspondingly.
Thus the Selenium Core (JavaScript Program) cannot access the elements from an origin
that is different from where it was launched. For Example, if I have launched the JavaScript
Program from http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com, then I would be able to access the
pages within the same domain such as http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/resources or
http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/istqb-free-updates/. The other domains like
google.com, seleniumhq.org would no more be accessible.
So, In order to handle same origin policy, Selenium Remote Control was introduced.
Q #15) When should I use Selenium Grid?
Selenium Grid can be used to execute same or different test scripts on multiple platforms
and browsers concurrently so as to achieve distributed test execution, testing under
different environments and saving execution time remarkably.
Q #16) What do we mean by Selenium 1 and Selenium 2?
Selenium RC and WebDriver, in a combination are popularly known as Selenium 2. Selenium
RC alone is also referred as Selenium 1.
Q #17) Which is the latest Selenium tool?
WebDriver
Q #18) How do I launch the browser using WebDriver?
The following syntax can be used to launch Browser:
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
Q #19) What are the different types of Drivers available in WebDriver?
The different drivers available in WebDriver are:

FirefoxDriver
InternetExplorerDriver
ChromeDriver
SafariDriver
OperaDriver
AndroidDriver
IPhoneDriver
HtmlUnitDriver

Q #20) What are the different types of waits available in WebDriver?

There are two types of waits available in WebDriver:
1. Implicit Wait
2. Explicit Wait

Implicit Wait: Implicit waits are used to provide a default waiting time (say 30 seconds)
between each consecutive test step/command across the entire test script. Thus,
subsequent test step would only execute when the 30 seconds have elapsed after executing
the previous test step/command.
Explicit Wait: Explicit waits are used to halt the execution till the time a particular
condition is met or the maximum time has elapsed. Unlike Implicit waits, explicit waits are
applied for a particular instance only.
Q #21) How to type in a textbox using Selenium?
User can use sendKeys(String to be entered) to enter the string in the textbox.
Syntax:
WebElement username = drv.findElement(By.id(Email));
// entering username
username.sendKeys(sth);
Q #22) How can you find if an element in displayed on the screen?
WebDriver facilitates the user with the following methods to check the visibility of the web
elements. These web elements can be buttons, drop boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons,
labels etc.
1. isDisplayed()
2. isSelected()
3. isEnabled()
Syntax:
isDisplayed():
boolean buttonPresence = driver.findElement(By.id(gbqfba)).isDisplayed();
isSelected():
boolean buttonSelected = driver.findElement(By.id(gbqfba)).isDisplayed();
isEnabled():
boolean searchIconEnabled = driver.findElement(By.id(gbqfb)).isEnabled();
Q #23) How can we get a text of a web element?
Get command is used to retrieve the inner text of the specified web element. The command
doesnt require any parameter but returns a string value. It is also one of the extensively
used commands for verification of messages, labels, errors etc displayed on the web pages.
Syntax:
String Text = driver.findElement(By.id(Text)).getText();
Q #24) How to select value in a dropdown?
Value in the drop down can be selected using WebDrivers Select class.
Syntax:

selectByValue:
Select selectByValue = newSelect(driver.findElement(By.id(SelectID_One)));
selectByValue.selectByValue(greenvalue);
selectByVisibleText:
Select selectByVisibleText = new Select (driver.findElement(By.id(SelectID_Two)));
selectByVisibleText.selectByVisibleText(Lime);
selectByIndex:
Select selectByIndex = newSelect(driver.findElement(By.id(SelectID_Three)));
selectByIndex.selectByIndex(2);
Q #25) What are the different types of navigation commands?
Following are the navigation commands:
navigate().back() The above command requires no parameters and takes back the user
to the previous webpage in the web browsers history.
Sample code:
driver.navigate().back();
navigate().forward() This command lets the user to navigate to the next web page with
reference to the browsers history.
Sample code:
driver.navigate().forward();
navigate().refresh() This command lets the user to refresh the current web page there
by reloading all the web elements.
Sample code:
driver.navigate().refresh();
navigate().to() This command lets the user to launch a new web browser window and
navigate to the specified URL.
Sample code:
driver.navigate().to(https://google.com);
Q #26) How to click on a hyper link using linkText?
driver.findElement(By.linkText(Google)).click();
The command finds the element using link text and then click on that element and thus the
user would be re-directed to the corresponding page.
The above mentioned link can also be accessed by using the following command.
driver.findElement(By.partialLinkText(Goo)).click();
The above command find the element based on the substring of the link provided in the
parenthesis and thus partialLinkText() finds the web element with the specified substring
and then clicks on it.
Q #27) How to handle frame in WebDriver?
An inline frame acronym as iframe is used to insert another document with in the current
HTML document or simply a web page into a web page by enabling nesting.

Select iframe by id
driver.switchTo().frame(ID of the frame);
Locating iframe using tagName
driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElements(By.tagName(iframe).get(0));
Locating iframe using index
frame(index)
driver.switchTo().frame(0);

Ques 1) Can we enter text without using sendKeys() ?

Ans Yes we can enter text without using sendKeys() method. We have to use combination of
javascript and wrapper classes with WebDriver extension class, check the below code-

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call the above method in the test script and pass the text field attribute and pass the text you want to
enter.
Ques 2) There is a scenario whenever Assert.assertEquals() function fails automatically it
has to take screenshot. How can you achieve this ?
Ans- By using EventFiringWebDriver.

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Ques 3) How do you handle https website in selenium ?

Ans- By changing the setting of FirefoxProfile.

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public static void main(String[] args){
FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setAcceptUntrustedCertificates(false);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);
driver.get("url");
}
}

Ques 4) How to login into any site if its showing any authetication popup for user name and
pass ?
Ans pass the username and password with url.

1 Syntax- http://username:password@url
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Ques 5) What is the name of Headless browser.

Ans- HtmlUnitDriver.

Ques 6) Open a browser in memory means whenever it will try to open a browser the browser
page must not come and can perform the operation internally.
Ans- use HtmlUnitDriver.
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public static void main(String[] args) {
HtmlUnitDriver driver = new HtmlUnitDriver(true);
driver.setJavascriptEnabled(false);
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in/");
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Ques 7) What are the benefits of using TestNG ?

Ansa) TestNG allows us to execute of test cases based on group.
b) In TestNG Annotations are easy to understand.
c) Parallel execution of Selenium test cases is possible in TestNG.
d) Three kinds of report generated
e) Order of execution can be changed
f) Failed test cases can be executed
g) Without having main function we can execute the test method.

h) An xml file can be generated to execute the entire test suite. In that xml file we can rearrange our
execution order and we can also skip the execution of particular test case.
Ques 8) How do you take screen shot without using EventFiringWebDriver ?
Ans-

File srcFile = ((TakeScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE); //now we can do anything

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Ques 9) How do you send ENTER/TAB keys in WebDriver ?

Ans- use click() or submit() [submit() can be used only when type=submit]) method for ENTER. Or
use Actions class to press keys.
For Enter-

1 act.sendKeys(Keys.RETURN);

For Tab-

1 act.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);

where act is Actions class type. ( Actions act = new Actions(driver); )

Ques 10) What is Datadriven framework & Keyword Driven ?
Ans- Datadriven framework- In this Framework , while Test case logic resides in Test Scripts, the
Test Data is separated and kept outside the Test Scripts.Test Data is read from the external files
(Excel File) and are loaded into the variables inside the Test Script. Variables are used both for Input
values and for Verification values.

Keyword Driven framework- The Keyword-Driven or Table-Driven framework requires the

development of data tables and keywords, independent of the test automation tool used to execute
them . Tests can be designed with or without the Application. In a keyword-driven test, the
functionality of the application-under-test is documented in a table as well as in step-by-step
instructions for each test.
Ques 11) While explaining the framework, what are points which should be covered ?
Ansa) What is the frame work.
b) Which frame work you are using.
c) Why This Frame work.
d) Architecture.
e) Explanation of every component of frame work.
f) Process followed in frame work.
g) How & when u execute the frame work.
h) Code (u must write code and explain).
i) Result and reporting .
j) You should be able to explain it for 20 Minutes.
Ques 12) How to switch back from a frame ?
Ans- use method defaultContent().

1 Syntax driver.switchTo().defaultContent();

Ques 13) How to type text in a new line inside a text area ?
Ans- Use \n for new line.

1 ex- webelement.sendKeys(Sanjay_Line1.\n Sanjay_Line2.);

it will type in text box asSanjay_Line1.

Sanjay_Line2.
Ques 14) What is the use of AutoIt tool ?
Ans- Some times while doing testing with selenium, we get stuck by some interruptions like a window
based pop up. But selenium fails to handle this as it has support for only web based application. To
overcome this problem we need to use AutoIT along with selenium script. AutoIT is a third party tool
to handle window based applications. The scripting language used is in VBScript.
Ques 15) How to perform double click using WebDriver ?
Ans- use doubleClick() method.

1 Syntax- Actions act = new Actions(driver);

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Ques 16) How to press Shift+Tab ?

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Ques 17) What is the use of contextClick() ?

Ans- It is used to right click.
Ques 18) What is the difference b/w getWindowHandles() and getWindowHandle() ?
Ans- getWindowHandles()- is used to get the address of all the open browser and its return type is
Iterator<String>.
getWindowHandle()- is used to get the address of the current browser where the conrol is and return
type is String.
Ques 19) How do you accommodate project specific methods in your framework ?

Ans- 1st go through all the manual test cases and identify the steps which are repeating. Note down
such steps and make them as methods and write into ProjectSpecificLibrary.
Ques 20) What are different components of your framework ?
Ans- Library- Assertion, ConfigLibrary, GenericLibrary, ProjectSpecificLibrary, Modules.
Drivers folder, Jars folder, excel file.
Ques 21) What are the browsers supported by Selenium IDE ?
Ans- Mozilla FireFox only. Its an Firefox add on.
Ques 22) What are the limitations of Selenium IDE ?
Ansa) It does not supports looping or conditional statements. Tester has to use native languages to write
logic in the test case.
b) It does not supports test reporting, you have to use selenium RC with some external reporting
plugin like TestNG or JUint to get test execution report.
c) Error handling is also not supported depending on the native language for this.
d) Only support in Mozilla FireFox only. Its an Firefox add on.
Ques 23) How to check all checkboxes in a page ?
Ans-

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Ques 24) Count the number of links in a page.

Ans- use the locator By.tagName and find the elements for the tag //a then use loop to count the
number of elements found.

1 Syntax- int count = 0;

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Ques 25) How do you identify the Xpath of element on your browser ?
And- to find the xpath , we use Firebug addons on firefox browser and to identify the xpath written we
use Firepath addons.

Syntax- //htmltag[@attname='attvalue'] or //html[text()='textvalue'] or

//htmltag[contains(text(),'textvalue')] or //htmltag[contains(@attname,'attvalue')]

Ques 26) What is Selenium Webdriver ?

Ans- WebDriver is the name of the key interface against which tests should be written in Java. All the
methods of WebDriver have been implementated by RemoteWebDriver.
Ques 27) What is Selenium IDE ?
Ans- Selenium IDE is a complete integrated development environment (IDE) for Selenium tests. It is
implemented as a Firefox Add-On, and allows recording, editing, and debugging tests. It was
previously known as Selenium Recorder.
Scripts may be automatically recorded and edited manually providing autocompletion support and
the ability to move commands around quickly.
Scripts are recorded in Selenese, a special test scripting language for Selenium. Selenese provides
commands for performing actions in a browser (click a link, select an option), and for retrieving data
from the resulting pages.
Ques 28) What are the flavors of selenium ?
Ans- selenium IDE, selenium RC, Selenium WebDriver and Selenium Grid.
Ques 29) What is selenium ?
Ans- Its an open source Web Automation Tool. It supports all types of web browsers. Despite being
open source its actively developed and supported.

Ques 30) Advantages of selenium over other tools ?

Ansa) Its free of cost,
b) it supports many languages like Java, C#, Ruby, Python etc.,
c) it allows simple and powerful DOM-level testing etc.
Ques 31) What is main difference between RC and webdriver ?
Ans- Selenium RC injects javascript function into browsers when the web page is loaded.
Selenium WebDriver drives the browser using browsers built-in support.
Ques 32) Why you choose webdriver over RC ?
Ansa) Native automation faster and a little less prone to error and browser configuration,
b) Does not Requires Selenium-RC Server to be running
c) Access to headless HTMLUnitDriver can allow really fast tests
d) Great API etc.
Ques 33) Which one is better xpath or CSS ?
Ans- xpath.
Ques 34) How will you handle dynamic elements ?
Ans- By writing relative xpath.
Ques 35) what are the different assertions or check points used in your script ?
Ans- The common types of validations are:
a) Is the page title as expected,
b) Validations against an element on the page,
c) Does text exist on the page,
d) Does a javascript call return an expected value.

1 method used for validation Assert.assertEquals();

Ques 36) What is actions class in WebDriver ?

Ans- Actions class is used to control the actions of mouse.

Ques 37) What is the difference between @BeforeMethod and @BeforeClass ?
Ans- @BeforeMethod- this will execute before every @Test method.
@BeforeClass- this will execute before every class.
Ques 38) What are the different attributes for @Test annotation ?
Ans- alwaysRun, dataProvider, dependsOnMethods, enabled, expectedExceptions, timeOut etc.

1 ex- @Test(expectedExceptions = ArithmeticException.class)

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Ques 39) Can we run group of test cases using TestNG ?

Ans- yes.
Ques 40) What is object repository ?
Ans- An object repository is a very essential entity in any UI automation tool. A repository allows a
tester to store all the objects that will be used in the scripts in one or more centralized locations
rather than letting them be scattered all over the test scripts. The concept of an object repository is
not tied to WET alone. It can be used for any UI test automation. In fact, the original reason why the
concept of object repositories were introduced was for a framework required by QTP.
Ques 41) What are oops concepts ?
Ansa) Encapsulation,
b) Abstraction,
c) Polymorphism,
d) Inheritance.
Ques 42) What is inheritance ?
Ans- Inherit the feature of any class by making some relations between the class/interface is known
as inheritance.
Ques 43) What is difference between overload and override ?
Ans- The methods by passing different arguments list/type is known as overloading of methods while
having the same method signature with different method body is known as method overriding.

Ques 44) Does java supports multiple inheritance ?

Ans- Interface supports multiple inheritance but class does not support.
Ques 45) Write a java program for swapping of two numbers ?
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Ques 46) Write a java program for factorial of a given number.

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Ques 47) What are the different access specifiers in Java?

Ans- private, default, protected and public.
Ques 48) Why do we go for automation testing ?
Ans- Reasonsa) Manual testing of all work flows, all fields, all negative scenarios is time and cost consuming.
b) It is difficult to test for multi lingual sites manually.
c) Automation does not require human intervention. We can run automated test
unattended(Overnight).

d) Automation increases speed of test execution.

e) Automation helps increase test coverage.
f) Manual testing can become boring and hence error prone.
Ques 49) What is testing strategy ?
Ans- A Test Strategy document is a high level document and normally developed by project
manager. This document defines Software Testing Approach to achieve testing objectives. The Test
Strategy is normally derived from the Business Requirement Specification document.
Ques 50) ) write a code to make use of assert if my username is incorrect.
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Question 1: How do you start Selenium RC from command line?

Answer:

Selenium command line example

Java

1 // Simple way to start Selenium RC is

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5 // Run a suite of Selenese scripts in a browser

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Question 2: On my machine port 4444 is not free. How do Use another port?
Answer:

Selenium run on specific port

Java

1 // You can specify port while running the selenium server as

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Question 3: What is selenium server vs selenium hub?

Answer:
Selenium server is a standalone application for using a single server as a test node.
Selenium hub acts as a proxy in front of one or more Selenium node instances. A hub +
node(s) is called a Selenium grid. Running Selenium server is similar to creating a
Selenium grid from a hub and a single node on the same host.
Question 4: How do you connect to Data base from selenium?
Answer:
Connecting to database is language dependent. In the below example, we
assume that Java is being used.
A Connection object represents a connection with a database. When we connect to a
database by using connection method, we create a Connection Object, which represents
the connection to the database. An application may have one or more than one
connections with a single database or many connections with different databases.
We can use the Connection object for the following things:
1). It creates the Statement, PreparedStatement and CallableStatement objects for
executing the SQL statements.
2). It helps us to Commit or roll back a jdbc transactionn.

3). If you want to know about the database or data source to which you are connected
then the Connection object gathers information about the database or data source by
the use of DatabaseMetaData.
4). It helps us to close the data source. The Connection.isClosed() method returns true
only if the Connection.close() has been called. This method is used to close all the
connection.
Firstly we need to establish the connection with the database. This is done by using the
method DriverManager.getConnection(). This method takes a string containing a URL.
The DriverManager class, attempts to locate a driver that can connect to the database
represented by the string URL. Whenever the getConnection() method is called the
DriverManager class checks the list of all registered Driver classes that can connect to
the database specified in the URL.
Syntax:

Selenium database connection example

Java

1 String url = "jdbc: odbc: makeConnection";

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Question 5: What locators are available in Selenium RC?

Answer:
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ID
Name

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CSS (Cascade style sheet)

XPATH (Relative xpath and Absolute xpath)

5.
Dom
Question 6: How do you verify an object present in multiple pages?
Answer:
Check on each page assertTrue(selenium.isElementPresent(locator));
Question 7: What is the difference between single and double slash in xpath?
Answer:
If xpath starts selection from the document node, itll allow you to create absolute path
expressions.

e.g. /html/body/p matches all the paragraph elements

If xpath starts selection matching anywhere in the document, then itll allow you to
create relative path expressions.
e.g. //p matches all the paragraph elements
Question 8: Did you write any User Extensions?
Answer:
User extensions are stored in a separate file that we will tell Selenium IDE or Selenium
RC to use. Inside there the new function will be written in JavaScript.
Because Seleniums core is developed in JavaScript, creating an extension follows the
standard rules for prototypal languages. To create an extension, we create a function in
the following design pattern.

Selenium user extension sample

Java

1 // sample
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The do in front of the function name tells Selenium that this function can be called as
a command for a step instead of an internal or private function.
Question 9: How do you verify the presence of an element after the successful
page loading?
Answer:
It can be achieved with the following line of code.
Just mention some time value to check the element (in seconds) like:

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Question 10: How do you describe Selenium Grid?

Answer:
Selenium Grid is a tool that dramatically speeds up functional testing of web-apps by
leveraging your existing computing infrastructure. It allows you to easily run multiple
tests in parallel, on multiple machines, in an heterogeneous environment.
Based on the excellent Selenium web testing tool, Selenium Grid allows you to run
multiple instances of Selenium Remote Control in parallel. Even better, it makes all
these Selenium Remote Controls appear as a single one, so your tests do not have to
worry about the actual infrastructure. Selenium Grid cuts down on the time required to

run a Selenium test suite to a fraction of the time that a single instance of Selenium
instance would take to run.
Question 11: How to start the selenium server from your language class?
Answer:

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Question 12: What are the verification points available in Selenium?

Answer:
There are largely three types of verification points available with Selenium

Check for page title

Check for certain text

Check for certain element (text box, drop down, table etc.)

Question 13: What is XPath? When would I have to use XPath in Selenium?
Answer:
XPath is a way to navigate in xml document and this can be used to identify elements in
a web page. You may have to use XPath when there is no name/id associated with
element on page or only partial part of name/ide is constant.
Direct child is denoted with /
Relative child is denoted with //
Id, class, names can also be used with XPath

//input[@name=q]
//input[@id=lst-ib]

//input[@class= lst]

If only part of id/name/class is constant than contains can be used as

//input[contains(@id,lst-ib)]

Question 14: What is CSS location strategy in Selenium?

Answer:
CSS location strategy can be used with Selenium to locate elements, it works using
cascade style sheet location methods in which
Direct child is denoted with (a space)
Relative child is denoted with >
Id, class, names can also be used with XPath

css=input[name=q]

css=input[id=lst-ib] or input#lst-ib
css=input[class= lst] or input.lst

If only part of id/name/class is constant than contains can be used as

css=input[id*= lst-ib )]

Element location strategy using inner text

css = a:contains(log out)

Question 15: There is id, name, XPath, CSS locator, which one should I use?
Answer:
If there are unique names or identifier available then they should be used instead of
XPath and CSS locators. If not then css locators should be given preference as their
evaluation is faster than XPath in most modern browsers.
Question 16: What is the mechanism to handle multiple popups in selenium?
Answer:
Multiple popups can be handled by using the command getWindowHandles().
Then store all the window names into Set<String> variable and transform it into an
array.

Next by using the array index, you can navigate to specific window by using
driver.switchTo().window(ArrayIndex);
Question 17: How do you handle Ajax controls using selenium?
Answer:
Lets consider an example. Say the google test box which is an ajax control and when
we enter some text into it, then it displays the auto suggested values.
To work with such controls, you need to capture all the suggested values in a string after
entering the value in textbox. Then just split the string and take the values.
Go to Selenium interview questions and answers.

WEBDRIVER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Question 18: What are the advantages of Selenium Web driver over Selenium
RC?
Answer:
Selenium RCs architecture is quite complicated while WebDrivers architecture is
simpler than Selenium RCs.
Though Selenium RC is slower since it uses an additional JavaScript program called
Selenium Core. On the contrary, WebDriver is faster than Selenium RC since it speaks
directly to the browser and uses browsers own engine to control it.
Selenium Core, just like other JavaScript codes, can access disabled elements. Web
Driver interacts with page elements in a more realistic way.
Selenium RCs API set is already evolved but contains redundancies and often confusing
commands. WebDriver APIs are simpler and do not contain any redundant or confusing
commands.
Selenium RC cannot support the headless HtmlUnit browser. It needs a real, visible
browser to operate on. Web Driver can support the headless HtmlUnit browser.
Selenium RC has built-in test result generator and it automatically generates an HTML
file of test results. Web Driver has no built-in command that automatically generates a
Test Results File.
Question 19: State any difference between GET and NAVIGATE?
Answer:

Get method will get a page to load or get page source or get text thats all. Whereas
navigate will guide through the history like refresh, back, forward. For example if we
want to move forward and do some functionality and back to the home page. This can
be achieved through navigate() method only. driver.get() will wait till the whole page
gets loaded and driver.navigate() will just redirect to that page and will not wait.
Question 20: How is the implicit Wait different from Explicit wait?
Implicit Wait sets internally a timeout that will be used for all consecutive Web Element
searches. It will try lookup the element again and again for the specified amount of time
before throwing a NoSuchElementException if the element could not have been found. It
does only this and cant be forced into anything else it waits for elements to show up.
Explicit Wait or just Wait is a one-timer used by you for a particular search. It is more
extendible in the means that you can set it up to wait for any condition you might like.
Usually, you can use some of the prebuilt Expected Conditions to wait for elements to
become clickable, visible, invisible, etc., or just write your own condition that suits your
needs.
Question 21: How to Handle Alerts/Popups in Selenium WebDriver?
Answer:
There are two types of alerts which are commonly referred

Windows based alert pop ups

Web based alert pop ups

Web based alert pop ups.

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WebDriver offers the users with a very efficient way to handle these pop ups
using Alert interface.
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void dismiss() The dismiss() method clicks on the Cancel button as soon as
the pop up window appears.
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void accept() The accept() method clicks on the Ok button as soon as the pop
up window appears.
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String getText() The getText() method returns the text displayed on the alert
box.
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void sendKeys(String stringToSend) The sendKeys() method enters the specified
string pattern into the alert box.
Windows based alert pop ups.
Handling window based pop-ups have always been a little tricky as we know Selenium is
an automation testing tool which supports only web application testing, that means, it
doesnt support windows based applications and window alert is one of them.

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Robot class is a java based utility which emulates the keyboard and mouse
actions and can be effectively used to handling window based pop up with the help

of keyboard events.
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The keyPress and keyRelease methods simulate the user pressing and releasing a
certain key on the keyboard respectively.
Question 22: How to take a screenshot with Selenium WebDriver?
Answer:

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Question 23: How to address SSL Certificate issue in Firefox with WebDriver
(or) how do you manage the secured connection error in HTTPS?
Answer:

SSL Certificate issue in Firefox with WebDriver

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Question 24: How to handle SSL certification issue in IE?

Answer:

Handle SSL certification issue in IE

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Question 25: What are the available locators in Selenium WebDriver?

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Question 26: How to handle AJAX controls in WebDriver?

Answer:
AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It does not rely on the extra
overhead of opening and closing tags that is needed to create valid XML. Most of the
time WebDriver automatically handle the Ajax controls and calls/ Incase if it is not able
to handle, you can follow the below way to handle.

Waiting for Ajax Control

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Question 27: How to Mouse over a submenu item of header menu?

Answer:

With the actions object you should first move the menu title, and then move to the
popup menu item and click it. Dont forget to call actions.perform() at the end. Heres
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actions.moveToElement(subLink);
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Go to Selenium interview questions and answers.

GENERAL FRAMEWORK INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS.
Question 28: Can you broadly classify TDD, BDD and DDD
frameworks and Whats the Difference?
Answer:
You would have heard of all these acronyms buzzing all around. Here Ill briefly explain
them and tell how exactly they will help in the system test life cycle.
TDD Test Driven Development.
Its also called test-driven design, is a method of software development in which unit
testing is repeatedly done on source code. Write your tests watch it fails and then
refactor it. The concept is we write these tests to check if the code we wrote works fine.
After each test, refactoring is done and then the same or a similar test is performed
again. The process is iterated as many times as necessary until each unit is functionally

working as expected. TDD was introduced first by XP. I believe I have explained enough
in simple terms.
BDD Behavior Driven Development.
Behavior-driven development combines the general techniques and principles of TDD
with ideas from domain-driven design. Its purpose is to help the folks devising the
system (i.e. the developer) identify appropriate tests to writethat is, tests that reflect
the behavior desired by the stakeholders.
DDD-Domain Driven Development.
DDD is about mapping business domain concepts into software artifacts. A DDD
framework offers following benefits:

Helps the team to create a common model, between the business and IT

stakeholders
The model is modular, extensible and easy to maintain as the design reflects the

business model.
It improves the re-usability and testability of the business domain objects.

Question 29: What is Data driven framework & Keyword Driven?

Answer:
Data driven framework.
In this framework test case logic resides in test Scripts. Test Data is separated and kept
outside the Test Scripts. Test Data is read from the external files (Excel File) and are
loaded into the variables inside the Test Script. Variables are used both for Input values
and for Verification values.
Keyword Driven.
The keyword/table driven framework requires the development of data tables and
keywords. They are independent of the test automation tool used to execute them. Tests
can be designed with or without the Application. In a keyword-driven test, the
functionality of the Application-under-test is documented in a table as well as in step-bystep instructions for each test.
Question 30: Explain the advantages of TestNG over Junit?
Answer:
Advantages of TestNG over Junit.

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2.

In Junit we have to declare @BeforeClass and @AfterClass. It is a constraint Junit

where as in TestNG there is no constraint like this.
Additional Levels of setUp/tearDown level are available in TestNG.
1.
@ Before/AfterSuite
2.
3.

3.
4.

@Before/AfterTest and
@Before/AfterGroup

There is no need to extend any class in TestNG.

There is no method name constraint in TestNG as in Junit.

5.

In TestNG we can tell the test that one method is dependent on another method
whereas in Junit this is not possible.

6.

Grouping of test cases is available in TestNG whereas the same is not available in
Junit. Execution can be done based on Groups. For example, if you have defined
many cases and segregated them by defining 2 groups as Sanity and Regression.
And if you only want to execute the Sanity cases then just tell TestNG to execute
the Sanity. TestNG will automatically execute the cases belonging to the Sanity
group.

7.
Also TestNG supports parallel test case execution.
Question 31: What are the different Parameters for @Test annotation?
Answer:
Parameters are keywords that modify the annotations function.
Question 32: Can we run group of test cases using TestNG?
Answer:
Test cases in group using TestNG will be executed with the below options.
If you want to execute the test cases based on one of the group like regression test or
smoke test@Test(groups = {regressiontest, smoketest})
Question 33: Which web driver implementation is the fastest?
Answer:
HTMLUnitDriver. Simple reason is HTMLUnitDriver does not execute tests on browser but
use plain http request-response. It is far quicker than launching a browser and executing
tests.
Question 34: Is it possible to use Selenium RC API with Selenium 2.0?
Answer:
You can emulate Selenium 1.0 API with Selenium 2.0. But not all of the Selenium 1.0
methods are supported. To achieve this you need to get Selenium instance from

WebDriver and use Selenium methods. Method executions might also be slower while
simulating Selenium 1.0 with in Selenium 2.0.
Question 35: How do I use Selenium Grid while using Java, .Net or Ruby?
Answer:

With java you can take advantage of parallel testing capabilities of TestNG to

drive your Selenium grid tests.

With .Net you can use Gallio to execute your tests in parallel.
With Ruby you can use DeepTest to distribute your tests.