TechSwitch to Manual QA and earn your dream salary fast! With soaring demand and remote work opportunity - this is the best first step into tech
Software Quality Assurance is a set of activities for ensuring quality in software engineering processes. SQA practices are implemented in most types of software development, regardless of the underlying software development model being used.
No coding
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Many QA
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Low stress
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STEP-BY-STEP
GAMEPLAN
Meet your career advisor and choose a financing option. Start your journey toward a successful career in QA
Meet with your instructors 5 days a week. You’ll be matched with a 1:1 mentor and have homework and practice over 6 weeks
Gain real work experience you can feature in your resume and talk about in your job interviews. Our intership is integrated into the program
Finish the training program with the technical skills needed to start your career in QA
We’ll enhance your resume and LinkedIn, apply for jobs on your behalf and prepare you for interview questions
Our graduates acheive an average starting salary of $70-100K per year within months of finishing the program
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Our track record means that we now guarantee that you will find a job within the Manual QA field within 1 year of starting this training. If not, you'll receive 100% of your payments back!
Careerists made it work*
Thank you so much for your training! You guys are awesome and down-to-earth. I came with no IT background, but now I feel oriented and ready to talk about tech and to get a job at a tech company.
I am very happy that I made the decision to learn QA with Careerist. The instructors were extremely supportive and really helped me to find a job in tech. I feel I am set to grow in my career as a tester. Although there were long hours of tests every day, it was a really fun challenge. It took over 4 months, but I finally landed a job!! Careerist has been with me every step of the way. Thanks, Careerist team!
Careerist provided fantastic service. I’m currently working full time and am further progressing in my tech career. Highly recommend the training and the company. The customer service and team always worked very closely with me. Thank you!
This is a wonderful training for learning not only theoretical information but also important practical skills. This training provides a broad understanding of testing, but you get to do an internship too. They also teach you how to sell yourself, job hunt, and get a job! I’m really impressed! I can’t believe I finally got a job in tech.
I joined Careerist QA training with my wife, and it was great! We both come from non-IT backgrounds and the way the training was taught in a practical way made things easier for us to understand. I feel getting hands-on experience from day one really immersed us. I'd recommend Manual QA training to everyone who wants to get into the tech industry. Within 5 months, we both landed jobs! Anyone who wants to learn QA should join Careerist!
My experience with Careerist has been great. They have helped me through the entire process starting from taking the training to landing a job as a QA Engineer. I think for me the best part was how honest and open they were about their program, which I was able to get from their free webinar. You can ask any questions you may have and they will clean up your doubts.
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1:1 mentorship
Resume & LinkedIn review
Improve your resume and LinkedIn profile. Present your skills and experience so you land the job you want
Proven job search guidance
Use our proven job hunting tactics and navigate the employment market effectively with your mentor
Unlimited mentorship and support
Your mentor will guide you until you find a job. Practice mock job interviews and be ready for any question that may come up!
Self-service video practice
Get pre-recorded job interview questions, record your responses, and get feedback from your mentor
Meet your
instructors
Learn from industry insiders with decades of big-tech experience who are ready to help you get hired.
Careerist Co-Founder and QA professional with experience at Apple, Intel, and others
QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience in mobile & VR applications at Facebook and Intel
QA professional and team leadership expert with 6+ years of experience at Apple and Google
Software Developer and QA Analyst with 8+ years of experience at companies like Google
QA Manager with 8+ years of experience working for startups from around the world
QA Automation Engineer with 12+ years of experience at a variety of tech companies worldwide
QA Engineer/Manager with 14+ years of experience at Intel, McAfee, CambridgeSoft, and more
QA Lead with 12 years of experience working on projects for Google and Bank of America
Senior Software Developer with 8+ years of experience in QA and software testing
QA Engineer with extensive experience working for both smaller startups and global tech giants
QA lead professional with 14 years of experience working at Cognizant, Xerox, Deltek
Over 7 years, Sofiia has worked her way up to Automation Team Lead at a major tech company
After helping his peers find careers at big tech companies like Google and Facebook, Max decided to widen his impact and cofounded Careerist. He is an established QA professional with over seven years of experience. Max previously worked at companies such as Apple and Intel. He takes pride in sharing his expertise and providing Careerists with the skills they need to land their dream jobs.
Known for his passion and innovation, Patrick is a QA engineer with over six years of industry experience. He has worked on mobile and VR applications for many Silicon Valley companies, including Facebook and Intel. Patrick likes to uncover creative solutions in his work and believes that the best projects place a client’s needs first. Patrick enjoys combining his background with his love for art and creates CGI and 3D renderings in his spare time. Patrick is a compassionate instructor who feels most successful when he can assist his students in realizing their goals.
Marc is an accomplished QA professional with over six years of experience in team leadership. His ability to bring coworkers together has led to the creation of several top-rated apps in the App Store and the Google Play Store. Marc enjoys helping mentor young professionals and teaching them how to apply their unique skills in creative ways to set themselves apart and achieve success.
Iurii is a successful software developer and quality assurance analyst with over eight years of experience. He has a master’s degree in visual communications and has worked at many major companies across Silicon Valley, including Google. As an instructor, Iurii is very knowledgeable, having developed instructional materials for a variety of tech-related subjects. Iurii helps Careerists master QA best practices and prepare for an industry that is always changing.
Expert team lead Alex is a QA manager with over eight years of experience in the industry. He has worked for a variety of tech startups from all over the world. Alex is skilled in testing and works hard to prioritize effectiveness. He is also trained in agile and scrum methodologies. Alex is excited for the opportunity to inspire future tech professionals to become top-rated QA engineers.
Vitaly is a QA Automation Engineer with over seven years of experience. He earned his master's degree in Computer Engineering and has been in the tech industry for the last 12 years. He has worked for various Silicon Valley companies and has a profound expertise in building test automation frameworks for back end and front end services. Education is his passion, and he enjoys helping people get into the technology field.
Ignacio began his career in 2007, working on various projects from manual and automated quality assurance. Eventually, he transitioned into QA management, where he has been responsible for leading several high-performing teams at companies including Intel, Globant, Eventbrite, McAfee, and CambridgeSoft. With over 14 years of experience, Ignacio is an accomplished tech professional, ready to share his expert knowledge with aspiring Careerists.
Hezron, a QA Lead with 12 years of experience, has worked at various top Fortune 500 companies in the US. He enjoys being in QA because he gets the opportunity to test and break systems before the actual users can use the applications. Hezron teaches Manual QA trainings for Careerist and is passionate about sharing his extensive QA knowledge and experience with the next generation of QA professionals.
A Sr. Software Developer in Testing, Lana has been working in QA for over eight years. Her work has been very colorful, and she has a great deal of experience in building and leading front end and back end automation at many large organizations. Throughout her years in QA, Svetlana has taught and mentored many QA professionals who now work at top Silicon Valley companies.
Olga received a master’s degree in management and started her tech career at one of the tech giants in her home country of Russia. In the US, Olga leads QA efforts in the social media domain. She has also built QA structures and processes from the ground up for standalone applications launched to different markets. In addition, she worked on AR/VR and hardware testing while at the startup Magic Leap. For Olga, it’s pure joy to support Careerist students on their way to becoming Quality Assurance experts.
Maria is a QA Lead with 14 years of experience working with various multinational companies based in the US and Europe. While in the US, she also completed a master's degree in business. Maria started her career as a Manual QA intern and then worked her way up to senior and lead roles. She is passionate about providing quality software to clients as well as sharing her QA knowledge and experiences with aspiring QA professionals.
Sofiia started her QA career as a Manual QA in a small startup, and worked her way up to Automation Team Lead in global organization over the past seven years. With her modern approaches and passion for quality, she's helped multiple teams build QA processes from ground up and implement an automated testing strategy for the frontend and backend. She loves to share her knowledge and expertise in order to help you achieve success in your QA career.
7 weeks of
learning
General career and job market overview.
Quality assurance (QA) and manual testing basics.
Discover and start using industry-specific tools for manual testing. Learn the fundamentals of manual QA testing: types of testing and bugs, Chrome DevTools (Inspector), software development life cycle, bug life cycle, Jira bug-tracking system, user interface testing, client-server architecture, and BrowserStack.
Study waterfall, agile, and scrum approaches. Start learning to report bugs in Jira. Learn about test cases. Write test cases based on a product requirements document (PRD). Practice using TestRail. Students will test web applications, write test cases, and do bug reports.
Look at QA for mobile, in particular iOS and Android. Gain experience with Xcode and Android Studio for manual testing. Learn about app install and uninstall procedures, log files, exceptions/crashes/errors, and screenshots and video recordings for bug reporting. Students will test mobile applications, write test cases, and report bugs in Jira.
Utilize Unix and ADB commands. Study Charles Proxy, continuous integration, Jenkins, databases, and SQL. Write simple SQL queries.
Bonus: Introduction to API testing, REST API, learn about the different ways of transporting data, JSON, HTTP Verbs, how to process request and write responses, using headers, and status codes.
Explore the job market in your area. Prepare your resume and personal story. Create a solid LinkedIn profile. Efficiently and effectively search and apply for positions online by using job websites and LinkedIn. Learn practical job market skills and hacks. Practice interview questions and answers. Review of previous lessons and practice testing.
