I had a really interesting conversation this week with Ryan while going through LoopQA technical evaluations and reviewing one candidate’s Playwright project submission. And honestly, one part of the conversation stuck with me more than anything else. One candidate openly…
Phone’s ringing from folks over @ Credit Karma after the Intuit layoffs. Hearing a decent number of senior QA engineers were impacted. If you’re hiring and looking for strong quality engineering talent, I’d take a look at the CK roster.…
Several years ago, Andrew was working in tech support. No computer science degree. No formal engineering background. No traditional “developer” path. Today, he works in QA automation and AI-driven testing practices at LoopQA. But the part of his story that…
A QA engineer with strong computer science fundamentals, Selenium experience, and Cypress experience was nearly screened out because he didn’t have one keyword on his resume: Playwright. The interesting part? After completing a Playwright assessment, he performed well anyway. That…
I’ve heard great things about The Hartford from my engineering community over the years. I noticed a couple good lookin’ QA gigs open on their site here locally (R2623925-166 && R2624556-166). I spoke with a few engineers there today who…
One of the more interesting conversations I sat in on recently wasn’t about building AI workflows. It was about maintaining them. Ovidius AI was discussing a challenge I think a lot of AI implementation firms run into: How do you…
Seeing continued demand for senior-level Quality Engineers with automation experience, particularly around modern QA practices, automation coverage, and supporting evolving engineering workflows which is exciting to see. Example: Hearing TQL recently interviewed for this role and believe this is more…
During the live discussion, a lot of the conversation moved beyond resume basics and into how recruiting actually works behind the scenes. These are the most common follow-up questions I got, along with additional context I wanted to expand on.…
(What’s actually happening when your resume hits the system) A Discussion Hosted By: QA Nexus The job search right now is not just competitive: it’s noisy. And in a lot of cases, what used to work even a few years…
There’s a difference between being good at your job and being good at managing people I’ve worked with a lot of talented managers. Smart people. Operationally sharp. Great with clients. Great under pressure. But some of them had absolutely no…
