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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 admitted they used AI heavily throughout the assessment. Which, to be clear, is completely allowed.…

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 stood out most to me wasn’t the tools. It was how he got his first…

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 conversation came up recently while speaking with Butch Mayhewy about AI, QA hiring, and the…

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. How Recruiters Actually Review Resume Stacks How do recruiters actually work through applicants once a…

(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 ago doesn’t really get the same results today. One of the biggest patterns I’m seeing…

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 ability to develop people underneath them. I’ve seen passive-aggressive leadership. I’ve seen aggressive-aggressive leadership. I’ve…

Why cutting QA right now is backwardsInsights from the field: a conversation with Lucas Smit, AI Forward SDET Over the past few months, I’ve been hearing the same patterns across the QA market: layoffs, impossible reqs, and a growing belief that “we don’t need testers anymore.” Then an automation engineer said something that reframed all…