Quality Auditor Interview Preparation Guide
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Quality Auditor based Frequently Asked Questions in various Quality Auditor job interviews by interviewer. These professional questions are here to ensures that you offer a perfect answers posed to you. So get preparation for your new job hunting

61 Quality Auditor Questions and Answers:

1 :: Tell me what is the role of formal documentation in quality assurance?

Your answer should highlight the importance of documentation in a complete quality process. Focus on the benefits afforded by documentation such as accountability, the completeness of a process, consistency, deadline compliance, improved communication and availability of records.

2 :: Explain your experience with quality audits?

What audits have you conducted? What were the goals of the audit? How did you prepare for it?

The planning and preparation for a quality audit is key to ensuring the effectiveness of that audit. How did you monitor the audit findings? How did you control the corrective actions?

3 :: Please explain why do you enjoy auditing?

It's a proven way to establish facts and identify ways to improve. It's a helpful objective exercise that can help people and businesses see things from another (outside) perspective. If one is looking to have confidence in the way a business operates getting checked using an independent partner is a helpful exercise. I enjoy giving feedback and identifying helpful, business improving ideas.

4 :: Explain why do you feel internal auditors have an important role in our company?

Fraud is the foresighted thing.But yes to check the process are in place or not internal audit is important.Its a human tendency once people spend considerable time in the process they get little lenient which at times leads to mistakes errors and of course if the processes are not being managed properly fraud might happen subsequently.

5 :: Explain how do you manage a healthy work/life balance?

I am a very discipline person. During the week we concentrate in our jobs, at home we have someone who helps us to do some jobs so we do not need to stress to much. There are a couple of jobs that we do between my husband and myself. We normally leave the weekends to socialise with friends and spend time with our daughter.

6 :: Explain about your management experience. Do you enjoy being a leader?

I have managed small teams of four people as an Auditor, progressed to manage seven people as a Senior Auditor and twenty people as a Principal Auditor managing a Branch office.The aspects of management involved supervising work by staff, appraising them, providing guidance on audits, including developing audit work plans and audit Planning Memoranda, audit programs, tests of control, guidance on risk based audits and scheduling of audits and general management of resources for the branch ensuring adequacy, planning logistics and ensuring proper usage. I have also done general management of staff to ensure they are well motivated and perform to their full potential, while coordinating all activities with top management at the Head office.

7 :: Tell me what accounting software are you familiar with?

Pastel evolution, pastel express, mach 4, swan, sap and sage.

8 :: Do you know a Test Case and a Use Case? What do they consist of?

A test case is again a document which gives you a step by step detailed idea on how you can test an application. It usually comprises of results (pass or fail), remarks, steps, outputs and description.
A use case on the other is a document of another kind. It helps you understand the actions of the user and the response of the system found in a particular functionality. It comprises of the cover page, revision, contents, exceptions, and pre and post conditions.

9 :: Do you know what is difference between Smoke testing and Sanity Testing?

The difference between smoke and sanity testing is described below:

☛ Sanity testing is performed when new build is released after fixing bugs where as smoke testing is performed to check the major functionalities of the application.
☛ Sanity is performed by the tester or the developer but smoke testing can be performed by the tester or developer.
☛ Smoke testing is performed earlier where as sanity is performed after the smoke testing.
☛ Sanity testing is narrow and deep approach of testing and smoke testing is focused testing based on major functionalities.

10 :: Please explain what is difference between Retesting and Regression testing?

The difference between Retesting and Regression testing are as follows:

☛ Retesting is done to verify defects fixes where as regression is perform to check if the defect fix have not impacted other functionality that was working fine before doing changes in the code.

☛ Retesting is planned testing based on the defect fixes listed where as regression is not be always specific to any defect fix. Also regression can be executed for some modules or all modules.

☛ Retesting concern with executing those test cases that are failed earlier whereas regression concern with executing test cases that was passed in earlier builds.

☛ Retesting has higher priority over regression, but in some case retesting and regression testing are carried out in parallel.