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Sumitra Kathayat

@sumitrakathayat

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Detail-oriented QA Trainee focused on manual, API, and Selenium-based testing to deliver reliable software quality.

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a Trainee/Junior QA Engineer role where I can apply manual, API, and Selenium-based testing skills, work through STLC with a professional team, and grow within an Agile/Scrum testing environment.

I’m a QA Trainee and Software Test Engineer Trainee who brings hands-on manual and API testing experience across three independent projects, along with foundational knowledge of the full testing process. I’m detail-focused, comfortable working within Agile/Scrum and SDLC environments, and I take ownership of defect reporting and verification.

In my projects, I practiced the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) end-to-end—requirement analysis, test scenario and test case design, execution, defect reporting, and verification. I’m especially mindful of Verification & Validation, UAT, and bug life cycle clarity so issues are tracked accurately from discovery to resolution.

For manual testing, I’ve authored test scenario documents and built comprehensive test case sheets with defined preconditions, test data, and expected results. I’ve applied functional, negative, boundary value, regression, exploratory, UI, responsive, accessibility, compatibility, and performance testing, including security testing such as SQL/script injection.

For automation and API, I validate behavior through structured approaches—using Postman and REST API testing with JSON request/response validation, status code checks, and query parameter/filter testing. I also have foundational Selenium WebDriver automation skills (Java, TestNG, locators, assertions) and I’m eager to keep strengthening my test automation framework as I grow in a professional testing team.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

EscuelaJS Fake Store API Testing

EscuelaJS (Platzi)

Designed and executed 40+ REST API test cases for the Fake Store API, validating Products, Categories, Users, Authentication, Locations, and File Upload. Tested positive/negative flows with query-parameter filtering, pagination, and status-code validation.

REST API Testing HTTP POST HTTP PUT Pagination Status Code Validation API Testing

Hisab Kitab Manual Testing

Hisab Kitab

Created and executed a 78-test-case suite for Hisab Kitab covering registration across functional, boundary, security, UI, responsive, accessibility, cross-browser, and performance testing. Identified issues including SQL/script injection acceptance, invalid whitespace handling, and page-load performance exceeding the SLA.

Manual Testing Functional Testing Boundary Value Analysis Security Testing SQL Injection UI Testing Responsive Testing Accessibility Testing Cross Browser Testing Performance Testing Test Planning Test Execution Traceability

OpenCart Manual QA Testing

OpenCart

Authored test scenario documents and designed/executed test cases for OpenCart modules including registration, login, and OTP-based password reset. Performed functional, negative, and boundary testing and reported key defects such as incorrect OTP acceptance and broken resend OTP flow.

Manual Testing Functional Testing Regression Testing Exploratory testing Boundary Value Analysis Test scenarios Test Execution Negative Testing UAT

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Padmakanya Multiple Campus (Tribhuvan University)

BSc CSIT (Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology), Computer Science and Information Technology

Pursuing a BSc in CSIT with studies continuing in the final semester. Focuses on undergraduate computer science and information technology coursework.