Test Analyst Resume Template

Contact information

In this section you have to include your Name, current home address, Mobile telephone number, Landline telephone number and your personal email address which is currently used.

Full name

Present and permanent addresses

Telephone numbers

Email address

Professional or career objective

Your objective is the one that clearly underlines your aims and aspirations in that profession. For example an Engineering Graduate will have to write an objective which is concise and precisely speaks about his role that he wants to play in the Organization.

Sample Objective for Test Analyst

To find a job with a software development company where I can utilize my over 9 years of information technology experience in supporting various aspects of the software development life cycle in order to deliver superior results by acting as a liaison between the client community and the software delivery organization to ensure that application meets business needs.

Career Achievements

If you have any major Career Achievements or any Appreciation then this is the section where they should be listed. For Example a Test Analyst can add his/her career achievements like,

Performed Validation testing, Functional System testing, Security testing, Regression testing, Usability testing, Smoke testing, etc. and supported User acceptance testing.

Acting as a liaison between the client community and the software delivery organization to ensure that application meets business needs.

Motivated to work individually as well as in a team that has rapidly changing priorities.

Received Best Manger Award for consecutive two years.

Invited by NASA to attend international conference.

Experience:

Previous work experience plays an important role while applying for a Job and hence it should be well presented in the resume. Most of the questions during your resume will be related to the previous job that you had and hence you should be well prepared for it. You should begin with putting the name of the organization that you worked for, the duration of your work and the post or the designation at which you were working. After this, you can effectively place points in a bulleted format that talk about the responsibilities and the achievements that you may have achieved during your stay at the previous organization. The work experience of an experienced Test Analyst applying for a job would look like,

Sr. Test Analyst

Infosys, Bangalore, 2005 to Present

Testing multiple corporate billing applications for NASD.

Defining the overall test approach, test roles and responsibilities, recourse requirements, and deliverables.

Developing system test plans/scripts for testing of the software on all assigned projects.

Creating software testing scenarios.

Mapping test plans back to requirements.

Executing system test and validating the applications against defined requirements according to the documented scripts and success criteria.

Recording, analyzing, and verifying test results.

Generating program trouble reports for requirements that failed during test.

Developing final test reports.

Coordinating and supporting user acceptance testing.

Technical Delivery Team Manager

Satyam, Pune, 2002 to 2004

Testing multiple corporate billing applications for NASD.

Defining the overall test approach, test roles and responsibilities, recourse requirements, and deliverables.

Developing system test plans/scripts for testing of the software on all assigned projects.

Creating software testing scenarios. Mapping test plans back to requirements.

Executing system test and validating the applications against defined requirements according to the documented scripts and success criteria.

Recording, analyzing, and verifying test results.

Generating program trouble reports for requirements that failed during test.

Developing final test reports. Coordinating and supporting user acceptance testing.

Lead Test Analyst

TCS, Delhi, 2000 to 2001

Tested multiple corporate web solutions applications for NASD.

Participated in continuous improvement of web development processes to simplify implementation procedure.

Acted as customer liaison between developer and end-users to ensure high degree of customer satisfaction.

Prepared master test strategies, defining the overall test approach, test roles and responsibilities, resource requirements and deliverables.

Produced and managed detailed project plans for tracking test activities.

Prepared testability assessment report, as a formal review of system requirements.

Developed system test plan/scripts for testing of the software on all assigned projects.

Mapped test plan back to requirements.

Executed system tests and validated the applications against defined requirements for over 30 projects according to the documented scripts and success criteria.

Recorded, analyzed, and verified test results.

Generated program trouble reports for requirements, which fail during testing.

Developed final test report.

Developed and/or approved all required deliverables according to the NASD end-to-end testing process.

Conducted peer reviews for all test deliverables before distribution to other departments.

Supported user acceptance testing for all assigned projects.

Supported the software turnover to production.

Education and Certification:

The academic details need to be mentioned in a tabulated format with respect to the degrees or the courses that the candidate would have undertaken in the past. The latest degree or course comes first followed by the last completed course and hence forth going backwards. For example a Test Analyst who has completed post graduation or graduation course is applying for a Job or to a company or an organization then his/her details would be like,

MTech Electronics and Communication

BHU, Banaras, 2000

BTech Electronics and Communication

BHU, Banaras, 1998

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Test Director-6.0, 7.5, 8.0;

Quality Center-9.2; WinRunner-7.0; QTP-8.0

Requirement Management Tools: DOORS-8.0

Operating Systems: Windows (XP/NT/2000/98); MS-DOS; Unix;

OS Solaris

Software: PeopleSoft Financials, People Tools, Maestro,

Autosys, Vantive, Interfleaf.

Utilities: TOAD, SQL Plus, PVCS Tracker, PVCS Version

Manager, Borland Star Team, MS Office, PuTTY.

Applications:

NASA/DoD-space mission performance assessment

FAA – air traffic control management

NASD/FINRA-PeopleSoft corporate finance billing

Honors

If you have won any competitions national or international then they could also be highlighted here. For example a Test Analyst could lay stress on any exams that he may have given or any seminars or conferences attended. If you are a part of any honorary society or any nonprofit organization then that could also be added here.

The honors and the activities section of a Test Analyst would look like,

Topper, Banaras Hindu University in electronics and communication.

Attended conference in NASA.

Supervised important projects in DoD (Department of Defense).

References:

The References are generally required so that your present employer can gauge you through the eyes of the people who you were associated with or have worked for. So your teachers or college professors’ details could be placed here. Or your past employer who you would have worked under can also be used as a reference. Ensure that the people whose names you enter know you well and do inform them that you are placing their names as reference because many companies call to confirm. For example the references section of a Test Analystcould also look like,

Mr.Abc Def

Sr. Vice President

Infosys

abc@iiijjkk.com