Cypress interview questions — Easy
176 easy-level Cypress questions from our Automation Testing bank, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why it is correct.
What this covers
Cypress appears throughout Automation Testing interviews. At easy level, interviewers are typically checking that you know the fundamentals and can describe them precisely — definitions, defaults, and the basic mechanics. Work through these, then explain your answer out loud; the second part is what interviews actually test.
1 example questions
1. Why do Cypress commands rarely need explicit waits?
- A. They run synchronously and never wait.
- B. Commands automatically retry/await until elements are actionable or assertions pass (within a timeout).correct
- C. Cypress disables animations globally.
- D. It sleeps 5 seconds before every command.
Why: Cypress commands and assertions auto-retry until they pass or the command times out, so fixed sleeps are usually unnecessary.