Agile Testing interview questions — Medium
347 medium-level Agile Testing questions from our Manual Testing bank, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why it is correct.
What this covers
Agile Testing appears throughout Manual Testing interviews. At medium level, interviewers are typically checking that you have used it in practice: what you configured, what broke, and how you knew it worked. Work through these, then explain your answer out loud; the second part is what interviews actually test.
20 example questions
1. "Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint" — in Agile, this describes which of the following?
- A. Sprint backlog.
- B. Three amigos.
- C. DoR (Definition of Ready).correct
- D. User story.
Why: DoR (Definition of Ready): Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
2. Which of the following statements about Agile is TRUE?
- A. Test charters and session-based test management structure exploratory work in sprints.correct
- B. Acceptance criteria are written only after the story is released.
- C. Agile testing occurs only after all sprints are complete.
- D. Testers must never speak during refinement or planning.
Why: Timeboxed sessions make exploratory testing plannable and reportable.
3. "Work the team commits to for the sprint" — in Agile, this describes which of the following?
- A. Sprint backlog.correct
- B. Velocity.
- C. INVEST.
- D. DoR (Definition of Ready).
Why: sprint backlog: Work the team commits to for the sprint.
4. Identify the accurate statement about Agile:
- A. A sprint review demonstrates the increment; a retrospective improves the process.correct
- B. A retrospective is a demo of the product for stakeholders.
- C. The Definition of Done forbids including testing activities.
- D. Automation should always be deferred several sprints behind development.
Why: Review inspects the product; retro inspects the way of working.
5. "Small unit of value from a user perspective" — in Agile, this describes which of the following?
- A. DoR (Definition of Ready).
- B. Increment.
- C. Sprint backlog.
- D. User story.correct
Why: user story: Small unit of value from a user perspective.
6. "Potentially shippable product output of a sprint" — in Agile, this describes which of the following?
- A. Increment.correct
- B. INVEST.
- C. DoR (Definition of Ready).
- D. Burndown chart.
Why: increment: Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
7. "Quality checklist for good user stories" — in Agile, this describes which of the following?
- A. Sprint backlog.
- B. INVEST.correct
- C. User story.
- D. Three amigos.
Why: INVEST: Quality checklist for good user stories.
8. Which statement correctly describes Agile?
- A. Agile testing occurs only after all sprints are complete.
- B. Acceptance criteria are written only after the story is released.
- C. Test charters and session-based test management structure exploratory work in sprints.correct
- D. Automation should always be deferred several sprints behind development.
Why: Timeboxed sessions make exploratory testing plannable and reportable.
9. In Agile, which of the following is described as: "Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples"?
- A. Burndown chart.
- B. Sprint backlog.
- C. Three amigos.correct
- D. User story.
Why: three amigos: Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
10. In the context of Agile, which of the following is a correct statement?
- A. A retrospective is a demo of the product for stakeholders.
- B. Acceptance criteria are written only after the story is released.
- C. Automation should always be deferred several sprints behind development.
- D. Test charters and session-based test management structure exploratory work in sprints.correct
Why: Timeboxed sessions make exploratory testing plannable and reportable.
11. Which Agile concept matches this description: "Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples"?
- A. Sprint backlog.
- B. User story.
- C. Three amigos.correct
- D. DoR (Definition of Ready).
Why: three amigos: Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
12. In Agile, which of the following is described as: "Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint"?
- A. INVEST.
- B. User story.
- C. Velocity.
- D. DoR (Definition of Ready).correct
Why: DoR (Definition of Ready): Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
13. In Agile, which of the following is described as: "Work the team commits to for the sprint"?
- A. Three amigos.
- B. Sprint backlog.correct
- C. Increment.
- D. INVEST.
Why: sprint backlog: Work the team commits to for the sprint.
14. Which Agile concept matches this description: "Visualization of remaining work in a sprint"?
- A. INVEST.
- B. Burndown chart.correct
- C. Velocity.
- D. DoR (Definition of Ready).
Why: burndown chart: Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.
15. In Agile, which of the following is described as: "Quality checklist for good user stories"?
- A. User story.
- B. Increment.
- C. INVEST.correct
- D. DoR (Definition of Ready).
Why: INVEST: Quality checklist for good user stories.
16. Which Agile concept matches this description: "Quality checklist for good user stories"?
- A. Sprint backlog.
- B. Three amigos.
- C. INVEST.correct
- D. User story.
Why: INVEST: Quality checklist for good user stories.
17. Which Agile concept matches this description: "Measure of completed story points per sprint"?
- A. DoR (Definition of Ready).
- B. INVEST.
- C. Velocity.correct
- D. Increment.
Why: velocity: Measure of completed story points per sprint.
18. Which Agile concept matches this description: "Work the team commits to for the sprint"?
- A. Burndown chart.
- B. DoR (Definition of Ready).
- C. Sprint backlog.correct
- D. Increment.
Why: sprint backlog: Work the team commits to for the sprint.
19. Regarding Agile, which statement is correct?
- A. Continuous testing runs automated checks throughout the delivery pipeline.correct
- B. Automation should always be deferred several sprints behind development.
- C. A retrospective is a demo of the product for stakeholders.
- D. Agile testing occurs only after all sprints are complete.
Why: Quality feedback accompanies every change, not just releases.
20. Which Agile concept matches this description: "Potentially shippable product output of a sprint"?
- A. Burndown chart.
- B. INVEST.
- C. Velocity.
- D. Increment.correct
Why: increment: Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.