Work as an IT Software Tester while studying

Author: Zuzana Kocáková

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Msg life Slovakia strives to give opportunities to everyone regardless of their age or education. The most important thing while working in IT is the desire to learn new things and the enthusiasm for further personal and professional development. We often encounter young applicants who are looking for a part-time job while studying at university. For such candidates, the most suitable position is usually IT Tester junior – student.

We asked our colleague Pato, who works as an IT test manager, what qualities are necessary for this job.

Software Tester job is an important and responsible part of software development. Our products are designed for large insurance companies and it is very important to catch all their bugs before putting them into production at the client.

The role of the IT Tester junior – student is to create and run manual or automated tests, analyze them, optimize them according to the latest trends or report the errors found.

But your working day won’t be filled with just testing. On a daily basis you’ll be communicating and collaborating with managers, developers and consultants to ensure the best quality of our software products.

What matters are your skills

If you don’t think your technical skills are up to the job, don’t worry. At msg life Slovakia we will give you enough time and opportunities for full training. Working with programs like Zephyr Scale, Eclipse, MobaXterm, Git Extensions or DbVisualizer can sound intimidating, especially if you haven’t come into contact with them before.

Are you skilled but have no previous experience? It doesn’t matter, technical knowledge and previous experience are not that important in this job. What is important, however, are your skills. And which ones are they? “For example, logical and analytical thinking, reading comprehension, the ability to identify requirements or define test cases so that the requirements are sufficiently tested,” says Pato, test manager at msg life Slovakia. However, orientation in the IT field, technical skills and knowledge of testing programs are a great advantage.

What prerequisites should an IT Tester – student have

• According to our test manager, a skilled novice IT Tester should especially have the ability to asses whether the software behaves as expected. “It is therefore essential to understand the insurance industry context,” adds Pato. For this job, it is therefore important that you are able to use logical and analytical thinking in order to be able to navigate the issues quickly and easily.
• Not familiar with the field? Never mind, you don’t have to worry at all even if the insurance industry doesn’t tell you much. The training process includes a training plan to help you gain the knowledge you need.
• However, what is a prerequisite for this job is your knowledge and communication skills in the German language. You can use it especially when communicating with our international teams in Germany, Austria and other countries where we have offices.
• Are you a team player? Great! A sense of teamwork as well as flexibility, independence and accuracy are also important for this job. “A tester should have an eye for detail, but also the right amount of curiosity and a willingness to learn new things,” explains Pato.

The key is to have an eye for detail

According to Pato, people often think that a tester is a person who sits behind a computer, gets a manual with detailed steps that he clicks through, and at most reports an error. “There’s a lot more to it than that,” he says. With younger, inexperienced applicants, he often sees that they lack intuition, the ability to invent or make connections. “It’s important to pay attention to the little things and think about what I’m doing and what I’m testing. Testing is not about clicking through an app. You have to think comprehensively, be slightly sceptical and pay close attention to every single detail,” adds Pato.

Are you interested in the IT Tester job? Get a part-time job for university students!

Do you meet these criteria?

• you are studying at university
• you have an excellent knowledge of MS Office
• you can communicate well in German
• you learn quickly
• you have a sense of teamwork
• you have logical and analytical thinking, flexibility, independence, accuracy

Working while studiyng at the university has the advantage of getting experience and earning money. This is one of the main advantages of being an IT tester. In addition, an IT tester job offer can open the door to an IT career. So if you’re wondering what the best job where you can work from home would be, it’s definitely the part-time job as a tester.

Don’t hesitate to send us your CV! You can read what you should not forget when creating your CV in our recent article Tips for skills to put in your CV, resume.

If you have a sharp mind, speak German and have good ideas, be sure to take a look at our job offer for IT talent with German language and send us your CV. We might create a position specifically for you, or we might add you to our database and if we open a new position, you’ll be among the first to know.

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Work as an IT Software Tester while studying

Zuzana Kocáková

At msg life Slovakia I take care of the company culture, events and I am part of the marketing team. I like a job where I can be creative and contribute to making my colleagues at msg feel good. I regularly prepare for you not only news and interesting things from the world of information technology and insurance, but also from behind the scenes events at msg life Slovakia.