QA Webinars

Vocational guidance
and screening QA abilities
February 7
February 7
Individual Vocational Guidance for QA
Who have completed the preliminary assignment (stage 1).

Guidance is conducted by a QA specialist with over 20 years of software testing experience.
Pre-Middle QA: Manual Testing + Internship software tester course for beginners
February 21
February 21
Individual Vocational Guidance for QA
Who have completed the preliminary assignment (stage 1).

Guidance is conducted by a QA specialist with over 20 years of software testing experience.
Pre-Middle QA: Manual Testing + Internship software tester course for beginners
April-May 2023 Schedule
April 5, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)

Software tester's everyday job - see what it looks like in real life!
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
April 26, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Unpacking for QA: The free "100-Year QA-Textbook" - what's inside?
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
May 10, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
10 signs of a QA course quality
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
TBD
Pre-Middle QA Eng #1: Let's start software tester professional education
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Manual Testing + Internship First lesson.

Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
February-March 2023 Schedule
February 8, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)

What professions are the easiest to switch to QA? What about age?
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
February 15, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Find out if it's yours: QA X-ray
Sandi Smith / Expert mentor in Databases, Agile, Test documentation
Why do you need a QA-X-Ray?
People have different experiences, personalities, and life goals. Many of them want to change a profession and come to IT, and some of them, to software testing. Somebody read about the profession, watched videos, and got pieces of advice from friends and relatives. But as with any other profession, software testing is not for everybody. On the QA X-ray, we will discuss your personality and experience and then tell if the testing is yours or if some other profession suits you better?

How is the QA X-ray going?
1) 2-3 participants are talking about themselves (live)
2) They answer questions and solve logical tasks
3) The result, in the end, is if the software testing suits our participants

Everything is honest, if this is not your profession, we will tell you.

Participation is free. If you want to participate, write us by any channel.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
February 22, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Commercial vs Professional QA Education
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
March 1, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
What is the ideal QA internship?
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
March 10, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
10 signs of a quality QA course
Fedor Kulishov / Linux and Security Expert / Lead Security Expert at Acronis
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
March 14, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
What is the profession of a software tester? Reasons for working in IT? What about the salary?
Sandi Smith / Expert mentor in Databases, Agile, Test documentation
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
March 22, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
How do I get into IT and become a QA?
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
March 29, 2023
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
What does software testing look like?
Evgeny Lozovan / Java Automation Expert / Lead Test Automation Engineer at Grid Dynamics
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
TBD
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is free.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
November-December 2022 Schedule
November 09, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)

QA mentor is testing… Tesla website (stream)
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
As QA mentors, we want to see the most thoughtful, motivated, and generally cool people in testing. But when you just think "Should I maybe try myself in testing?", it's hard to make a decision: after all, the idea of QA work is rather vague.

We close this gap. Together with you, online, we are going to test the functionality of some well-known service.

This is how the stream “QA-mentor is testing…” works:
1. The mentor takes some functionality of the experimental site and studies it. Without having any documentation (as it often happens on real projects), she makes up his own idea of how it should work.
2. The mentor writes a couple of test cases related to the functionality together with you online.
3. Runs ready-made test cases.
4. If something goes wrong - the mentor fills out a detailed bug report.

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
November 23, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)

QA mentor is testing… Victoria’s Secret website (stream)
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
As QA mentors, we want to see the most thoughtful, motivated, and generally cool people in testing. But when you just think "Should I maybe try myself in testing?", it's hard to make a decision: after all, the idea of QA work is rather vague.

We close this gap. Together with you, online, we are going to test the functionality of some well-known service.

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
December 7, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)

QA mentor is testing… (stream)
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
As QA mentors, we want to see the most thoughtful, motivated, and generally cool people in testing. But when you just think "Should I maybe try myself in testing?", it's hard to make a decision: after all, the idea of QA work is rather vague.

We close this gap. Together with you, online, we are going to test the functionality of some well-known service.

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
December 14, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Webinar: Requirements for a fresher tester: Why so?
Evgeny Lozovan / Java Automation Expert / Lead Test Automation Engineer at Grid Dynamics (US)
What is expected from a tester on the interview? Who is responsible for creating these requirements, how are they written? Why they look like that, and why can you meet different requirements in different companies? How the automated testers are interviewed, and is this enough to write a code to be hired?

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
December 15, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Participation is for course student only.
December 21, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Find out if it's yours: QA X-ray
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert
Why do you need a QA-X-Ray?
People have different experiences, personalities, and life goals. Many of them want to change a profession and come to IT, and some of them, to software testing. Somebody read about the profession, watched videos, and got pieces of advice from friends and relatives. But as with any other profession, software testing is not for everybody. On the QA X-ray, we will discuss your personality and experience and then tell if the testing is yours or if some other profession suits you better?

How is the QA X-ray going?
1) 2-3 participants are talking about themselves (live)
2) They answer questions and solve logical tasks
3) The result, in the end, is if the software testing suits our participants

Everything is honest, if this is not your profession, we will tell you.

Participation is free. If you want to participate, write us by any channel.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
December 23, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Master class: Try yourself as a QA (Any computer will do!)
Fedor Kulishov / Linux and Security Expert / Lead Security Expert at Acronis (Switzerland)
What is a tester typically doing? Obviously, finding the bugs and documenting them. But a good tester is able to find not only a surface bug, but also jump into an application and find problems insight, invisible for a regular user.

You can try to be a good tester and jump into a system with Fyodor Kulishov on the master class "Try yourself as a QA"

Participation is free. If you want to participate, write us by any channel.

The stream is available on the YouTube channel.
September-October 2022 Schedule
September 07, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
TextFlix season 1.2: Let's test the dream levels from the "Inception" movie
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert / QA Manager at Quantori (US)
We decided to start a new educational project - TestFlix, a sitcom about testing. We will tell about complicated and not complicated things, test design methods, coverage planning, test tools, and so on, in a format of a sitcom, 40-minutes series on examples of well-known movies. Or a structure of a conference, if it sounds better for you. As always, our events are free and open for everybody, and the announcements are in advance.
Aug, 31 we invite you to the pilot, where Sergey Gerasimov, the head of QA from QuardCode, Cyprus, is starring. The horror pilot will be about how to crash the test coverage even if you are 10+ years of experience specialist. The end is happy… or not?

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
September 14, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
TextFlix season 1.3: "Run Lola run": Let's test the combinations
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert / QA Manager at Quantori (US)
Let's talk about parameter combinations testing on the "Run Lola Run" cult film example.

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
September 15, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert / QA Manager at Quantori (US)
Participation is for course student only.
September 21, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Webinar: How to get into IT and stay there: Profession tree (exclusive)
Fedor Kulishov / Linux and Security Expert / Lead Security Expert at Acronis (Switzerland)
Talking about IT profession tree and directions of QA (and not only QA) development.

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
October 05, 2022 4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
TextFlix season 1.4: The Butterfly Effect: Drawing a decision table to help Evan
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert / QA Manager at Quantori (US)
Let's talk about decision tables in testing on the basis of another film about reality branches, "The Butterfly effect".

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
July-August 2022 Schedule
July 20, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Talk show: QA-English - What is it?
Suzanna Apyan / Main teacher of the Rapid English for QA course / Experience in teaching: 20 years (Oslo)
Is it possible to learn the professional English if the level is around A2? How to understand what a future QA needs to know? Is that possible to train the work tasks in class?
To answer the questions, we invite our English teacher to talk to us and describe how the classes look like and how is to teach the future QAs.

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
July 27, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Webinar: How to get into IT and stay there: Profession tree (exclusive!)
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert / QA Manager at Quantori (US)
Suppose, that you are graduated and became a tester. One year passed, then the second one what else? Where to go, when you passed the stage of a newcomer junior already? What profession are there in the testing branch, how to get there and why?

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
August 1, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
The first lesson of the QA-English course
Suzanna Apyan / Main teacher of the Rapid English for QA course / Experience in teaching: 20 years (Oslo)
Participation is for course student only.
August 3, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Webinar: Requirements for a fresher tester: Why so?
Evgeny Lozovan / Java Automation Expert / Lead Test Automation Engineer at Grid Dynamics (US)
What is expected from a tester on the interview? Who is responsible for creating these requirements, how are they written? Why they look like that, and why can you meet different requirements in different companies? How the automated testers are interviewed, and is this enough to write a code to be hired?

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
August 9, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Webinar: Elevator testing at the interview
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert / QA Manager at Quantori (US)
We spoke a lot about the interviews with testers. But what if you have got a non-typical task, like testing a pencil, a plate with borsh or an elevator? Why do we need such questions and how to answer them?

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
August 17, 2022 4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Find out if it's yours: QA X-ray
Fedor Kulishov / Linux and Security Expert / Lead Security Expert at Acronis (Switzerland)
Why do you need a QA-X-Ray?
People have different experiences, personalities, and life goals. Many of them want to change a profession and come to IT, and some of them, to software testing. Somebody read about the profession, watched videos, and got pieces of advice from friends and relatives. But as with any other profession, software testing is not for everybody. On the QA X-ray, we will discuss your personality and experience and then tell if the testing is yours or if some other profession suits you better?

How is the QA X-ray going?
1) 2-3 participants are talking about themselves (live)
2) They answer questions and solve logical tasks
3) The result, in the end, is if the software testing suits our participants

Everything is honest, if this is not your profession, we will tell you.

If you want to participate, sign up.

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
August 24, 2022 4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Master class: Try yourself as a QA (Any computer will do!)
Fedor Kulishov / Linux and Security Expert / Lead Security Expert at Acronis (Switzerland)
What is a tester typically doing? Obviously, finding the bugs and documenting them. But a good tester is able to find not only a surface bug, but also jump into an application and find problems insight, invisible for a regular user.

You can try to be a good tester and jump into a system with Fyodor Kulishov on the master class "Try yourself as a QA"

If you want to participate, sign up.

Participation is free, the stream is available on the YouTube channel.
September 5, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert / QA Manager at Quantori (US)
Participation is for course student only.
June 2022 Schedule
June 20, 2022
4 p.m. UTC
(8 a.m. PDT, 11 a.m EDT, 5 p.m. CET)
Lilia Urmazova / School Founder, Chief QA Expert / QA Manager at Quantori (US)
Participation is for course student only.
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