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👋 Introduction

Hey testers!
I recently gave multiple interviews for Python Automation Testing roles, and I’m excited to share the actual interview questions I faced. No theory — just practical, real-world challenges!

I’ve created this blog post to help others preparing for the same. Bookmark this post, as I’ll keep updating it as I face new interviews.

📝 Note: These questions were asked in different IT company interviews — not all in one company.

📋 Interview Questions I Faced

🟢 Note: All these are real questions from actual interviews in 2024 – 25.

1. Find the second largest number from given a list in Python?
2. Write a function to rotate a list based on a given offset.
   • Input: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], Offset: 2
   • Output: [3, 4, 5, 1, 2]
3. You have 5 test cases, and only the 3rd test passes. How do you run only the 4th and 5th using Pytest?
4. Input: testing is performed Output: gnitseT si demrofrep
5. How do you group test scripts in Pytest?
6. What is inheritance in Python?
7. What reporting tool did you use in your last organization?
8. What is abstraction?
9. What is polymorphism?
10. What is method overloading and overriding?
11. Print the following pattern:

*
* *
* * *
* * * *

12. Print this pattern:

2 *
* 8 *
10 * 6 *

13. What is a WebDriver in Selenium?
14. Is Python case sensitive?
15. What is the format specifier in Python?
16. How to use a pytest fixture inside another fixture?
17. Is it possible to create an empty class in Python?
18. What is Fixture and what is default scope of fixture?
19. Difference between Tuple and list?
20. What is slicing in Python?
21. What is difference between Sanity and Smoke testing?
22. What is difference between Verification and Validation?
23. Print prime numbers from given range: 1 to 20
24. Find lowest element from given list/array.
25. Find occurrence of ‘a’ from given list without using count.
26. What is the difference between Xpath and CSS Selector?
27. What is the difference between Find element and Find elements?
28. Explain your Framework?
29. How many types of locators are available in Selenium Python?
30. Write a program to print followinng output?

Input : x = [0, 1, 0, 0, 3, 4, 8, 0, 9, 0]

Output : x = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 4, 8, 9]

📚 Topics You Should Master

Here’s what I recommend focusing on:

✅ Python logic and data structures
✅ Writing reusable functions
✅ Pytest basics: fixtures, markers, groups
✅ OOPs concepts like inheritance
✅ Real-time testing scenarios
✅ Generating test reports

💡 Pro Tips for Cracking Python Automation Interviews

🔹 Practice writing code, not just reading
🔹 Use Pytest and test real websites/APIs
🔹 Learn how to write clean, modular code
🔹 Be ready to explain your automation framework
🔹 Know at least one reporting tool like Allure, HTMLTestRunner, or pytest-html

📌 Final Words

These questions helped me learn and grow. I hope they help you too!
I’ll keep adding new questions to this blog every time I attend an interview.

🔖 Stay connected, and don’t forget to bookmark this page!
📬 Have a question or want to share your experience? Drop it in the comments!