My Testing Thoughts

Here are the topics that we should prepare if we are planning to appear for an SDET Selenium/Java position (Exp 4-9 years): Iteration in Java Abstract Class Vs Interface Strings in Java Static Usage in Java Exceptions in Java HashMap in Java Java Annotations Master to Build your own XPATH and CSS Implicit, Explicit and Fluent Waits Handling Frames Data-driven testing using Excel JavaScript Executor Logs Generation (Logging infrastructure with Log4j) Advanced Reporting (Extent, Allure, Klov Report Generation) TestNG Framework Design Pattern (Page Object Model, Fluent, Singleton- Any 1 should be fine) Selenium Grid And finally: BDD Using Cucumber  Build Management with Maven and/or Gradle Git, GitHub, etc. Continuous Integration with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Team City, etc. (Any 1 should be fine)

Good developers are rare, good SDETs are rare as well and always high in demand. Without a doubt, Automation testing has become a need of the hour. You need to take baby steps as you plan to start automation testing from scratch. I wrote this article - "A Road map that will help you learn Web Automation", see if this helps: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dheerajgambhir_automation-selenium-git-activity-6568387687412273152-SjE8/ Always remember, Test automation is a development discipline.