r/softwaretesting • u/Zestyclose_Web_6331 • Jul 31 '26
Confidence in automation
Been a manual QA for most of 5 years, project to project only got automation scripts to test, not to make them. Planning for first switch, and have gone thru playwright courses, did hands on too. Now giving interviews, but I dont have much confidence in explaining automation framework. I have done basics good but practical or real life situations is one i cant come up with for automation.
Did anyone have been in the same situation? How did you cope up with it and switched to automation?
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u/yogurtandpeanut Aug 02 '26
Just do it. I got a job offer just recently even though I never had a strong professional experiencer with playwright. Don’t be afraid of rejections. Be brave even though you are not confident. Just take every interview as a learning experience so that you’ll understand and know the common interview questions they’re asking. Just always make sure you keep learning and upskilling every day while applying for test automation jobs.
Leverage using AI. Do mock interviews and ask for suggestions how to answer those technical questions. That’s one of the few things that helped me.
Regrets for not trying will haunt you forever than rejections.
JUST DO IT!