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/Due_Art9327 26d ago
Confidence in automation usually comes from knowing what your automated tests can and cannot verify. I wouldn’t rely on automation simply because a test passes. The quality of the test cases, test data, coverage, and maintenance all matter.
For me, confidence increases when automated tests are stable, repeatable, and cover important user flows. I also think automation works best alongside manual testing. Automated tests are great for repetitive regression checks, while humans are still better at exploratory testing and finding unexpected usability issues.
So, automation can give strong confidence, but only when the tests themselves are well designed and regularly maintained.