TESTimony 2016 - The
TCS Flagship Assurance Contest for Campus
Introduction
In an era where default is digital,
customer demands anything, anywhere, anytime and on any device. In such a
scenario, services that are anything but optimal quality are quickly replaced
by new ones. This has compelled Quality Assurance experts to constantly upgrade
their services while learning and practicing newer technologies to remain
competitive.
TCS’ Quality Assurance and Testing
Services assures customers certainty of business first-time-right. Our
end-to-end testing services across the test value cycle constantly redefine
testing and QA paradigms to help our customers stay ahead of the curve.
In this pursuit, we aim to bring out
the best from students and institutes in this growing field as well. TCS Talent
Acquisition Team (TAG) in association with Assurance Services Unit (ASU)
introduced TESTimony – a TCS Software Assurance Contest across TCS accredited
institutes in India. This year will be the fourth edition after three
successful editions, giving opportunity to students to learn and dive into the
world of Assurance.
Purpose
of the Contest
Today, very few colleges provide
courses in Software testing. As a result Software testing gains importance only
when students enter the corporate world. TESTimony is an attempt to nurture and
lay a strong foundation for students in this space, helping them jumpstart
their career in Software testing.
TESTimony provides students a platform
to enhance their knowledge in software testing as well as reward them for
exhibiting exemplary talent in Automation testing, Performance testing, Test
Management, Digital Assurance and other Software Quality related topics.
It is more than a contest. It is a
unique opportunity to learn, explore the world of Testing as well as showcase
one’s talent and earn peer recognition and honor.
Participation
and Eligibility Guidelines
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Nominations
are invited from only FY ‘17 and FY’
18 batches under graduate/post graduate
students studying engineering with any specialization.
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Registrations for the contest will be open from 12 Feb 2016 -
22 June 2016.
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Any
number of teams can register for the contest with participants above 18 years
of age.
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Students should register online on TCSL’s NextStep portal -https://nextstep.tcs.com.
A Campus Trainee / Direct Trainee (DT) Reference Number is mandatory for participating in the contest.
A Campus Trainee / Direct Trainee (DT) Reference Number is mandatory for participating in the contest.
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A
team shall comprise of two members from the same college/institute. The team
members should have a valid Campus Trainee (CT) Reference Number, and a member
can only be a part of one team.
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Each
team should choose a name and leader. When registering the team online, the
leader will have to nominate the team member. All communication with respect to
the contest will be provided to the teams through the team leaders, who are
responsible to update their teams about the same.
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The
team can be from the same or multiple disciplines.
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Team
members are required to refrain from changing teams during the competition. Any
movement within teams will lead to disqualification from the contest.
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The
infrastructure/software/s required for testing shall be borne by the team or
the institution they represent. TCS will not be liable for any damage to the
infrastructure of the institute which may be caused by participants from the
institute during the contest.
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Plagiarism
is strictly prohibited. Online search engines may be used for reference, but
copying directly from the internet is forbidden.
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All
contestants must have access to the Internet, a valid postal address, and a
valid email address in order to enter the contest.
Contest
Structure
The
contest will comprise of three rounds of software testing.
Round
1:
This will be an online quiz. The top
300 teams that submit the correct answers within the shortest possible time
along with other evaluation parameters will move on to the next round. The
discretion of the TESTimony evaluation team and their adjudication of winners
will be binding on all participants.
Round
2:
Teams
selected from Round 1 will undergo two tests in this round.
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Section
1 -
Objective type, multiple choice questions on software testing and tools with
higher difficulty level.
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Section
2 -
Subjective type, multiple choice questions using Selenium/Jmeter/ Appium
mobile testing tools
The questions in Section 2 will
require practical knowledge on the syllabus provided, which will judge the
programming and testing skills of the participants. For e.g. interpreting
outputs from a given piece of code or detecting errors in a script.
The top 10 teams that present the
correct answers in both the sections will qualify for the finale.
This round will also
feature new additions which will be announced during the registration, to help
improve the participants understanding of Assurance.
Round
3:
The
grand Finale will be held at a TCS Campus.
The three hour round will include the following:
A
case study based on the tools Selenium, Jmeter and Appium mobile testing
which will be adjudged on accuracy, speed and communication.
The
teams will need to submit three major deliverables – a Bug report, Test report
and a PowerPoint presentation. The participants are to thoroughly research and
learn how to file bugs and prepare straightforward reports, well in advance.
The
team will have to provide the content in a report that is a format of their
own. It should clearly outline how the team decided what to test and how the
time was allotted/utilized.
The team that scores the maximum on
the parameters mentioned above will be adjudged as the winner of TESTimony.
Please note: that penalties will be
imposed for incorrect submissions. For e.g., a team would be penalized for
additional time taken to solve the problem or deliver the reports/presentation.
Weightages will be assigned according to the severity of the test cases, and
judged accordingly.
References for tools:
http://seleniumhq.org
http://appium.io/
Download Sites:
http://seleniumhq.org/download/
Terms
and Conditions
By
entering the contest, each team and its members thereof confirms and agrees to
the following terms and conditions:
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The
team and its members thereof acknowledges that the solution submitted will be
an original work created solely by the team, and that the solution does not
infringe on copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity
or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other
party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the solution.
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The
application must not contain content where any person/s would be required to
undertake actions that are inappropriate, indecent, obscene, violent, hateful,
tortuous, defamatory, slanderous; that promotes racism or hatred against any
group or individual or that promotes discrimination based on race, sex,
religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; or that is
unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in the state
or province where the application is developed.
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The
team and its members thereof have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the
solution that would conflict with any of TCS use (if any).
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Participants
who have submitted their solution are either the copyright owners of the
component parts of that work or are posting the work under license from a
copyright owner or otherwise as permitted by law. TCS does not claim ownership
rights of your works or other materials posted by you.
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For
the sole purpose of enabling TCS to make your solution available through its
portal you are required to grant TCS a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to
reproduce, distribute, re-format, store, prepare derivative works based on your
content and publicly display the same. You are required to refrain from
distributing any part of the content on the portal in any medium other than as
permitted in these Terms and Conditions.
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Display
or publication of any entry on a TCS website does not indicate the entrant will
be selected as a winner. TCS will not be required to pay any additional
consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.
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By
entering this Contest, all entrants agree to release, discharge, and refrain
from holding TCS accountable from any claims, losses, and damages arising out
of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities. TCS
assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure;
theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Contest entries or entry
forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. TCS is not responsible for any
problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines,
computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software,
failure of any email entry to be received on account of technical problems or
traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any kind,
or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants' or any
other persons' computers related to or resulting from participation, uploading
or downloading of any materials related to in this Contest.
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TCS
reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel or terminate the Contest,
at any time it deems fit and proper. No claims or representations shall be
entertained in this regard.
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TCS
reserves the right to relax any of these restrictions if permitted by law
before the start of the Qualification Round.
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TCS
reserves the right to verify eligibility and to adjudicate on any dispute at
any time. TCS will be the sole authority to decide the winners of the contest
and decision of TCS will be final and binding on all the contestants.
Indemnifications
You fully indemnify and hold us (Tata
Consultancy Services Limited) unaccountable for any and against all damages,
losses, and costs that might be caused by:
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Your
failure to comply with the terms of the above agreement
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Third
party claim(s) of their rights and IPR being violated/effected by your
article(s) submitted to us.
