HCL – Selenium Interview Questions 2023

Here is the list of Selenium Interview Questions which are recently asked in HCL company. These questions are included for both Freshers and Experienced professionals. Our Selenium Training has Answered all the below Questions.

1. Explain the Framework you are using?

Most used important frameworks are,

Data-Driven Test Framework.
Keyword Driven Test Framework.
Hybrid Test Framework.

2. What is data driven framework?

Data Driven Framework is one of the popular Automation Testing Framework in the current market. Data Driven automated testing is a method in which the test data set is created in the excel sheet, and is then imported into automation testing tools to feed to the software under test.

Selenium Webdriver is a great tool to automate web-based applications. But it does not support read and write operations on excel files.

3. Where the test data will be stored in the FW?

The test data can be stored in various formats and locations to keep test data separate from test scripts. The test data is usually stored in

External file

Excel file
CSV file
XML file

Database

Relational database
NoSQL database

Properties files

Embedded in Code

4. Components of Framework.

Following are the components of framework

Selenium IDE,
Selenium RC,
Selenium WebDriver,
Selenium RC.

5. How to count the links available in the form?

Use the below code for your reference:

Need to Switch your career to automation:

6. Different types of locators. Which locator is your preference and why?
Following are the different types of locators,

By CSS ID: find_element_by_id

By CSS class name: find_element_by_class_name

By name attribute: find_element_by_name

By DOM structure or xpath: find_element_by_xpath

By link text: find_element_by_link_text

By partial link text: find_element_by_partial_link_text

By HTML tag name: find_element_by_tag_name

7. Syntax of Xpath and cssSelector.
Syntax of Xpath
8. In what format you are giving your report to client.

The report format depends on the client’s requirements and the nature of the project. The common report format used in our project are

HTML reports

PDF reports

Excel reports

9. Conversion process of Testing report to XSLT.
To generate XSLT report in Selenium be ready with below precondition.

Ant should be installed.

We should have atleast some test case should be executed by TestNG Processor used in report.

10. Processor used in report.

11. How to handle Authentication window?

12. How to handle multiple window?

13. Challenges faced in your automation project and how you overcome those.

Pop-Up Windows.

Identifying Dynamic Elements.

Timeout or Sync Issue.

Limited Reporting.

Limited Captcha Handling.

14. How to handle complex interaction – Action class?

The Actions class is designed to handle complex user interactions like mouse movements, keypresses, drag and drop. It provides a way to chain multiple The common complex interactions handled by actions class are

Mouse Hover

Click and Hold

Drag and Drop

Right-Click

Double-Click

Clicking on Multiple Elements

Key Press and Release

15. What kind of Frame work using in your organization?

Linear Scripting Framework.

Modular Testing Framework.

Library Architecture Testing Framework.

Data-driven Testing Framework.

Keyword Driven Testing Framework.

Hybrid Testing Framework.

Behavior Driven Development Testing Framework.

16. Explain about your framework architecure?

The framework architecture is the design and organization of various components that support efficient test automation. The framework architecture includes components, such as

Page Object Model (POM)

Test Scripts

Test data management

Configuration files

Helper classes

Configuration files

Reporting and logging

17. Where did you stored all kind of xpaths in your framework?

XPath expressions are stored using various approaches to manage and maintain easily.XPath locators are stored within the Page Object Model (POM) classes as private or protected variables.

Locators are stored in a centralized file or class. They can be stored in external files, such as .properties, .xml, or .json.

18. What is the HUB & Node?

Selenium Grid a Hub is a server or a central point that controls the test executions on different machines. Node is the machine which is attached to the hub. There can be multiple nodes in Selenium Grid.

19. How do you run your test using a framework?

XPath in Selenium is an XML path used for navigation through the HTML structure of the page. It is a syntax or language for finding any element on a web page using XML path expression. XPath can be used for both HTML and XML documents to find the location of any element on a webpage using HTML DOM structure.

20. Write the xpath?

XPath in Selenium is an XML path used for navigation through the HTML structure of the page. It is a syntax or language for finding any element on a web page using XML path expression.
XPath can be used for both HTML and XML documents to find the location of any element on a webpage using HTML DOM structure.

21. How to handle alerts using web driver?

22. How to identify two fields(Radio button) in a page with same id?

23. How to write a xpaths for Dynamic web pages? (like facebook status, Filpakarts)

24. Junit – how do you used in projects?

JUnit is used for unit testing and automation testing in Selenium.

To structure test cases and manage setup/teardown processes, JUnit provides annotations.

JUnit is used to validate the outcomes of test executions using assertion methods.

JUnit supports parameterized tests that allow the same test case to be run with different sets of data.

25. Junit – how do you used in projects?

Cross-browser testing ensures the working of web applications as expected across different browsers. As Selenium WebDriver supports multiple browsers, instantiate different WebDriver objects to perform cross-browser testing.

26. How do you handle popup windows in your projects?

Driver.getWindowHandles();
Driver.getWindowHandle();

27. Why is Java platform/OS independent?

It allows its end users to access its source code on any other language automatically.
It’s a human readable language which makes it preferable from a bunch of people.
Its source code can be used to work on a different platform which makes it an independent platform to work on.

28. Have you used collections in your code?

Collection is the root of the collection hierarchy. A collection represents a group of objects known as its elements. The Java platform doesn’t provide any direct implementations of this interface.

29. What is the difference between Implicit and Explicit wait?

Implicit Wait Explicit wait

The driver is asked to wait for a specific amount of time for the element to be available on the DOM of the page. The driver is asked to wait till a certain condition is satisfied.

It affects the execution speed since each step waits for this wait till it gets the element it is looking for. It does not affect the execution speed since it is applicable to a particular element of the page.

30. Write any sample code — Fibonacci series Scenario —

31. I have three unique buttons in my page.(Display names are different)

On a webpage, unique buttons are present with different display names. Locate the buttons by displaying name (text), unique attributes like id, class, or name, dynamic XPath.

32. The internal ID & Name changes on every page load.

The Actions class is used to chain multiple actions together. It handles complex user interactions like mouse movements, keyboard actions, drag-and-drop, and more.

33. I need to click on each button in sequence.
Use the below code:
34. Write a program to find the largest of 3 numbers.

35. Write a program to obtain the ipaddress from the user and check if the ipaddress is valid or not.

36. Write a program to check if you have received mail from hcl using webtable.

XPath is a language used to locate elements in an XML document or on a web page based on their XML path. XPath expressions can be absolute or relative.

37. Your project architecture.

As the properties of dynamic elements change frequently, handling them requires strategies, like: dynamic XPath, explicit waits.

Use dynamic XPath functions like contains(), starts-with(), and text() in XPath.

Use WebDriverWait with conditions like elementToBeClickable or visibilityOfElementLocated.

38. Difference between hashmap and hashtable?

Hashmap Hashtable

It is the advanced version of HashTable also introduced as a new class in JDK 1.2. HashTable on the other hand is the legacy class and was introduced prior to HashMap.

HashMap provides Iterator for its iteration in order to traverse the values stored in it. Along with Iterator HashTable also provides Enumerator to traverse the values stored in it

39. What is serialization?

Serialization in Java allows us to convert an Object to stream that we can send over the network or save it as file or store in DB for later usage.
Serialization in Java seems very easy to use at first but it comes with some trivial security and integrity issues.

40. What is anonymous class?

Java anonymous class are like local class or inner class without a name. We can use java anonymous class to declare and instantiate a class at the same time.

41. How to create a immutable class?

42. Challenges faced in selenium

False Positive and False Negative Results.

Captcha or OTP Handling.

Pop up and Alert Handling.

Limited Reporting.

43. How will you locate the dynamic objects in a webpage?

Below locators are used to handle the dynamic objects in web page:

className

tagName

id

name

partialText

linkText

xpath

css selector

44. Prog to reverse a string

45. Obtain the number of chars in a text file.

To interact with dropdown menus, Selenium provides the Select class with select options, like visible text, value, index.

46. Obtain the number of chars in a text file.

Selenium allows switching between multiple windows using their window handles.

getWindowHandle() method returns the current window handle,

getWindowHandles() returns a set of all window handles.

47. Read a property file.

48. How to handle ajax alerts and frames?

Selenium’s WebDriverWait in combination with ExpectedConditions is used for handling AJAX calls.

49. Write a java program, to swap without using 3rd variable?

50. Write a Java program to read text from a file and display it.

A Fluent Wait is a type of explicit wait that defines the maximum amount of time to wait for a condition. It also includes the frequency with which the condition is checked. Fluent wait also allows you to ignore specific types of exceptions during the wait period.

51. Write a Java program to get file name from the given string.

Implicit Wait	Explicit wait
The driver is asked to wait for a specific amount of time for the element to be available on the DOM of the page.	The driver is asked to wait till a certain condition is satisfied.
It affects the execution speed since each step waits for this wait till it gets the element it is looking for.	It does not affect the execution speed since it is applicable to a particular element of the page.

Hashmap	Hashtable
It is the advanced version of HashTable also introduced as a new class in JDK 1.2.	HashTable on the other hand is the legacy class and was introduced prior to HashMap.
HashMap provides Iterator for its iteration in order to traverse the values stored in it.	Along with Iterator HashTable also provides Enumerator to traverse the values stored in it

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HCL – Selenium Interview Questions 2023