Performance Tester

Virtual Company

Lanham, Maryland, USFull-timeMidPosted Recently

Best fit for

This role is best for mid-level QA engineers with hands-on experience in Performance testing (JMeter / k6 / LoadRunner) open to working from Lanham, Maryland, US.

Skills you need for this role

Detected from the job title, description, and tags.

Domain & process

Performance testing (JMeter / k6 / LoadRunner) — Different discipline from functional QA — expect scenario and metrics questions.

Job description

Title: Peformance Tester Client: IRS Location: Lanham, MD All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Job highlights

•Role: Performance Tester
•Company: Virtual Company
•Location: Lanham, Maryland, US
•Type: Full-time
•Experience: Mid
•Seniority: Mid
•Posted: Recently

How to prepare for this interview

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1Refresh at least one automation framework (Selenium or Playwright) end-to-end — the interview will drill into it. Selenium interview questions →
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Likely interview questions for this role

Tuned to the stack we detected on this job.

Q1.How do you design a load test scenario from a production traffic pattern?
Q2.Walk me through a bug you found that shipped anyway — how did you handle it?
Q3.How do you decide what to automate vs test manually for a new feature?
Q4.How would you set up a test strategy for this team in your first 30 days?
Q5.Describe your ideal defect triage process with product + engineering.

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Salary context

Compensation not disclosed.

Virtual Company hasn't disclosed a salary range for this mid-level role. Check our QA/SDET salary benchmarks to anchor your ask for Lanham, Maryland, US.

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