QA Engineer CV Example
Employers hiring a QA Engineer usually screen for these skills first: Test planning, Manual testing and Test automation. This example shows how to present them clearly, with achievements you can adapt and a layout that applicant tracking systems read correctly.
Professional summary example
QA engineer with [X] years in manual and automated testing, building Playwright and API test suites that catch defects before release.
Skills employers search for
- Test planning
- Manual testing
- Test automation
- API testing
- Regression testing
- Bug tracking
- Agile
- SQL
Tools and systems
- Selenium
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Postman
- Jira
- TestRail
Personal strengths
- Problem solving
- Clear written communication
- Collaboration
- Ownership
Example achievements
Replace each [X] with your own numbers.
- Automated [X] regression tests, cutting test time from [X] days to [X] hours
- Reduced defects found in production by [X]%
- Designed test plans for [X] releases
- Added API tests to the CI pipeline
Turn duties into results
Weak
Tested software for bugs
Strong
Automated [X] regression tests in Playwright and cut production defects by [X]%
Action verbs to start your bullet points
- Automated
- Designed
- Reduced
- Identified
- Executed
- Implemented
- Improved
- Collaborated
Qualifications and certifications to list
- ISTQB Foundation Level
Typical education: Degree in Computing or ISTQB with experience
Common mistakes on a QA Engineer CV
- No automation shown
- No defect metrics
- Missing ISTQB
- Listing test types without examples
Build your QA Engineer CV
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I am applying for the QA Engineer role because it matches the work I do best, and I can show results in the areas this job asks for most.
Questions
What skills should a QA Engineer put on a CV?
Lead with the skills named in the job ad. For most QA Engineer roles these include: Test planning, Manual testing, Test automation and API testing, each backed by an example in your work history.
Which qualifications help a QA Engineer CV?
Employers often look for ISTQB Foundation Level. List the ones you hold in a Certifications section with the year you achieved them.
How do I show results as a QA Engineer?
Use the measures employers in this field recognise, such as test coverage, defect leakage, CI pipelines, and say what changed because of your work. Replace every [X] in the examples with your real figures.