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This free ATS resume checker for qa engineers compares your resume with the 20 keywords that appear most often in QA Engineer job posts, then checks your sections, formatting, contact details and bullet points. Paste a real job description in the tool for an exact match.
QA and software testing roles split into manual testing, automation testing and SDET positions, and each uses different ATS keywords. Manual roles look for test cases, regression, SDLC/STLC and defect tracking; automation roles look for Selenium, Java or Python, TestNG, Cypress or Playwright, and API testing with Postman or Rest Assured. Recruiters want numbers that show your impact on quality: test coverage, automation percentage, defects caught before release and time saved per regression cycle.
Top 20 QA Engineer resume keywords
These are the skills and tools the checker looks for when you don't paste a job description. Add the ones you genuinely have to your Skills section and use them in bullet points.
- Manual Testing
- Automation Testing
- Test Cases
- Regression Testing
- API Testing
- Functional Testing
- SDLC
- STLC
- Test Planning
- Bug Tracking
- Performance Testing
- Agile
- Selenium
- Java
- TestNG
- Postman
- Jira
- Cypress
- Playwright
- JMeter
Sections to include in a QA Engineer resume
Use standard headings so the ATS can map your information correctly. For qa engineers, these sections matter most:
- Summary: State manual vs automation focus, your framework and one quality metric.
- Skills: Group into Testing Types, Automation Tools, Languages, API/Performance, and Management Tools.
- Experience: Use numbers: test cases written, automation coverage, defects found, regression time saved.
- Certifications: ISTQB Foundation is widely recognised for QA roles in India.
Common QA Engineer resume mistakes
- Applying for automation roles with a resume that only lists manual testing.
- Not naming the automation framework design (Page Object Model, BDD with Cucumber).
- No numbers about defects, coverage or time saved.
- Skipping API testing — it appears in most QA JDs today.
- Listing every testing type without examples of which you actually performed.
Sample QA Engineer resume bullet point
Automated 450 regression test cases with Selenium, Java and TestNG, cutting regression time from 3 days to 4 hours.
Why it works: it starts with an action verb, names the tools a QA Engineer ATS search looks for, and ends with a measurable result. Rewrite your own bullets in the same shape — action + tool or skill + result. Find more examples on our QA Engineer keywords page.