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Selenium Interview Questions Python

This document contains a comprehensive list of interview questions and answers related to Selenium, an open-source automation testing tool for web applications. Key topics include components of Selenium, locators, waits, handling alerts and frames, and the Page Object Model. It also highlights differences between Selenium and other tools, limitations, and various functionalities such as handling dropdowns and executing JavaScript.

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Selenium Interview Questions Python

This document contains a comprehensive list of interview questions and answers related to Selenium, an open-source automation testing tool for web applications. Key topics include components of Selenium, locators, waits, handling alerts and frames, and the Page Object Model. It also highlights differences between Selenium and other tools, limitations, and various functionalities such as handling dropdowns and executing JavaScript.

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Selenium Interview Questions & Answers (Python)

Q: What is Selenium?
A: Selenium is an open-source automation testing tool used to test web applications across
different browsers and platforms.

Q: What are the components of Selenium?


A: Selenium IDE, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid.

Q: What is WebDriver?
A: WebDriver is a Selenium component that provides APIs to interact with browsers
programmatically.

Q: Difference between Selenium and QTP?


A: Selenium is open-source and supports multiple languages; QTP is licensed and supports
limited languages.

Q: What are locators?


A: Locators are used to identify web elements on a webpage.

Q: Types of locators in Selenium?


A: ID, Name, Class Name, Tag Name, Link Text, Partial Link Text, XPath, CSS Selector.

Q: What is XPath?
A: XPath is a language used to locate elements using XML path expressions.

Q: Difference between Absolute and Relative XPath?


A: Absolute XPath starts from root and is not reliable; Relative XPath starts anywhere and is
reliable.

Q: What is CSS Selector?


A: CSS Selector is used to locate elements using CSS patterns.

Q: What is implicit wait?


A: Implicit wait waits for a defined time before throwing exception for element not found.

Q: What is explicit wait?


A: Explicit wait waits for a specific condition to occur before proceeding.
Q: Difference between implicit and explicit wait?
A: Implicit wait is global; Explicit wait is applied to specific elements.

Q: What is fluent wait?


A: Fluent wait defines polling frequency and ignores specific exceptions.

Q: What is StaleElementReferenceException?
A: Occurs when the referenced element is no longer attached to the DOM.

Q: How to handle alerts?


A: Using driver.switch_to.[Link](), dismiss(), send_keys().

Q: How to handle frames?


A: Using driver.switch_to.frame() and switch_to.default_content().

Q: How to handle multiple windows?


A: Using driver.window_handles and switch_to.window().

Q: How to handle dropdowns?


A: Using Select class.

Q: What is ActionChains?
A: Used to perform mouse and keyboard actions.

Q: What is JavaScriptExecutor?
A: Used to execute JavaScript code within the browser.

Q: How to take screenshot?


A: Using driver.save_screenshot().

Q: What is Page Object Model?


A: Design pattern to create object repository for UI elements.

Q: What is TestNG / PyTest?


A: Testing frameworks used to manage and execute test cases.

Q: What is Selenium Grid?


A: Used to run tests in parallel across multiple machines and browsers.
Q: Limitations of Selenium?
A: Cannot test desktop apps, limited reporting, no built-in test management.

Q: What is headless browser?


A: Browser running without UI.

Q: How to upload file in Selenium?


A: By sending file path using send_keys().

Q: Difference between find_element and find_elements?


A: find_element returns single element; find_elements returns list.

Q: What is desired capabilities?


A: Used to configure browser properties.

Q: What is synchronization in Selenium?


A: Handling dynamic elements using waits.

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