How to prepare for a career in software testing
The blog Five Testers from VC explains:
Test candidates right out of school rarely have formal test training. The experience level is also limited to personal code and maybe a few small group projects. This gives us the challenge of identifying those candidates that have a rough talent for “finding bugs” or “breaking things” along with a way to navigate through a product and identify where priority bugs may hide. We also look for people who can adapt quickly and apply techniques ‘just learned’ to new problem areas.