QA Automation Live Interview Task — Playwright (JavaScript)

Overview

Welcome! In this session you'll be writing a small automated test suite for a demo e-commerce site using Playwright with JavaScript. We're not looking for perfection — we're interested in how you think and work through problems. Please talk us through your decisions as you go.

Please note, the playwright UI runner wont be available for this task.

Duration: 45–60 minutes
Site under test: https://saucedemo.com

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Test Credentials

Use these accounts in your tests:

Username	Password	Notes
standard_user	secret_sauce	Default valid user
locked_out_user	secret_sauce	Should be blocked from login
problem_user	secret_sauce	Bonus: has intentional UI quirks

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What We'd Like You to Build Test

Work through the steps below in order. We'll stop at natural checkpoints, so don't worry if you don't reach the end — seeing your approach at any stage is valuable.

Test 1 - Update the baseURL

Update the playwright config baseURL so that its taken from an .env file. Update the login.spec.js file accordingly

Test 2 - Update the folllowing test so that it successfully passes

Login Test - Should successfully log in

Test 3 — Update the folllowing test so that it successfully passes

Login Test - Should successfully log in - additional test

Test 4 - Update the following negative scenario so it successfully passes

Login Test - Should show error message for invalid login

Test 5 — Shopping flow

Write a test that:

• Logs in as standard_user
• Adds a product to the cart
• Asserts the cart badge updates to show the correct item count

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Project Structure

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├── pages/          # Page Object data go here
├── tests/          # Test files go here
├── playwright.config.js
├── package.json
└── README.md

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Good luck, and feel free to ask if anything is unclear!