ChatGPT Prompts for Selenium Tests: A Practical Starter Set

Zain Ul Rehman — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:20:24 +0000

A good prompt for Selenium work states the language, the framework, the page under test and what you want back. A vague prompt gets vague code.

This is a short version of my full guide with the complete prompt list, common mistakes and a workflow section: ChatGPT Prompts for Selenium Tests.

What makes a prompt work

Name the stack: language, Selenium version, test runner.
Paste the real HTML or locators instead of describing the page.
Say what the output should look like (one class, one test, comments or none).
Ask for one thing at a time.

Categories covered in the full guide

Setting up Selenium
Page Object Model
Writing test cases
Debugging and fixing tests
CI/CD and framework tasks

Example prompt (a template, adapt it to your project)

Write a Page Object class in Java for the login page below, using Selenium 4 and explicit waits. Include methods for entering a username, a password and clicking Log in. HTML: [paste the form HTML here]

Always review the output

Generated code can use outdated methods, invented locators or waits that make tests flaky. Run it, read it and fix it before it goes near your suite. ChatGPT is a fast first draft, not a replacement for knowing Selenium.

Full prompt list: https://aitestingguide.com/chatgpt-prompts-for-selenium-tests/

SDET Interview Questions for 2026: What Gets Asked and How to Answer

Zain Ul Rehman — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:19:50 +0000

SDET interviews usually run in stages: a recruiter screen, a technical phone screen, a longer technical round with live coding and framework design, then a behavioural round. Most candidates are filtered out at the phone screen, so the basics below matter most.

This is a short version of my full guide, which has more questions and fuller answers: SDET Interview Questions 2026.

What the questions cover

Programming and coding: which language you use and why, object-oriented basics, a small coding task such as reversing a string without the built-in method, list vs tuple in Python.
Selenium and web automation: implicit vs explicit waits, handling dynamic elements, the Page Object Model, file uploads.
API testing: GET vs POST, how to validate a response in an automated test, authentication vs authorization.
Framework design: how you would build a framework from scratch, and how you decide what to automate and what to leave manual.
CI/CD: what CI/CD is and where tests fit into it.

Two examples

Implicit vs explicit wait. An implicit wait sets one global timeout for every element lookup. An explicit wait waits for a specific condition (for example, an element being clickable) on a specific element. Explicit waits are more precise and are usually the safer default; avoid mixing the two, because the timeouts can interact in confusing ways.

What do you automate? Tests that run often, have stable requirements, take long to run by hand, or are easy to get wrong manually. Leave one-off checks, exploratory testing and fast-changing screens alone, because the maintenance cost outweighs the benefit.

A tip on answers

Say what you actually did, in your own words. Interviewers can tell a rehearsed script from real experience, so use the answers above as a structure, not something to recite.

Full question list with complete answers: https://aitestingguide.com/sdet-interview-questions/

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