CrestWin is hiring a QA Engineer for an immediate opportunity in Indore. The position is suitable for freshers and early-career professionals with 0–1 year of experience who have a basic understanding of software testing, manual testing, SDLC and STLC.
📌 Job Details
🏢 Company: CrestWin
💼 Role: QA Engineer
🎯 Experience: 0–1 Year
📍 Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh
⚡ Joining: Immediate / Short Notice Preferred
🧪 Testing: Manual Testing & QA Fundamentals
📚 Knowledge: SDLC, STLC, Software Testing
📩 Apply: saloni.thakur@crestwin.in
📝 Subject: Application – QA Engineer – 0–1 Year
🏢 About CrestWin
CrestWin is an Indore-based IT services and IT consulting company. Its LinkedIn company profile describes the organization as a technology services company working with startups and enterprises, with capabilities spanning software development, cloud, data engineering, AI/ML, cybersecurity, DevOps and quality assurance.
CrestWin’s listed QA capabilities include QA Automation, Selenium, Cypress and Pytest, alongside API development, databases and other software engineering services. The company profile currently lists its headquarters in Indore and describes the organization as privately held.
🌟 Why This Role Is Good for Freshers?
For someone beginning a QA career, understanding testing fundamentals is more important than simply collecting automation tools. This role focuses directly on manual testing, SDLC, STLC, problem-solving and communication, giving candidates an opportunity to strengthen the foundation required for future QA and automation roles.
CrestWin has previously advertised entry-level QA opportunities involving manual testing, automation basics, Playwright, Selenium, bug tracking and SDLC/STLC knowledge, indicating that QA work within the company can involve progression toward automation.
A fresher joining an environment like this can build practical experience in understanding requirements, designing test scenarios, executing tests, documenting defects and collaborating with developers. These fundamentals can later support learning Selenium, Playwright, API testing, SQL and CI/CD.
🧠 Skills Required
Candidates should focus on these areas:
- 🔍 Manual Testing: Functional testing, regression testing, smoke testing, sanity testing and exploratory testing.
- 📋 Test Case Design: Creating clear test scenarios, test cases, test data and expected results.
- 🔄 SDLC: Understanding how software moves from requirements and development through testing, deployment and maintenance.
- 🧪 STLC: Requirement analysis, test planning, test-case development, environment setup, execution, defect reporting and closure.
- 🐞 Bug Reporting: Reproduction steps, expected versus actual results, severity, priority and supporting screenshots/logs.
- 🧠 Problem-Solving: Thinking about positive, negative and edge-case scenarios.
- 💬 Communication: Clearly explaining defects and collaborating with developers and senior QA engineers.
- 🌐 Web Testing Basics: Forms, links, navigation, browser compatibility, sessions and basic UI validation.
- 🗄️ SQL Basics: Simple SELECT queries and database validation are useful for building a stronger QA foundation.
- 🔌 API Fundamentals: Understanding HTTP methods, status codes and JSON can prepare you for API testing.
🎯 Expected CrestWin Interview Rounds
🔹 HR/Initial Screening: Resume, qualification, availability, location and joining timeline.
🔹 QA Technical Round: Manual testing, SDLC, STLC, test cases, defect life cycle and basic QA terminology.
🔹 Practical Testing Discussion: You may receive a common application such as a login page, e-commerce website or registration form and be asked to identify test scenarios.
🔹 Problem-Solving/Communication Round: Explaining how you would reproduce a defect or handle an unclear requirement.
🔹 Final HR Discussion: Joining date, compensation and other employment details.
💰 QA Engineer Salary Range
The vacancy shared for CrestWin does not disclose an official salary range. Third-party market data can only provide a general reference.
Glassdoor’s 2026 Indore data shows QA Engineer salaries with a typical range of approximately ₹3.02–₹8.15 LPA, while its Junior QA Engineer data shows a base-pay range of roughly ₹1–₹3 LPA, with an average around ₹2 LPA.
For an 0–1 year entry-level Manual QA role, a reasonable market reference is approximately ₹2–4 LPA, but this is not a CrestWin-confirmed salary range. The final package can depend on qualification, skills, interview performance and company compensation structure.
📚 Preparation Tips
🔹 Learn the difference between SDLC and STLC and explain every stage with a practical example.
🔹 Pick a familiar website such as an e-commerce or banking application and prepare 20–30 test scenarios covering positive, negative and boundary cases.
🔹 Practice writing professional bug reports with title, environment, steps to reproduce, expected result, actual result, severity and evidence.
🔹 Revise severity vs priority, smoke vs sanity, regression vs retesting and verification vs validation.
🔹 Practice answering: “How would you test a login page?” Include valid login, invalid password, empty fields, password masking, lockout, session behaviour and boundary cases.
🔹 Learn basic SQL and HTTP concepts before the interview.
🔹 Prepare one project from college or personal work and explain exactly what you tested, which bugs you found and how you validated fixes.
📄 Resume Tips for Freshers
Keep the resume focused on QA fundamentals rather than unrelated technical skills. Place Manual Testing, SDLC, STLC, test-case writing and bug reporting prominently.
If you have completed a testing project, describe the application and testing performed. For example, mention the number or types of test cases created, functional areas tested and defects identified.
Add Jira, Postman, SQL, Selenium or Playwright only if you have actually used them through projects, coursework or practice. A GitHub repository containing a testing project, sample test cases or automation scripts can also strengthen the profile.
📩 How to Apply?
📩saloni.thakur@crestwin.in
Interested candidates can send their updated resume directly to:
📝 Email Subject: Application – QA Engineer – 0–1 Year
⚡ Immediate joiners / short-notice candidates are preferred.
