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Registration: 04.02.2026

Marina Garkusha

Specialization: Junior Manual QA
— I am a dedicated QA professional with a background in teaching and IT recruitment. — After an 8-year career as an English teacher and 2.5 years as an IT recruiter, I discovered a passion for software testing. — I am committed to enhancing quality and efficiency in testing through continuous learning and innovative solutions.
— I am a dedicated QA professional with a background in teaching and IT recruitment. — After an 8-year career as an English teacher and 2.5 years as an IT recruiter, I discovered a passion for software testing. — I am committed to enhancing quality and efficiency in testing through continuous learning and innovative solutions.

Skills

Manual Testing
QA
Web Application Testing
Functional Testing
Regression Testing
Exploratory Testing
Smoke Testing
Usability Testing

Work experience

QA Manual
since 10.2024 - Till the present day |QuestMeUp
AI
● Testing the functionality of a life coaching platform, including modules related to training and AI interaction with users. ● Training and calibrating AI, verifying the accuracy and relevance of responses to enhance user experience and system interaction. ● Conducting exploratory testing to identify potential bugs and issues in the platform's performance. ● Creating detailed test cases and bug reports, ensuring product quality meets user requirements and expectations.
Junior QA Engineer
NDA
Agile, Jira, Bugzilla, Redmine, Mantis.
● Course: "Beginner Tester School". ● Test Documentation: Developed and formatted checklists and test cases, enhancing test coverage using tools like Testlink and Testrail. ● Web & Regression Testing: Utilized Dev Tools and Web Developer Toolbar for web testing; planned and executed regression tests to ensure stability after updates. ● Test Design & Analysis: Applied equivalence classes, boundary values, and created decision tables and state transition diagrams to optimize testing processes. ● Bug Tracking: Identified and documented bugs and improvement suggestions in Wildberries using Jira, Bugzilla, Redmine, and Mantis. ● Exploratory & Non-Functional Testing: Conducted exploratory testing using mind maps and Whittaker's tours, and developed strategies for performance and usability testing. ● Agile Methodologies: Participated in Agile practices, including retrospectives, sprint planning, and daily stand-ups. ● Pairwise Testing: Executed pairwise testing using PICT via command line.

Educational background

Software Testing
2024
Stepik
Software Testing
2024
Software-Testing
SQL and Data Acquisition
2022
Netology
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
2018
TEFL Express Limited
State and Local Management
2007 - 2012
Kuban State University

Languages

RussianNativeEnglishProficient