portfolio

About me

Hello! My name is Monika Sokołowska. I am a former architect with scientific background, who decided to start a new career as a software tester in October 2022. I joined AGH University of Science and Technology on Software Quality Assurance postgraduate studies (qa.agh.edu.pl) to gain experience and get guidance to learn more in the field of testing. I am experienced with both manual and automation testing, creating test scenarios, test cases and writing high quality bug reports. This portfolio is to present some of my skills and experiences.

Tools

• GIT (Gitlab, GitHub)
• Jira, Confluence, Trello
• RTM, Zephyr
• Postman, Insomnium
• Selenium
• REST-assured
• TestNG, JUnit
• NUnit (in progress)
• Jenkins
• Bash, CMD
• Scrum
• Lucidchart
• ShareX, Bandicam, Charles Proxy
• Photoshop, Affinity, CorelDraw, Canva
• ArchiCAD, AutoCAD

Languages

• Java (basic)
• C# (in progress)
• SQL (basic queries)

Communication

• Polish (native)
• English (C1)
• Spanish (A1)
• German (A1)

Literature

• Black R. - "Managing the Testing Process" (Wiley Publishing Inc., 2002);
• CTFL Syllabus 2018 v3.1.1;
• Graham D., van Veenendaal E., Black R. - "Foundation of Software Testing" (Cengage Learning EMEA, 2020);
• Horstmann C. S.- "Java. Podstawy. Wydanie XI" (Helion, Gliwice, 2019);
• Roman A. - "A Study Guide to the ISTQB® Foundation Level 2018 Syllabus_ Test Techniques and Sample Mock Exams" (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018)
• Roman A. - "Testowanie i jakość oprogramowania. Modele, techniki, narzędzia" (PWN, Warszawa 2018) (in progress…);
• Roman A., Stapp L. - "Certyfikowany tester ISTQB® Poziom podstawowy" (Gliwice 2020);
• Smilgin R. - "Zawód tester. Od decyzji do zdobycia doświadczenia" (PWN, Warszawa 2018);
• Smilgin R. - "Praktyka testowania. Zeszyt ćwiczeń" (PWN, Warszawa 2020) - (in progress…);
• Sutherland J., - "SCRUM czyli jak zrobić dwa razy więcej, dwa razy szybciej" (PWN 2017)
• Tisoara M. - "Git i GitHub Kontrola wersji, zarządzanie projektami i zasady pracy zespołowej"(Helion, Gliwice 2022);

Certificates

• "LambdaTest Test Automation Professional Certificate" (LinkedIn Learning - 08/2023)
• "Trello Fundamentals" (Atlassian University Badge - 08/2023)
• "Confluence Fundamentals" (Atlassian University Badge - 08/2023)
• "Jira Fundamentals" (Atlassian University Badge - 08/2023)
• "Jira Work Management Fundamentals" (Atlassian University Badge - 08/2023)
• "ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level" No 20794/CTFL/2023 (07/2023)
• "Getting Started with Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "LambdaTest Software Testing Professional Certificate" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)

Courses

• "C# Fundamentals" (Pluralsight 03/2024)
• "Foundational C# with Microsoft Certification" (FreeCodeCamp 2024 - in progress)
• "Zephyr for Jira Fundamentals" (Pluralsight 01/2024)
• "Managing and Reporting on Tests with Zephyr for Jira" (Pluralsight 01/2024)
• "Scrum master Fundamentals - Foundations" (Pluralsight 01/2024)
• "Test Automation Foundations" (LinkedIn Learning 08/2023)
• "Postman Essential Training" (LinkedIn Learning 08/2023)
• "Software Testing: Exploratory Testing" (LinkedIn Learning 08/2023)
• "Software Testing Foundations: Test Planning" (LinkedIn Learning 08/2023)
• "Java Essential Training: Syntax and Structure" (LinkedIn Learning 07/2023)
• "Scrum: The Basics" (LinkedIn Learning 07/2023)
• "Selenium Essential Training" (LinkedIn Learning 07/2023)
• "Java: Practice Unit Testing" (LinkedIn Learning 07/2023)
• "SQL Server Fundamentals: Master Basic Query Techniques" (LinkedIn Learning 07/2023)
• "ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) v3.1 (2018)" (Udemy - 07/2023)
• "Getting Started with Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Continuous Integration: Tools" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "DevOps Foundations: Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Succeeding in Software Testing" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Agile Testing" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Software Testing Foundations: Test Techniques" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Understanding manual testing" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Programming Foundations: Software Testing/QA" (LinkedIn Learning - 05/2023)
• "Programming Foundations: Fundamentals" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Programming Foundations: Algorithms" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Foundation of Test Automation" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Podstawy programowania: API i usługi sieciowe" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Java: Automated API Testing with REST Assured" (LinkedIn Learning - 06/2023)
• "Java Oriented Programming" (LinkedIn Learning - 05/2023)
• "Learning Java 17" (LinkedIn Learning - 05/2023)
• "Learning Git & GitHub" (LinkedIn Learning - 05/2023)
• "ISTQB Foundation Exam Prep" (LinkedIn Learning - 05/2023)
• uTest Academy (with All Stars Academy Cycle for best students - 02-03/2023)

Events

• "Woman of IT" - program mentoringowy Codeaccess (12/2023 - 03/2024)
• "TEST DIVE CONFERENCE" (12.10.2023)
• "Jak dbać o czysty kod w testach" – webinar 4_testers (23.08.2023)
• "Testμ Conference 2023 - Decode the future of testing" - konferencja online LambdaTest (22-24.08.2023)
• "Wakacje z IT: podstawy testowania" - warsztaty FlexDev Academy (22.08.2023)
• "Synergia między testowaniem manualnym i automatycznym" - webinar Future Collars (16.08.2023)
• "Jak korzystać z DevTools w testach manualnych i przy automatyzacji?" – webinar 4_testers (08.08.2023)
• "Grow Up" - program rozwojowy Fundacji MamoPracuj (08/2023)
• "Wakacje! Cel: testowanie oprogramowania" - konkurs Akademii Testowania i Fundacji MamoPracuj (08/2023)
• "MeetQA #7" - webinar Szkolenie dla QA (27.07.2023)
• "Wakacje z IT: podstawy programowania" - warsztaty FlexDev Academy (25.07.2023)
• "Efektywne zarządzanie testami w Jira - dodatki w praktyce" - webinar eduamp (18.07.2023)
• "Wakacje z kanbanem" - workshop (AgileLabs, 17.07.2023)
• "COLT 2/2023" - collaborative testing (Cherry-it.pl, 15.07.2023-16.08.2023)
• "Podstawowe zasady testów wydajnościowych (AmberTeam, webinar - 05.06.2023)
• "Na podbój IT!" (SJSI, konferencja Kraków - 27.05.2023)
• "Jak dostać pracę jako tester SZYBCIEJ" (4testers.pl, webinar - 30.05.2023)
• "Jira, wszystko co musisz wiedzieć, żeby efektownie pracować zwinnie" (Agile Masters, webinar - 16.05.2023)
• "English with a Tech Girl" (canTest.it, webinar - 09.05.2023)
• "Wróżenie z fusów - 2022/2023" (KraQA, webinar - 28.11.2023)