Practice: test strategy drill
45 min · Beginner
Test strategy is a skill you practise, like coding. This drill puts the whole module to work: guess maths, time budgets, proctoring rules, a broken Java submission and your own timetable.
Topics in this lesson
- Guess value in one formula
- Time budgets for different patterns
- Rules of a proctored test, in one view
- Fixing a coding submission
Interview questions this lesson answers
- Walk me through how you would attempt a 30-question, 30-minute section with -0.25 marking.
- How do you calculate whether a guess is worth it when right answers carry 2 marks?
- What are the most common reasons a correct-looking Java submission fails?
- What would you do if you saw a classmate's phone during a proctored test in the lab?
- How do you use mock results to change your plan?
- What is in your 8-week preparation plan?
- Why do you put output format before speed when fixing a submission?
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