ISTQB Software Testing Foundation Course (CTFL) v4.0
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The ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certification is the cornerstone of essential testing knowledge that can be applied to real-world scenarios. The ISTQB Software Testing Foundation Syllabus provides a comprehensive understanding of the terminology and concepts used in the testing domain worldwide, making it relevant for all software delivery approaches and practices, including Waterfall, Agile, DevOps, and Continuous Delivery.
This three-day intensive tutor-led istqb certification course includes exam preparation, revision and the examination a few days later. It is fully- accredited by UKITB on behalf of ISTQB and has been rated SFIAplus level 3 by the BCS
The ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level is principally aimed at anyone directly involved in software testing, who needs to demonstrate practical knowledge of the fundamental concepts, such as testers, test analysts, test engineers, test leads, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers and software developers.
This software testing course is also ideal for all those who have an interest in understanding the basic concepts of software testing, and so is additionally appropriate for project managers, quality managers, software development managers, business analysts, IT directors and management consultants.
About ISTQB and the ‘Certified Tester’ Scheme
ISTQB® was established in 1998 and its Certified Tester scheme has grown to be the leading software testing certification scheme worldwide. ISTQB® continues to strive to meet its vision and mission to support the testing community and promote software quality.
ISTQB® established, and continues to evolve, the internationally recognised Certified Tester scheme which is a portfolio of certifications that develop, extend, and validate testing skills. The scheme is built around syllabi created by a global network of experts, the ISTQB® Glossary, sample exams, and the Testing Body of Knowledge (TBOK).
The Certified Tester Foundation Level certification provides testing professionals with essential terminology and a breadth of knowledge. It is the prerequisite to the other modules within the scheme which offer depth and specialization.
The ‘Certified Tester’ scheme:
Provides a set of professional qualifications widely recognised by employers, customers and peers;
Enables software suppliers to hire and train certified testers and thereby gain commercial advantage over their competitors by advertising their tester recruitment and development policies; and
Enables comparison of testing skills across different countries, testers to move across country borders more easily, and multi-national/international projects to have a common understanding of testing issues.
Next Steps: Follow-on Courses After CTFL Certification
After achieving the Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certification, you’re prepared to take the next step in your software testing career by exploring further modules within the Certified Tester Scheme.
Core Stream Modules
These modules are technology, methodology, and application domain-agnostic, building directly on the knowledge acquired at the Foundation Level.
Agile Stream
Tailored for those working in or transitioning to Agile environments, this stream emphasizes testing practices and principles within the Agile methodology.
Specialist Stream
For those looking to specialise further, this stream offers courses focusing on specific quality characteristics, test approaches, test activities, or industry-specific testing knowledge.
Each of these courses is designed to build upon the foundation laid by the CTFL certification, allowing you to specialize further and enhance your career prospects in the field of software testing.
Learn more about the NEW ISTQB Foundation Course
This video will give you an insight in to the new ISTQB Foundation Syllabus, the reasoning behind the syllabus change and the merging of 2 syllabi into one.
The entry requirements for the Certified Tester Foundation Level qualification are that the candidate should have a basic working knowledge of IT.
On arrival at the course candidates should have read the provided Syllabus in preparation for the course. The course is intensive and those delegates who have prepared achieve a higher exam success rate.
ISTQB Foundation Exam
To qualify as an internationally recognised Certified Foundation Level Tester and be issued with an ISTQB® Foundation Level Certificate, delegates must successfully pass the exam:
The examination consists of a one-hour exam with 40 multiple choice questions.
It will be a ‘closed book’ examination i.e. no notes or books will be allowed into the examination room.
Duration of 60 minutes (or 75 minutes for candidates taking examinations that are not in their native language)
The pass mark is 65% (26 out of 40).
ISTQB Foundation Course Objectives
The Business Outcomes expected of a candidate who has achieved the new Foundation Level certification are as follows:
Understand what testing is and why it is beneficial
Understand fundamental concepts of software testing
Identify the test approach and activities to be implemented depending on the context of testing
Assess and improve the quality of documentation
Increase the effectiveness and efficiency of testing
Align the test process with the software development lifecycle
Understand test management principles
Write and communicate clear and understandable defect reports
Understand the factors that influence the priorities and efforts related to testing
Work as part of a cross-functional team
Know risks and benefits related to test automation
Identify essential skills required for testing
Understand the impact of risk on testing
Effectively report on test progress and quality
ISTQB Foundation Syllabus – Key points
Fundamentals of Testing
Testing Throughout the Software Development Lifecycle
Static Testing
Test Analysis and Design
Managing the Test Activities
Test Tools
Next steps/Follow on courses
The Certified Tester Foundation Level certification is the prerequisite to the other modules within the Certified Tester Scheme.
The “Core” stream modules are valid for any technology/ methodology/ application domain and build on the Foundation Level:
Advanced Test Manager
Advanced Test Analyst
Advanced Technical Test Analyst
The “Agile” stream focuses on testing practices specifically for the Agile methodology:
Advanced Agile Technical Tester
The “Specialist” stream provides a deep dive into areas which may be based on quality characteristics, specific test approaches and test activities, or which cluster testing know-how for certain industry domains:
Acceptance Testing
AI Testing
Mobile Application Testing
Model-Based Tester
Security Tester
Test Automation Engineer
737 reviews for ISTQB Software Testing Foundation Course (CTFL) v4.0
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was informative and went over a lot of information throughout the 3 days. Maybe would have benefited from another half day to ensure things were not as rushed towards the end to make sure everything was covered.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Really well explain. Angelina was amazing and really careful with the attention to detail, making sure we all understood and comprehend the logic behind the words.
Rated 4 out of 5
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I like the course and the the supplementary document really helped.
Rated 5 out of 5
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Very informative and helpful course. All of the areas were covered well and in detail with support to go over more difficult areas as needed. I’d definitely consider taking another course through this provider.
Rated 5 out of 5
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More condensed in the first days, less in the last day.
Rated 4 out of 5
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Needs to be more than 3 days so we can have more time to solidify everything
Rated 5 out of 5
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Knowledgeable trainer, content was detailed and thorough. Good to have access to past papers with separate answer sheets
Rated 5 out of 5
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The course has been interesting. There has been a lot of new information however Richard has been a brilliant trainer. His teaching style is great, with the use of slides, the whiteboard for more interactive detail, exam questions, and the regular recaps of information which help to piece it all together. From not know anything about testing, i feel comfortable with the foundations and confident with the approaching exam. The course content and information is accessible and detailed.
Rated 5 out of 5
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Richard was excellent at guiding us through the course material, pulling real-life examples where possible to keep the audience engaged. His method of delivery was calm and confident while still delivering with enough emotion to keep things interesting, making him one of the best presenters I’ve come across. Well done Richard!
Rated 5 out of 5
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Good coverage on wide range of test concepts and overlapping with agile delivery practices
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
All the concepts were really well explained. Resources were easy to access and really helpful. Personal preference would be to have more interactive learning as struggle to listen and concentrate for such long periods of time (sometimes 2hours at a time).
Rated 5 out of 5
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Richard was good at articulating concepts and spoke in a clear and concise way. He emphasised the importance of group involvement and discussion
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Well presented, liked the intermittent exam questions to test our knowledge
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was delivered expertly, with clear information and well-thought out examples. Instructor was warm, personable and willing to answer questions with detail.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course has been very informative. It’s been easy to keep focused and highlighted areas I need to spend more time revising and learning.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very intense but very informative. Trainer took time to explain the more complex stuff. Practice exam questions were also useful in understanding what could have been potentially missed in the training.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course has been very helpful in providing valuable information in such a short time. Even though there is a lot of content to go through, it is easy to understand, which is mainly thanks to Richard and the way he goes through the slides and is able to deliver the content. Very nice, valuable course thank you.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good course and content. I did find it little hard to concentrate for the longish periods with lots of new material a pace. That’s the nature of a 3 day course I though I suppose. If I was primarily a tester I expect this would be much easier. Still goood though
Rated 5 out of 5
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The course was well paced and the instructor had clear explanations. I found the exercises and additional resources very helpful.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was knowledgeable and answered questions. The pace of the course was also good.
I liked the fact that when other topics were covered, the trainer gave context.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very thorough but easy to follow along with. Richard made sure that everyone understood what was being conveyed before progressing and was knowledgeable too. It feels like a basic understanding of testing was important to the course as terminology used was implied as standard.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Content was well presented with clear and concise explanations of the topics. Past papers and home exercises were provided for revision. Trainer adept and answering questions + giving detailed breakdowns of past paper example where requested.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was delivered well, the short exercises and test exam papers were particularly helpful in cementing the knowledge. Thanks.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Lots of useful content with worked examples I found very helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Trainer was great, however I struggle to learn from lectures and generally learn better with a more hands on/exercise based approach.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was useful in that it gave me confidence that what I have been doing is correct. Also, it helped to categorize (or put a name to) the practices I’m doing. There are many useful testing tips for the exams.
I found mock exams quite difficult and tricky (very wordy). I can see the effort to incorporate traditional and modern SDLCs, and there are many things in common but I’ve been practicing agile for many years, so I would appreciate if the foundation was also available for agile.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
I found the course interesting, entertaining and above all informative. The course had 6 people attending which was a great size. Karen knew her subject and was able to explain complicated idea’s and answered all our questions. She kept it light and I enjoyed every day on the course. I learnt loads.
Rated 4 out of 5
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Coming from a background with no testing experience I found this course to be a bit more advanced than the foundation level it was stated. I thought we would be being taught on how to create test scripts/suites and how to run tests.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Aspects of the course are at odds with my 25+ years of testing (naming conventions etc). As an introduction to testing this would be good. I would use the analogy of a long time driver sitting a driving test lol.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
I enjoyed the course – felt very intensive as the syllabus is very full. Trainer gave great insights and personal stories from her time as a tester. Slides felt overly busy though, hard to consume all the information fully when there are a hundred and one things being shown at one time. So a simplified slide deck would be personally preferred.
Homework and End of Exercise activities were also good – only problem is that the questions in the mock papers are dubbed ‘harder’ than the actual exam. This isnt necessarily bad thing as it prepares you fully for the worst case scenario – however having a fairer mix of questions set would be an improvement.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was good, interesting to build upon existing knowledge; however it can be lacking in crucial information for absolute beginners who have never worked in testing or even in IT altogether.
There should also be additional entry information about test automation.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course, led by Richard, was informative and well-structured, offering a thorough understanding of software testing principles. Richard’s expertise made complex topics accessible. I’d appreciate more focus on ISTQB exam preparation, including some exam strategies. This addition would make the course more comprehensive for those aiming to get certified.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
a lot of content to cover within the time and confusing language in the test samples
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard was very clear in his explanations, and always took the time to answer questions. The course packs a lot of information into a short space of time, so I feel could do with being one day longer, with more opportunity to go through sample questions with the trainer, as I found that most often it was the wording of the question rather than the content that was tripping people up.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Really enjoyed the course, it’s been very useful. Richard was a great trainer, very knowledgeable and helpful.
I think there was a bit too much material for the 3 days, we had to really move with the course to finish on time.
Rated 5 out of 5
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Excellent, well paced and structured. Richard delivered what could easily have been quite dry topics with enthusiasm and a clear deep understanding of the subject matter that kept me engaged throughout.
Rated 5 out of 5
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We worked through the material at a good pace and were offered clarity (by our kind trainer) on any areas of confusion.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was delivered in a very professional manner and Richard’s explanations were very easy to understand.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Helpful, informative and in depth. Great teacher.
Rated 5 out of 5
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All good
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Great course explained well
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Amazing course with an amazing instructor who guides you through all the material and clarifies any doubts.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was fabulous as always – really enjoyed having her as a trainer for several of the courses we were enlisted on for our software testing apprenticeship.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was very helpful and he was always asking us if we had any doubts. The exercises during the course were very important to consolidate knowledge.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Excellent course, it was explained very very well!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
A very informative and well put together course. I struggled understanding a few of the concepts that were new, but Richard explained things rather well.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard took us through the material at a good pace and was very patient and offered extra help along the way. Very happy with the training, it was as stated intensive due to the amount of information delivered in the short space of time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
very informative and structured
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was helpful but I would appreciated a lot if we had the flexibility possibility to change the dates (because I was on holiday on monday so I missed the 1st classs)
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
I recently completed the 754 course, and it has been an enlightening and enriching experience, largely thanks to the brilliance of my trainer. The course covered a comprehensive range of topics related to software testing, and the trainer’s expertise was evident in their ability to break down complex concepts into digestible and practical information. They fostered an engaging and interactive learning environment, encouraging questions and discussions that deepened our understanding of the material. The trainer’s real-world examples and case studies provided valuable insights into the application of testing principles in various scenarios. Their passion for the subject matter was palpable, creating an inspiring atmosphere that motivated me to delve deeper into the intricacies of software testing. The training not only prepared me for the 754 exam but also equipped me with practical knowledge that I can apply in my professional career. I am grateful for the dedication and skill of my trainer, as they played a pivotal role in making the course a highly beneficial and enjoyable learning experience.
Rated 2 out of 5
Anonymous –
Overall, I did not enjoy the course. There was too much theory and too little practice. There should have been group exercises, which are the norm in these kind of courses.
The slides were dated – they looked like taken from MS Office 98.
The exam was two days after the last lecture – for people who are working there was definitely not enough time to prepare.
It seems the focus of this course was to ‘cram, take the exam and forget’, instead of retain knowledge and be able to meaningfully apply the course learnings at work.
I wanted to move my exam because I had work to prioritise but I was told I need to pay for this (!). Utterly bizarre. Overall, I feel very frustrated for having invested so much of my personal time in something that was so disappointing.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Overall the course was good. But sitting for whole day was bit tiresome
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
There is a lot of information given in this course and it was quite a lot to take in, especially day 1 with all the 3 sections of theory (I needed a lie down) – although I assume I am not the usual target audience for this course (no experience of software testing/haven’t worked in testing/never will), so I may have found there was more to learn than other delegates perhaps – however saying that, the information given in the course and the supporting materials provided still have been enough to enable me to correctly answer a good number of sample exam questions and with revision, hopefully pass the exam. Rosie is incredibly knowledgeable on this subject and was able to break down the info and give real life examples to explain the topics in a more understandable way, even understandable to me, a non-technical person. Thoroughly enjoyed the course, although it was hard work!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
A lot of information to take in over the 3 Days. Rosie is very knowledgeable & her approach to training has helped me to understand the course materials. Lots of revision to do before the Exam
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was packed with information and a lot to take in but the way Rosie delivered the course really helped with this and the understanding. The examples delivered helped with my understanding of each module. The course material is very helpful and clear to use and make sense of and going through the exam questions after doing a few questions helped my understanding of where I went right and wrong
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Amazing course structure with proper explanations using examples.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was very engaging. She mixed real life examples with the exacts of the syllabus very well which made it easier to understand.
There were the correct amount of breaks with the amount of information given.
The amount of homework also seemed reasonable given the amount of concentrating we needed to do during the day.
I’m not a big fan of breakout rooms personally, so perhaps more full group discussions instead?
The first day is very heavy with information.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was excellent, although it feels like a lot of information has been crammed into a small amount of time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course is well developed with all information being presented well, and within a 3 day timeline which feels guided, concise and still has time to interact with the students
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very well presented, very clear training with well thought out exercises. Nice bits of group work to keep things different, with different people each time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was absolutely amazing to learn from, the way she described test scenarios in an easy to relate way was superb. she was easy to listen to and even gave me extra tasks which was amazing. I couldn’t of hoped for a better trainer thank you.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
John was great at getting us through all the syllabus. Because we all have experience in testing he was also very patient with us and great at focussing our thoughts onto the syllabus rather than try and answer exam questions based on our actual experience.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Lots of content, intense pace, but no hanging around – good materials and sample questions were good.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Great course, John is really good. The questions often have fairly significant ambiguity where multiple answers could be correct, which creates an obvious problem in an exam setting.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Definitely a good start for testers interested in learning more about testing foundations. Lot of knowledge to take in.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was delivered excellently.
– Enthusiastic and knowledgeable trainer
– All 3 days were well structured, good amount of breaks in between.
– Pace was decent, not too fast or too slow
– Good amount of supporting materials provided
– Not sure if it was intentional, but having the training on Wed, Thurs, Fri and the exam the following week is ideal, as the weekend is there for revision.
Overall, amazing course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
I want to thank Angeline Samaroo for her excellent ISTQB training. She made complex software testing concepts easy to understand with her clear communication and engaging teaching style. Her passion for the material and use of real-world examples made the learning experience enjoyable and valuable. Thanks to her dedication, I feel well-prepared and confident in ISTQB principles. It was a positive and enriching learning experience.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
course was good, good level of interactivity from the trainer keeping people engaged and going through the exam questions
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good course presentation and and overall communication. Made the presentation engaging and getting everyone involved.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Great communication kept the class on track and kept a good energy throughout the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Instructor was very kind and understanding, explained things clearly and didn’t go through the content too quickly (despite the content that wasn’t needed) Feel very prepared for the exam due to the helpfulness 🙂
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was very interesting, and well paced, the instructor kept things fresh with examples and interacted with the class to prevent a lecture style feel and I feel like it has prepared me well
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good content and material overall, certainly some new take aways for us to consider. Good overlap with our agile methodologies, just need to map how/what we do to the foundation material.
Overall quite of bit of content coming at us, exercises and mock tests help to highlight areas where I needed to re-read and reinforce. Additional exercises and mock tests would help as the application of concepts was most valuable.
We had a rough start with some attendees who didn’t have the information to join the online course and/or did not block time out of their calendar. This may be an area where communication/process on the Current Health side of things should have been more clear. Or perhaps recommend to the organizers on our side how best to align attendees so they have full attention.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Unfortunately this class wasn’t very relevant for my job function at this time. Its good to see an overview of testing concepts, but it’s not very pertinent to me. Having said that, parts of the course were interesting, and I really hope it helps our teams who work in this area!
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Overall the course was good. I found the calculations of coverage ambiguous and not covered well. In addition, for non-testers it is not super important.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was very comprehensive. I liked the test taking tips the trainer gave to make it more certain to choose the right answer.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was very informative and for someone like myself with no previous experience was not too difficult to follow.
Tal explained each section in a clear and concise manner and encouraged students to participate in whatever way the felt comfortable with.
For me the course was to help my understanding of the work that a Tester carries out and their responsibilities in the process in relation to what goes on in our Department.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was excellent, Trainer has her best to share all the knowledge about the course. Course walkthrough was really good. Examples was really good. I liked it a lot. Course contain is good. Please share more sample questions to solve.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course content is okay, more time should be given before the test is taken and questions asked in the practice exams are confusing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Interactive, cheerful trainer, good pace
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course is a lot to take in. exams should be scheduled at least 2 days after the course and not immediately. Angelina was a fantastic trainer btw.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina was amazing. Very passionate and accommodating. Made the content interesting and answered all the questions. Tried different approaches to the same topic to make sure everyone got understanding of the subject.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Trainer was excellent – made some very dry content reasonably engaging.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer has an engaging way of speaking.
Good use of mini tests spread throughout the course.
Too much content to remember in such a short space of time. Would have liked to have received the full schedule prior to starting the course.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was mainly very interesting – while there were some parts that were less so, I appreciate that for a foundation course they were necessary bits of content. The trainer (Richard) was engaging and persistent, despite an entirely virtual delivery and low input levels from attendees.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard is very enthusiastic and helpful. Answers any questions very thoughtfully and thoroughly, and makes sure that we understand the content. While the subject material is a little dry (which is nobody’s fault), Richard has managed to keep it from getting too dull.
KPMG enrolled me onto the course itself, so while I’m not sure of its usefulness in my role, I feel like I have gained some useful knowledge participating.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course is very comprehensive and the trainer did a great job conveying all the information clearly to everyone with such high time pressure.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good trainer. Very helpful with clarifying and answering questions. A lot of content crammed into 3 days.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Probably need more time to absorb
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Content was delivered very well, good pacing and interactive. The end of chapter questions were very useful. An appendix would be useful in the specification.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard is very passionate and patient with his explanations, though the course could have been slightly more interactive as sometimes it’s easy to lose focus.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course content was okay, but a bit unfair that the exam is scheduled for the day after training, leaving no time for self study.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
course was interesting and very insightful. Perhaps could’ve been a bit more interactive to help make it more engaging. But was overall a very good quality training in general.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Gave the course clearly, with giving examples and explanations of the concepts without just reading off the slides. Encouraged engagement within the class within each section giving opportunity to test knowledge throughout.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course material was very dense – hard to take in a lot of wordy info in such a short amount of time. The trainer Angelina was great though, kept us engaged and was very enthusiastic and helpful
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was ok.
Maybe more emphasis on the exam and working through exam question examples would have been useful.
Maybe checking our knowledge level before the course so that it is pitched at the right level. Example, some of the course felt as though it was aimed at junior testers, where as we’re mostly quite experienced.
The fact that the course materials are locked down is annoying and prevents effective taking of notes.
The reasons given didn’t seem valid – it would be much easier to distribute electronic documents if we wanted to share them. Also, printing the documents is kind of trivial – in that they can be screenshot then printed, so it just feels petty and cheap to disallow this.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard went at a pace that was comfortable for everyone. He was good at changing the pitch if his voice in order to keep us engaged. I liked doing the classwork exercises at the end of each section. The course content was very relevant to my workplace and I feel it will help us standardise testing approaches within our organization.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very well taught – Rosie went through all the topics very thoroughly
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was a great instructor, she went through the content at a good pace and was very engaging. She spent a lot of time answering questions and was very easy to talk to.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Brain was fried by the end – felt like a very quick turn around with the exam on Friday especially when working a 9-5 at the same time
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was an outstanding teacher. She taught the cause with a brilliant balance of clarity, succinctness and a friendly demeanour, meaning the course was not only digestible and interesting, but enjoyable too. Commendable effort Rosie and thank you for your time and teaching.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
I enjoyed the course. Angelina was very knowlagable.
There where some errors/discrepancies/ambiguaties in the course content which caused confusion amoungst the class, ultimately this took time rectify.
Besides this I found the course very intresting and I am excited to apply the priciples I have learnt to improve the testing process at Kudos.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very information-heavy and it was noticed on several occasions that real-life information and information that was needed to pass the exam didn’t always match up. There was also some confusion on different versions of documents distributed to us and accessed by the instructor.
Having sample paper questions and answers was incredibly helpful in order to prepare for the exam although it highlighted that the structure of some of the questions is unnecessarily complicated in terms of layout and language use. I am concerned that this reduces accessibility, particularly considering most people on my course were EAL. I am grateful for the time between course and exam to have the opportunity to revise.
Considering the sheer amount of information and being taught over zoom it was well taught and I look forward to applying this knowledge in my professional life.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very good explanation and time management. It absolutely helps my exam preparation, thank you.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was jam packed and very informative. I found it was a little too much information for me at times, but reading in my own time helped alleviate this. I think it has helped me to better understand the theory behind my job and everyday tasks at work, giving me more holistic knowledge of the field.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course materials features a lot of text-heavy and visually dense content packed into small spaces, which is not often readable for dyslexic delegates and can really hamper with both comprehension and understanding.
The sheer amount of content can be overwhelming to try and fit into such an intense schedule, given how much rote memorisation and jargon-learning is involved as part of the course structure.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Had a great time. The interactive way of training was really helpful.
At times, the pace was little high but covered everything brilliantly.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was a really good course, really interesting and I learnt a lot. Angelina was very good at breaking down difficult topics for us to understand easier.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was very good and explained things very well. She kept the course interesting and varied.
Rated 3 out of 5
Anonymous –
Although Rosie mentioned reasonable adjustments for the exam, Rosie did not discuss with us whether we might have needed adjustments whilst learning. As an autistic person, I struggled greatly with the groupwork, especially where we got placed into different zoom rooms as the transition was difficult, plus I take longer to process information than allistic (non-autistic) people do. So, as my group members were getting onto discussing the answers for exercises, I was still processing the question. I didn’t feel comfortable disclosing my autism diagnosis to the random groups I was placed in, so it often made it look like I wasn’t willing to join in when actually I was struggling for time. This then meant I was relying on them telling me what they thought the answer was without having the chance to work it out for myself. I would have greatly benefitted from having the choice to do the exercises alone and having the extra time I would receive in the exam added on to those exercises.
I also struggled with completing homework tasks each evening, ready for the next day, although I did complete these. It could have been beneficial for me, and possibly for others, to have the choice of saving the homework exercises to use for revision in our own time if we wanted to, as I feel I would have benefitted from revising the topics I know I struggled with each day rather than moving straight onto a homework task where I would likely score the same as I had earlier on in the day.
I am also concerned about how accessible the questions will be when I take my exam on Monday. Considering one of our exercise questions had an image that was blurry and hard to decipher and that one of the questions was distracting due to it being sexist. I hope that the questions on the actual exam are accessible and up to date. And maybe the exercise questions can be improved for future people taking this course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Challenging, in respect of both volume and nature of information to retain. Course was well delivered, trainer was kind, patient and understanding.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It is a difficult course but it is nice to do the course like this where you share experiences and make that relevant to the course content.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
I found the course to be fairly clear and concise. There were a lot of terms that I had not heard and techniques I had not used, and a lot of exam questions that confused me. However, there were no areas where I felt like I didn’t get good explanations.
My only criticism is that I feel like the group work could have been handled slightly better. I enjoyed getting a chance to talk through answers and figuring out answers as a team, and I would like more of that. However, it would have been nice to have a bit more time to discuss answers and it could have been good to mix up the groups and work with different people on the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Practical and detail as a baseline of knowledge for testers to be implemented and to improve the quality of testing
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course content was useful, definite applications to my role and those of my team. A very challenging amount of content in 3 days, the first day was very theory heavy, would be good if this could be broken up with some more practical or interactive content. I think this would help to retain engagement on day 1.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
For me there was too much content to take on board and i felt overwhelmed with it. The exam questions are hard and it appears difficult to pass it. Rosie was excellent and she worked very hard for us during the training.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Took the virtual classroom course to help with an exam resit after doing online learning. Felt like I learned new things and areas were explained better by Rosie.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Excellent content and very knowledgeable trainer. Would have liked the course to be over 5 days with more practical interactions
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very informative. Could do with more mock exam papers
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie really brought the subject to life, great examples and good amount of breaks
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Excellent course and trainer. Interactive and informative.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good course. Some very heavy and intensive topics covered well
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
well-paced, good student engagement with course material through practice tests and monitoring of student progression.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was very approachable and very clear in explanations and detail. The course itself is very tough but we have been given the tools to revise outside for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Its a very intense course. A bit much for someone with dyslexia to take in in the 3 days. but the instructor was as thorough and patient as could be
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was very friendly and helpful. She gave very clear explanations and examples, and went at a reasonable pace.
The exam feels more like it’s testing your english skills rather than your testing knowledge.
The course is great albeit very dense. Might be more digestible if it were shorter session spread across more days?
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The content was good and the lecturer seemed to know their stuff, but it felt too dense on content to cover everything properly in 3 days. It might just be a constraint of the course, but I think covering things in more shorter sessions would probably be better.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
More time to go through certain sections would have been helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie provided exceptional guidance throughout the course. Her clear and detailed explanations greatly facilitated my understanding, enabling me to enhance my skills as a software tester.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was intensive but interesting. Rosie was very pleasant.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was engaging and had interesting information in between.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very comprehensive content, very helpful trainer and the ability to do practice questions was very helpful. In some instances the pace of going through slides was slow, however I understand repetition is useful to retain knowledge
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Great course and great trainer, explained things clearly and provided loads of guidance
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard done a great job breaking down different concepts and ensuring everyone understood the material. Only point of improvement would be to have more interactive exercises throughout to help facilitate engagement with the content.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was really good, very interesting and informative. however, the exercices could be divided up a more during the course or have more of them.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course has been a good introduction and the concepts behind them. Richard has made the course engaging often using examples from his career to clarify complicated topics and points.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard was very thorough and extremely patient throughout the course. His explanations for the different topics were clear and his guidance for the exam was extremely insightful as well! Thank you so much Richard 🙂
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Great course and Richard made the content interesting and engaging as much as possible. Liked that there was exam questions and class exercises built into the content structure. The only negative was the lack of interaction within the group – I think this would have been better to be a cameras on course and encourage this level of participation from the entire group from the beginning. Makes it much easier to pay attention.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard was excellent and offer his guidaance on everything
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was intense but that was as expected and advertised.
John did an incredible job of explaining and going through each element, making sure everyone understood the concept before moving on.
The structure of the course was really consistent which helped improve efficiency and understanding of the course.
Enjoyed the course and hopefully will be attending another course.
Rated 1 out of 5
Anonymous –
I thought the delivery was poor, a lot of continuous talking, without meaningful exercises or useful questions that help engage the students. It was very easy to switch off mentally, as it was constant talking, with slides that had far too much information for 1 page, overloaded with information.
I think there should be more focus on the example test questions, and a thorough walk-through of the thought process for arriving at an answer. Each review of exam questions, started with the instructor simply telling us what the answer was, it should have been based on imagine you are facing the question for the first time, what is your thought process, and how do you eliminate incorrect options.
I think more detail and effort would be beneficial in the exam questions and explaining the thought process.
I would not enjoy taking a similar course again, based on the instructor and his delivery.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was great, informative, and friendly and answered every question with extensive knowledge
The only issues were mainly related to the actual ISTQB course material and sample questions that they provided, nothing to do with the trainer themselves but I definitely would prefer if the questions weren’t so ambiguous or vague at times.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very helpful to go through the syllabus and have things explained. Also going through how the questions are asked and how to answer them was very helpful. John was a great trainer and know’s his stuff!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Trainer provided clear and thorough explanations of both key concepts and practice questions. Sessions were well paced with well placed breaks.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Really good, trainer was very informative and helpful whenever clarification was needed
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina was a great trainer. Enthusiastic, great at explaining. I learnt a lot.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very good. Lots of useful information to take on board. A lot to take in, but manageable.
The tutor was very helpful with any queries raised by candidates, and able to explain everything clearly throughout the course, while able to keep the material interesting and get through the syllabus.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
First and foremost, your friendly and approachable demeanor has made the learning experience enjoyable and comfortable. Your positive attitude and willingness to engage with the participants have created a supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to participate and ask questions. It is evident that you genuinely care about our progress and are invested in our learning journey.I greatly appreciate your adherence to the course time and plan
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina did a fantastic job of highlighting the key points in the syllabus which would have otherwise been very difficult to pick up from reading the material alone. The course was engaging and balanced well across the days. I enjoyed the course and feel like I’m well prepared for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Lovely manner and considerate to prior experience.
I will recommend.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Found the course very informative, bit intense in places but Rosie did stress this would be the case on day 1.
Rated 5 out of 5
Arnaud Ramgoolam –
This was an intensive but rather informative course.
John was knowledgeable and gave much vital information.
Moreover, he was always keen to answer all the questions we had.
In summary, I recommend this course to any professional interesting into getting testing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Marian Marusic –
John is an amazing trainer. He goes extra mile to explain the topic not just verbally but also visually, which really helps to better understand it.
Rated 5 out of 5
Kirsten Reynolds –
Really thorough information from John, really good at explaining complex processes and it really helped my learning! Definitely recommend if you’re doing the ISTQB foundation software testing exam
Rated 5 out of 5
Oliver Hansen –
Fantastically led course and I gained a lot of information out of it. It’s all down to me now to process the information and pass the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anna Ward –
John was extremely knowledgeable. He had a huge amount of information to cover and ensure that we understood, he delivered it in a way that was easy to follow and explained everything very well. I have learnt an awful lot of new theory/information that will not only help me (hopefully) pass the exam but will give me extra tools to progress in my role.
Rated 2 out of 5
Anonymous –
Overall, I did not enjoy the course. There was too much theory and too little practice. There should have been group exercises, which are the norm in these kind of courses.
The slides were dated – they looked like taken from MS Office 98.
The exam was two days after the last lecture – for people who are working there was definitely not enough time to prepare.
It seems the focus of this course was to ‘cram, take the exam and forget’, instead of retain knowledge and be able to meaningfully apply the course learnings at work.
I wanted to move my exam because I had work to prioritise but I was told I need to pay for this (!). Utterly bizarre. Overall, I feel very frustrated for having invested so much of my personal time in something that was so disappointing.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
I enjoyed the course. Angelina was very knowlagable.
There where some errors/discrepancies/ambiguaties in the course content which caused confusion amoungst the class, ultimately this took time rectify.
Besides this I found the course very intresting and I am excited to apply the priciples I have learnt to improve the testing process at Kudos.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
First and foremost, your friendly and approachable demeanor has made the learning experience enjoyable and comfortable. Your positive attitude and willingness to engage with the participants have created a supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to participate and ask questions. It is evident that you genuinely care about our progress and are invested in our learning journey.I greatly appreciate your adherence to the course time and plan
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina did a fantastic job of highlighting the key points in the syllabus which would have otherwise been very difficult to pick up from reading the material alone. The course was engaging and balanced well across the days. I enjoyed the course and feel like I’m well prepared for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Lovely manner and considerate to prior experience.
I will recommend.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Found the course very informative, bit intense in places but Rosie did stress this would be the case on day 1.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very information-heavy and it was noticed on several occasions that real-life information and information that was needed to pass the exam didn’t always match up. There was also some confusion on different versions of documents distributed to us and accessed by the instructor.
Having sample paper questions and answers was incredibly helpful in order to prepare for the exam although it highlighted that the structure of some of the questions is unnecessarily complicated in terms of layout and language use. I am concerned that this reduces accessibility, particularly considering most people on my course were EAL. I am grateful for the time between course and exam to have the opportunity to revise.
Considering the sheer amount of information and being taught over zoom it was well taught and I look forward to applying this knowledge in my professional life.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very good explanation and time management. It absolutely helps my exam preparation, thank you.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was jam packed and very informative. I found it was a little too much information for me at times, but reading in my own time helped alleviate this. I think it has helped me to better understand the theory behind my job and everyday tasks at work, giving me more holistic knowledge of the field.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course materials features a lot of text-heavy and visually dense content packed into small spaces, which is not often readable for dyslexic delegates and can really hamper with both comprehension and understanding.
The sheer amount of content can be overwhelming to try and fit into such an intense schedule, given how much rote memorisation and jargon-learning is involved as part of the course structure.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Had a great time. The interactive way of training was really helpful.
At times, the pace was little high but covered everything brilliantly.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was a really good course, really interesting and I learnt a lot. Angelina was very good at breaking down difficult topics for us to understand easier.
Rated 5 out of 5
Patrick Rooney | QA Engineer | Trust Payments –
Rosie was very good at using real-world examples to illustrate her points. Getting us to answer questions from past papers also helped to reinforce our understanding of the material and prepare us for the exam at the same time.
Rated 4 out of 5
RAVI MAKWAA | SOFTWARE TESTER | CERTARA –
It was really good course
informative
Rated 5 out of 5
Simon Tartiere | Software Test Manager | Continental Engineering Services –
Overall well prepared and happy with the training. Rosie is experienced on the topic. We had frequent breaks every hour or so which is good but the 45 minutes for lunch would have been better to have an hour.
Rated 5 out of 5
Apinder Bal | Test Analyst | Office for National Statistics –
Great Experience, thank you Rosie!
Rated 4 out of 5
Hussan Waheed | Test Analyst | IBM –
Simple to the point materials were amazing to learn from
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was very comprehensive. I liked the test taking tips the trainer gave to make it more certain to choose the right answer.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was very informative and for someone like myself with no previous experience was not too difficult to follow.
Tal explained each section in a clear and concise manner and encouraged students to participate in whatever way the felt comfortable with.
For me the course was to help my understanding of the work that a Tester carries out and their responsibilities in the process in relation to what goes on in our Department.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very good. Lots of useful information to take on board. A lot to take in, but manageable.
The tutor was very helpful with any queries raised by candidates, and able to explain everything clearly throughout the course, while able to keep the material interesting and get through the syllabus.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
First and foremost, your friendly and approachable demeanor has made the learning experience enjoyable and comfortable. Your positive attitude and willingness to engage with the participants have created a supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to participate and ask questions. It is evident that you genuinely care about our progress and are invested in our learning journey.I greatly appreciate your adherence to the course time and plan
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina did a fantastic job of highlighting the key points in the syllabus which would have otherwise been very difficult to pick up from reading the material alone. The course was engaging and balanced well across the days. I enjoyed the course and feel like I’m well prepared for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Lovely manner and considerate to prior experience.
I will recommend.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Found the course very informative, bit intense in places but Rosie did stress this would be the case on day 1.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very good. Lots of useful information to take on board. A lot to take in, but manageable.
The tutor was very helpful with any queries raised by candidates, and able to explain everything clearly throughout the course, while able to keep the material interesting and get through the syllabus.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
First and foremost, your friendly and approachable demeanor has made the learning experience enjoyable and comfortable. Your positive attitude and willingness to engage with the participants have created a supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to participate and ask questions. It is evident that you genuinely care about our progress and are invested in our learning journey.I greatly appreciate your adherence to the course time and plan
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina did a fantastic job of highlighting the key points in the syllabus which would have otherwise been very difficult to pick up from reading the material alone. The course was engaging and balanced well across the days. I enjoyed the course and feel like I’m well prepared for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Lovely manner and considerate to prior experience.
I will recommend.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Found the course very informative, bit intense in places but Rosie did stress this would be the case on day 1.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
I have Dyslexia and ADHD and i found the pace a bit intense, But John has been very accommodating
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
On line was better than I anticipated having only done classroom courses before. Content was useful and worked examples were good.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was really useful.
John was definitely very clear and concise in his explanations 🙂 Appreciate it!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Intense and short
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very good and covered all areas with John taking time to go over details.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
John is very thorough and is very knowledgeable
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
I have Dyslexia and ADHD and i found the pace a bit intense, But John has been very accommodating
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
On line was better than I anticipated having only done classroom courses before. Content was useful and worked examples were good.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was really useful.
John was definitely very clear and concise in his explanations 🙂 Appreciate it!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Intense and short
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very good and covered all areas with John taking time to go over details.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
John is very thorough and is very knowledgeable
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was intense but that was as expected and advertised.
John did an incredible job of explaining and going through each element, making sure everyone understood the concept before moving on.
The structure of the course was really consistent which helped improve efficiency and understanding of the course.
Enjoyed the course and hopefully will be attending another course.
Rated 1 out of 5
Anonymous –
I thought the delivery was poor, a lot of continuous talking, without meaningful exercises or useful questions that help engage the students. It was very easy to switch off mentally, as it was constant talking, with slides that had far too much information for 1 page, overloaded with information.
I think there should be more focus on the example test questions, and a thorough walk-through of the thought process for arriving at an answer. Each review of exam questions, started with the instructor simply telling us what the answer was, it should have been based on imagine you are facing the question for the first time, what is your thought process, and how do you eliminate incorrect options.
I think more detail and effort would be beneficial in the exam questions and explaining the thought process.
I would not enjoy taking a similar course again, based on the instructor and his delivery.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was great, informative, and friendly and answered every question with extensive knowledge
The only issues were mainly related to the actual ISTQB course material and sample questions that they provided, nothing to do with the trainer themselves but I definitely would prefer if the questions weren’t so ambiguous or vague at times.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very helpful to go through the syllabus and have things explained. Also going through how the questions are asked and how to answer them was very helpful. John was a great trainer and know’s his stuff!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Trainer provided clear and thorough explanations of both key concepts and practice questions. Sessions were well paced with well placed breaks.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Really good, trainer was very informative and helpful whenever clarification was needed
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was excellent, Trainer has her best to share all the knowledge about the course. Course walkthrough was really good. Examples was really good. I liked it a lot. Course contain is good. Please share more sample questions to solve.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course content is okay, more time should be given before the test is taken and questions asked in the practice exams are confusing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Interactive, cheerful trainer, good pace
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course is a lot to take in. exams should be scheduled at least 2 days after the course and not immediately. Angelina was a fantastic trainer btw.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina was amazing. Very passionate and accommodating. Made the content interesting and answered all the questions. Tried different approaches to the same topic to make sure everyone got understanding of the subject.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Trainer was excellent – made some very dry content reasonably engaging.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer has an engaging way of speaking.
Good use of mini tests spread throughout the course.
Too much content to remember in such a short space of time. Would have liked to have received the full schedule prior to starting the course.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was mainly very interesting – while there were some parts that were less so, I appreciate that for a foundation course they were necessary bits of content. The trainer (Richard) was engaging and persistent, despite an entirely virtual delivery and low input levels from attendees.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard is very enthusiastic and helpful. Answers any questions very thoughtfully and thoroughly, and makes sure that we understand the content. While the subject material is a little dry (which is nobody’s fault), Richard has managed to keep it from getting too dull.
KPMG enrolled me onto the course itself, so while I’m not sure of its usefulness in my role, I feel like I have gained some useful knowledge participating.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course is very comprehensive and the trainer did a great job conveying all the information clearly to everyone with such high time pressure.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good trainer. Very helpful with clarifying and answering questions. A lot of content crammed into 3 days.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Probably need more time to absorb
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Content was delivered very well, good pacing and interactive. The end of chapter questions were very useful. An appendix would be useful in the specification.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard is very passionate and patient with his explanations, though the course could have been slightly more interactive as sometimes it’s easy to lose focus.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course content was okay, but a bit unfair that the exam is scheduled for the day after training, leaving no time for self study.
Rated 5 out of 5
Taylor McNicol | Trainee QA Analyst | Caseware UK –
Well-delivered and engaging content; presentation was well-prepared and the approach to group learning worked quite well for my learning style. Rosie also did excellent at expressing the importance of the ‘ISTQB mindset’ ahead of the exam – no criticism here.
Rated 4 out of 5
Mark Frost | Test Analyst | Frontier –
Very friendly, came across very well spoken. took time to explain when needed.
only very very small thing that was hard to follow was the on screen drawing, some were fine but others were not, the drawing tool isnt the best so hard to follow.
Rated 4 out of 5
Trixy Arellano | QA Engineer | Bally’s –
The course is very interesting and even though I’m already have a background in testing, there’s a lot of things I still didn’t know or aware of.
It will be helpful I guess if we can have a board where everyone can put their answers
For the trainer, even though she was sick, she still tried her best to discuss and make the participants involved on the traning course. Since English is not my first language, I just have have a hard time to comprehend or get the topic easy since she spoke fast.
Overall, great training course for newbies or experienced in software testing!
Rated 5 out of 5
Holly Pears | UAT Test Lead | Bank of England –
Angelina was a really patient and thorough course leader. She went through all topics at a great pace considering the size of the group. The course itself is quite in depth.
Very Interactive
A bit stacked up course but ideally would be great if was 4 day training
Rated 5 out of 5
Joshua James M. Perocho | Junior Quality Assurance Engineer | Penbrothers –
Angelina explained the course really well. She was very thorough in explaining everything.
Rated 5 out of 5
Steve Adams | Senior Test Engineer | Foundry Visionmongers –
Broken down and challenged at each stage, often asking individuals questions to ensure focus,
There is still a lot of theory to digest however before next week’s exam which I will need to reinforce
Rated 5 out of 5
Pol Ureta Canellas | Software Developer | EXCO GmbH –
I really liked it
Rated 4 out of 5
Adriano Aru | Software Tester | IBM –
Very insightful course and presented very well by Angelina.
Rated 5 out of 5
William Rodgerson | QA tester & Level 3 support | Toca.io –
I found John Young to be knowledgeable, personable and generally very helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Zoe Dodds | Test Analyst | OVO Energy –
Although the course has a lot of information John made it easy to understand and relate back to my own role. This will most definitely help me when revising.
Rated 4 out of 5
Muntaqa Dar | Test Analyst | Samaritans –
Good trainer and good style of teaching however I am more of a doer so don’t learn very well from just powerpoint slide shows. I have done other courses more hands-on/ interactive where I was actually putting things into practice rather than just listening.
Rated 5 out of 5
Melissa Martin | Software Test Engineer | TotalMobile –
The course was very well run, John took the time to explain everything and answered any questions I had.
Rated 5 out of 5
David Cabell | Quality Assurance Tester | CaseWare –
Clear and concise delivery of a large amount of information in a short period (Which was very useful!). Digestable and enjoyable.
Rated 5 out of 5
Rebuzzi Damiano | Software Engineer in test | Moneyfarm –
The course was very useful and very well explained, even from a non-native English speaker it was very clear and thorough.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mitchell Kirby | Software Tester | BCS –
Really great course, loved being able to do it online rather than needing to go to a physical classroom. John was an excellent trainer, really added detail to the slides and the learning resources, was very personable and made the course really interesting.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nic Joannou| Test Analyst| WTC –
Well explained and structured, supportive and good at explaining/answering any questions asked.
Only small suggestion is mapping the content to the K1, K2, K3 criteria as we go through it, or even at the summaries towards the end of each topic/module; although this is intuitive once you retrospectively look back at the criteria and content.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ami Marshall| Digital Project Manager| Marshalls –
I thought that my trainer was very good at keeping the group engaged and talking through real life examples of the theory. However, I felt that the slides for the training were far too busy and often very unclear. In my opinion the slides need completely redoing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jordan Russell| QA Lead| Totalmobile –
Content was interesting and was thoroughly covered by the trainer, everything explained in detail in ways that made sense. Gave me plenty of confidence for taking the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
karen Prisk| IT development and specialist information analyst | SPS –
Enjoyed the course found broken down very well and easy to follow.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sabih Aslam| Test Analyst| Computacenter –
Very good course but I think it would have been better if it was spread to 5 days instead of 3 with few hours a day to absorb all of the information in. After 2/3 PM, it is quite hard to absorb everything.
Rated 5 out of 5
Aaron Martin| Software Tester| Totalmobile –
First day was very intense, but presented really well and all questions asked were fully answered with detailed explanations.
Could have done with a quick intro into how to use Zoom as wern’t aware what to do when put into the individual rooms. Thought that we’d be invited back however there was an exit button when hovering on screen that took a while to find/become aware of.
Rated 5 out of 5
Apeksha Patil | QA Engineer | SQA –
It was very helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nava Anisetti | Test Manager | Sogeti UK Ltd. –
It was very interesting, the samples questions are very useful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Rich Cahill | Calculations Analyst | Abrdn –
Very detailed, and the trainer was very helpful through out the course.
Always happy to go through reasons behind the theory and help with the test examples.
I have felt like I have been given a great experience in learning the Theory behind being a Certified Tester.
John was very encouraging and didn’t hesitate to provide further explanation.
I would recommend TSG Training to anyone wanting to learn the right way!
Rated 5 out of 5
Paul McGowan | qa engineer | SQA –
course went into great detail
Rated 5 out of 5
David Rhys Shingler | Embedded Tester | RARE –
Very interesting and learnt a lot in a short amount of time, feel prepared for the exam
Rated 5 out of 5
Chris Barlow | Junior qa engineer | Lumi global –
Well structured and informative.
Rated 5 out of 5
Grace Marsey | QA Engineer | Moneybox –
I thought the days have been well paced and I liked how we did real exam questions at each stage and then went through them methodically.
Rated 5 out of 5
Hope Busby-Saywood | Test Analyst | Glasswall Solutions –
Very helpful, with lots of information, and a thorough explanation of exam questions that helped me understand why each option is or isn’t correct. Great experience for my first training course and first online training course. Thank you!
Rated 5 out of 5
Max McRae Gibson | Test Analyst | LV= –
Great course run by John! It has been very detailed, and a lot of time and effort has been put in by John. It has been intense, and my only critique would be that it would possibly be better spread over a slightly longer time to take in information.
Rated 5 out of 5
Pawandeep Singh | Test Engineer | Capgemini –
Overall very satisfied, the tutor made it easier to acquire the knowledge by going through a mixture of lectures, explanations, questions and answers. All of these were very well explained.
Rated 5 out of 5
Matthew Colin Cockerell | Senior Software Tester | Lloyds Register –
Really enjoyed the course especially Rosemary presenting and course management style. There is a lot of content which is understandle, so there isn’t much time for wider debate we fellow course members which is what I was expecting. Perhaps using breakout rooms (MS teams) would improve course member interactions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Patryk Zmijewski | It Systems Support Adminstrator | Decora –
I felt John explained each section in great user friendly details. The explanations helped my understanding. I feel very positive
Rated 5 out of 5
Prince Agyei Frimpong | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Although it was an Intensive course John made it very engaging with his examples and also explained every details properly . Having classroom and homework examples also helped a lot
Rated 5 out of 5
Vicky Li | Graduate trainee | KPMG LLP UK –
The course trainer has explained the concept well and has good interactions in the classes.
Dayne Lucas | system support administrator | Decora –
quite intense and for me feel like i need to revise over again so i can lock in the information. but overall i believe this will help me in my role even if i do not pass the test. trainer was very good.
The first time I have completed a remote course and was anxious about how it would work, but the sessions were well structured and organised. John allowed plenty of time for discussion which worked well and made the session interactive with knowledgeable clear explanations
Rated 4 out of 5
Alexander Hendrick | Apprentice Software Test Engineer | IBM –
The course content was good and contained a lot of useful information. The trainer spoke clearly and was very helpful. My only issues are that I think the course would be better suited to a 4-5 day course rather than 3 as it did feel like we were rushing through a lot of it. Also, I feel that the way the exam is written is intentionaly misleading as it feels most questions catch you out not on the content but in the language it is written.
So much to learn in so little time! The inclusion of a concise, very well thought out study guide would go a long way to help.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anna Funnell | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
The course was very intense with lots of information over a short time, but the way it was delivered meant I was able to keep up and retain most of the details. The regular breaks helped with processing what we had learnt and made it easier to concentrate on the rest. Questions were explained really well and they weren’t rushed over either.
Rated 5 out of 5
Tony Fairall | Test Analyst | Central England Co-operative –
Very intense, some concepts hard to understand, but simply because it was so far from any practical realworld experience I have encountered so far.
Rated 4 out of 5
Thomas Massey | Apprentice Tester | Northern Ireland Civil Service –
Very detailed course and learned many valuable skills that I will be able to use on my working day and gives me a good foundation to build on for other courses
Rated 4 out of 5
Huw Ward | Test Principal | Rare Ltd –
John was very good at taking the course and teaching us, only issue was it was difficult to read his handwriting at times (which he did upfront apologise for). I think the Exam questions are very tricky for a Foundation course and set out to catch you out more than I would expect for this level. I know you are teaching the course though and not setting the exam.
Course was good, although I feel as a foundation course it was difficult. I feel you would need to have a good testing background before taking this course compared to other foundation courses I have been on. Rosie was a great trainer although I felt some of the scenarios that Rosie was providing had nothing to do with testing so I found it hard to pair it with a testing environment. I understand the concept just found it harder to see them in testing environments.
Rated 4 out of 5
Emma Gander | Test Analyst | Aegon –
Information was clear and well presented. Review of sample questions very beneficial
Rated 5 out of 5
Pete Carss | Driver QA Engineer | Focusrite Audio –
Well presented, but sequence of presentation -> mock testing doesn’t suite all learners
Rated 5 out of 5
Ellen Tebbutt | Junior Test Analyst | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust –
Very well presented considering it was online. Plenty of breaks with consideration for the heaviness of the material. Good prep materials provided.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sasha Devi-Bangar | Junior Software Test Automation Engineer | Global Inkjet Systems –
The course was very interesting and everything was explained in a lot of detail, helping me to understand some of the key concepts of testing better. There was also lots of exam practice and detailed explainations of the answers which was also very useful.
Rated 4 out of 5
Jack Walker | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
The course ran well and covered the topics in enough detail for me to understand them. For context, I’m a recent graduate and I found the content easier to pick up than some of my colleagues who have been working in the industry for a while now. This is not a reflection on the course so much as on the qualification though.
Angelina delivered the content at a good pace and allowed plenty of time for discussion/debate.
Overall I felt it was good.
Rated 4 out of 5
jamie rolls | software engineer | capgemini –
The course content was quite heavy, but was broken down well over the 3 days. The course was delivered well and John answered all queries that people raised with integrity.
Rated 4 out of 5
Scott Varns | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Informative and intense, however feel I have learned alot.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ethan Holland | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
I think some of the content is quite bloated and there is a lot of information, however the trainer was great and helped the course be interactive and enjoyable.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sam Henry | Business Systems Tester | Moneybarn –
Extremely well delivered. Informative. Valuable. Would recommend.
Rated 5 out of 5
Liam McClelland | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
The experience was great albeit intense and a lot of information to take in.
The mixture of lecture and class/homework excercises really does help us to apply what we’ve learnt and to test ourselves.
The benefit is that our exam is in a few days so provides us enough time to go over what we’ve learnt and to work on areas we may be weaker in.
Rated 5 out of 5
James Freeman | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Enjoyable and engaging course will plenty of helpful advice.
Rated 5 out of 5
jonathan maillie | Graduate trainee | KPMG –
A lot to cover but really extremely interesting material that Angelina made much easier to get through in the time alotted
Rated 5 out of 5
Avra Ghosh | Senior Associate II | PWC –
The course is very good and the approach to complete in short span of time is perfect.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sumit Kushwaha | SA | PwC –
Course content was quite informative
Rated 5 out of 5
Andy Freeman | Software Engineer | Cap Gemini –
Good course, well paced and a very knowledgable trainer.
Rated 5 out of 5
John Dupre | Systems Administrator | Decora Blinds –
Excellent course, very well delivered, a lot to cover in 3 days.
Rated 5 out of 5
John Dupre | Systems Administrator | Decora Blinds –
Excellent course with a lot packed into a short period. Some question examples a little difficult to understand but explanations were very clear.
Rated 5 out of 5
Paul Emmett | Software Tester (Analyst) | JBA Consulting –
Very informative, sometimes intense, but an enjoyable experience. John is a good, thorough trainer who takes great care to ensure trainees understand concepts fully and responds to any comments or issues raised.
Rated 5 out of 5
Arjun Limbu | Test engineer | Trakcel –
It was helpful to refine on test techniques and process which I have learned so far. Still working on progress with the documentation sections and this course helped.
Rated 4 out of 5
David Wong | Project Test Lead | Rare LTD –
I thought John was a very good teacher, always took time to explain things clearly and precisely, and was very patient when required. The actual course felt quite intensive but manageable.
Rated 4 out of 5
Kirandeep | Kaur | IBM –
Course content was difficult so having more interactivity instead of a trainer speaking 9 to 5 would be more beneficial.
Rated 5 out of 5
Samantha Clarke | Test Analyst | BLM –
I came to this course having already studied the syllabus and an additional book and knew where the gaps in my knowledge were. Rosie has helped to fill in those gaps and has explained things greatly and used examples to show this. She also spent time after day 2 giving me tips/advice which I greatly appreciated. Rosie is very patient with everyone’s different abilities and really knows her stuff. I appreciate the help she has given and would highly recommend her.
Rated 5 out of 5
Harry Dawes | QA Test Analyst | CaseWare UK –
It was very informative and even the parts that we were bogged down with theory were made easy to follow & understand.
Rated 5 out of 5
Adam Jones | Software Architect | Capgemini –
Trainer was good, well explained and friendly.
Course was presented well, but covered more than the scope of the testing course I signed up for. I don’t feel like the SDLC, Reviews, etc needed covering in this course and the section on actual test techniques was quite short.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sam Liu | Graduate Technology Consultant | KPMG –
The training was interactive and Angelina is really helpful and engaging.
Rated 5 out of 5
Joshua Smith | Senior validation engineer | Advanced Electronics –
Rosie did a fantastic job. she was very clear and very informative in the way she explained everything. The course isn’t simple, so explaining everything in detail was a great help. Thanks!
Rated 4 out of 5
James Thomas Isted | Level 4 Software Tester Apprentice | HMRC –
Overall the course was good, unfortunately I will have to revise more afterwards due to the way I take in information. For some reason a person reading it out to me just doesn’t stick in my brain. Other than that a great course.
Rated 4 out of 5
George Stephens | Software Test Apprentice | IBM –
Overall the course was good despite challenging content. Rosie was helpful, kind and friendly. She gave us frequent breaks and plenty of time to complete the excersises.
I think a smaller class would enable more interactive activities that would have benefited my learning more than the lecture style learning that had open questions.
Lovely guy and a great teacher but he asked if we were okay a little too much.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ian Cook | Tester | Precision –
In depth & well explained, made sure everyone understood properly before moving on
Rated 4 out of 5
Sam Reed | Lead Developer | Capgemini –
I found the course engaging and interesting, i would have preferred fewer words per slide and more breaks to digest. I also found that the length given for the questions during class time was not always proportionate to the effort required for the question. Angelina was a good host and i enjoyed chatting about real life examples.
Course, whilst being intensive, was informative and thorough.
John was patient and explained any items clearly.
Genreal frustration at some of the exam questions, which I am sure have been mentioned many times before.
Rated 4 out of 5
Jasvinder Marwaha | Test engineer | Capgemini –
Course was great, Lot of information to take in limited amount of time. I believe students will benifit if course trainig time could be increased from 3 to 4 days.
Very well taught course. Lots of content that was present well and consolidated. Having access to past questions and answers makes all the difference. Having access to even more papers could be great for revision.
Rated 5 out of 5
Yana Baker | Software Enginerr | Capgemini –
Interesting yet intense course, covers basic disciplines and necessary knowledge required for this field. Overall really enjoyed the experience, with an experienced instructor being able to link in real life situations definitely helped my learning. Sample questions and test exercises helped consolidate the content delivered over the three days. Just need to put the work in now to revise for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Lewis Surgenor | Software Tester | Capgemini –
Best course I have taken part on, the material was delivered well and each part was talked through thoroughly and each point was dissected to help us understand the points being made.
There was a large amount of information being delivered but It was all relevant to our course and my role as a Software Tester so It was a really interesting experience to be a part of. Angelina was a wonderful course leader, very welcoming and helped to explain if I got a question wrong and I really do like for the answer booklets for the practice questions that when it said the right answer, it actually explains WHY the answer is correct and WHY the others are wrong which makes it a lot easier to revise
The only thing I would want more of is more example exam questions to work through but that is personal for me and the best way that I revise, maybe a kind of “cheat sheet” for the end to help go over as well would help.
Rated 5 out of 5
Chris Gibbs | Associate Technician | Ordnance Survey –
Course was well structured and tackles the syllabus. Rosie was a great trainer and made every step as clear as possible
Rated 5 out of 5
Verbena Biasizzo | Test Engineer | Baillie Gifford –
The course was intense, but it was well structured (giving enough breaks to restore ourselves). The material to cover was a lot but there was always time to ask questions and stop if something wasn’t clear.
Rated 5 out of 5
Brad Tyldesley | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Course has been great – a lot of information split in to easily digestible chunks. Ran very smoothly and there was a lot of support available on demand throughout.
My only criticism would be that it felt like there were huge pieces of information between each ask-back on that content, it could be better to add questions in to the actual content itself throughout to help keep engagement and solidify understanding.
Angelina is really helpful and patient. She is good at explaining difficult concepts for us and and was trying to make intensive course light and easy:)
Intensive course, extremely well presenter helped break down and understand the material really well.
Rated 5 out of 5
Harpreet Sunner | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Highest detailed and well explained throughout by Angelina. 100% would recommended
Rated 5 out of 5
Jordan Sayer | Junior QA | Zoopla –
I find it very difficult because theres a lot of information to take in such a small amount of time
Rated 5 out of 5
Nick Dando | Test Engineer | CACI –
The course was good. For me, I would have liked more group exercises and more encouragement for all people to talk/join in. The pace was good, although it is a lot to take in as a new tester
Rated 5 out of 5
Grzegorz Dzwonnik | Test Analyst | Iforce LTD –
the course is conducted in a nice and pleasant atmosphere. Rosie paid a lot of attention to any questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Matt Fallon | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Course & content was all good – Learnt a lot 🙂
Rated 5 out of 5
Megan Brown | SAP Finance Support and Testing Consultant | Hampshire County Council –
Interactive course, enthusiastic trainer, had appropriate timed breaks, engaging and answered all questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Saheed | | –
Her training pattern was excellent and very detailed
Rated 5 out of 5
Mariana Moreno | Systems Delivery Administrator | The Best Connection Group Ltd –
The course content was very thorough and went into details about all areas of knowledge required. Angelina was excellent. Explained everything very well, answered all questions and took her time with people. Related parts in the course to real life situations to make it more understandable. Give her a pay rise! 🙂
Angelina was very helpful. She broke the course into easily understood pieces. She gave great examples of reasoning on approaching exam questions and she made time for questions and never made anyone feel rushed.
Rated 5 out of 5
Roxanne sweeney | | –
Angelina made the course so interactive and interesting. She is clearly super knowledgeable and her delivery is excellent. I find zoom training can be very boring and she did a great job of making it engaging.
Rated 5 out of 5
Harry Dawes | QA Test Analyst | Caseware –
It was very informative and John was very approachable with any questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Rogerio Soares | QA engineer | Zego –
It was a great learning experience from Angelina
Rated 5 out of 5
Jack Gilman | Software Developer | capgemini –
Really enjoyable and engaging course from Angelina. Made it interesting and had some fun conversations aside. Well put together slides and great access to resources.
Rated 5 out of 5
Adrian Gautrey | QA Lead | Trust Payments –
It was a fun course that even with my experience I was able to learn some new techniques
Rated 5 out of 5
Nathan Johnson | QA Analyst Apprentice | 9xb –
Great course, lectures were well thought out with plenty of detail. John was really patient and extremely knowledgable, willing to answer questions in great detail. I feel very prepared for the exam!
The course provided a lot of information even about the upcoming exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Megha Rolly | Business Solutions Programmer | Euroclear –
Thorough and helpful discussion of the syllabus, John went through it logically and it was easy to follow. Doing the questions during the course was really beneficial as well.
Rated 5 out of 5
Paul Incles|Service Operations Analyst|Rail Delivery Group –
Great Tutor, Well paced. Many thanks
Rated 5 out of 5
Lauren Brender|Test Automation Trainee|Caseware UK Ltd –
Excellently well put together course, and Rosie was a wonderful trainer, answering any and all questions, and came well prepared with the information to help us succeed
Rated 3 out of 5
William Pawsey|Business Testing Coordinator|Cambridge Asessment –
The course was useful on information and data with opportunities to apply what was being taught at regular intervals. Struggled to stay engaged due to the number of slides/information being presented, this may be exacerbated due to the course being remote.
Rated 5 out of 5
Orla Maher|BA|DAFM –
A lot of material to cover in just 3 days, sample exams appear extremely difficult compared to the course material
Rated 5 out of 5
Stephen Martin|EO – IMT Development Specialist|Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine –
I found the course very interesting and informative. The material was very well presented by the trainer, and the regular exercises and homework activities helped.
It is also useful to learn the common vernacular of the testing profession, even if it does not entirely match what I am familiar with in my work place.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ryan Hill|Tester|Merit Software –
Considering the dense volume of course material I think Rosie did a fantastic job covering the important aspects of the syllabus, I have no problems with her communication and teaching. The course is very dense due to the broad nature of the knowledge it’s trying to provide. Myself coming from an environment where the bulk of these practices are not widely used it’s certainly been a steep learning curve;but very valuable.
Rated 4 out of 5
Avril Smith|Executive Officer|Department of Agriculture –
Course was very in-depth and informative.
The summary slides are very beneficial for recapping on what has been discussed previously.
A good amount of coursework was included and sufficient time was spent explaining the rationale behind the correct answers.
Rated 5 out of 5
Harpreet Sunner|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
Excellent presented and very well explaining throughout the 3 days of training. Contained a lot of detail within testing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Samuel Green|Software Tester|IBM –
I thought the instructor was great at explaining concepts in detail without causing information overload. The platform allowed for quick note taking and John used lots of live diagrams and notes to really bring the topics alive.
There was also a good mix of exercises vs discussion
Rated 5 out of 5
Samuel Green|Software Tester|IBM –
I thought the instructor was great at explaining concepts in detail without causing information overload.
There was enough information to break ratio too, I never felt too overwhelmed but learnt a lot.
There was also a good mix of exercises vs discussion
Rated 5 out of 5
Charles Lister|Software Engineer Apprentice|IBM –
I found that the information on the course was delivered in an extremely comprehensive manner as John’s explanations did well to ensure that points mentioned were explained in a manner for all to understand.
Rated 5 out of 5
|Softwer Tester Apprentice| –
The course was really informative, everything was explained in great detail and I found the exercises really useful to put the theory in to pratice. I appreciate that we discussed all the questions after we tried to resolve them. I also found it really useful that John added notes in the presention as we went along and also used the Whiteboard tool to illustrate what he was explaining. The course was nicely structured, the explanations were clear.
Rated 5 out of 5
Cameron Gough|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
Really useful to expand my agile knowledge
Rated 4 out of 5
Brad Smith|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
I thought everything was presented very well and I feel I’ve learnt a lot, thanks Angelina!
Rated 5 out of 5
Adam Williams|QA Trader|Derivco –
Course was very thorough and the numerous mock questions/exercises helped me to understand the syllabus.
Rated 5 out of 5
Edward Jukes-Jones|Software Developer|Capgemini –
Great course and learnt a lot from Angelina
Rated 5 out of 5
Tom Dipple|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
Angelina was very engaging and was keeping everyone involved an d this really helped in the afternoons when you get tired
Rated 5 out of 5
Luke Goring|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
Well run course with plenty of detail and a good experience.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ellen Venn|Scrum Master/Software Engineer|Capgemini –
The course was well delivered and structured in a good way. It was highly beneficial for learning about testing and I would recommend this course to peers.
Rated 5 out of 5
Luke Mason|QA Engineer|Focusrite Audio Engineer Ltd –
A++, super engaging, regular breaks, nice breakdown of the exam paper. John is a clear and concise teacher that has filled myself with confidence in passing the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ali Guler|Software Test Engineer Apprentice|IBM –
I think John did a great job delivering the course itself, explained the topics and the methods very well and it is obvious he has a lot of experience and knowledge regarding software testing. My criticism would be with the ISTQB exam and the questions themselves, but John did his best to explain it to us and help us all understand it.
Rated 5 out of 5
Manda Gray|Test Analyst|KR Group –
I found this course excellent. Although I am already an experienced tester, I learned the formal theory behind what I do every day as well as new theories that I do not typically employ in my current position. The course was well paced and the material was presented in a way which was easy to follow and understand.
Rated 5 out of 5
PAul Donegan|Junior Dev/Tester|Strawberry UK Ltd –
A dense topic covered clearly and with lots of help. It. Was. Clear
Rated 5 out of 5
Gupta Gurung|Test Engineer|IDBS –
Course helped understand many unexplored areas of software testing. Wide range of testing terminologies to get familiar with. Engaging exercises are helpful in checking your understanding as well as prepare for exam type questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sipon Majumder|Associate|PwC SDC, Kolkata –
Very much Informative and learned a lot of new things about Testing
Rated 5 out of 5
Souvik Karmakar|Associate|PwC SDC,KOLKATA –
Very much informative and learn lots of new things from the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sandra Obi|Data and Tech Consultant|KPMG –
Well presented course material by John with a lot of clarification. Also online course has been beneficial as you save approximately 3 hours for getting ready and travel and feel refreshed at the start of the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Oliver Ingleby|Tester|Companies House –
John was a very engaging, helpful and knowledgeable trainer. He provided real life examples from his career which help bring the subject to life. The regular screen breaks really helped my concentration as did the regular exercises for us to complete.
Rated 5 out of 5
Madhu Mahadeva|Test Consultant|NEST Corporation –
Well paced course, trainer was very knowledgeable and friendly.
Rated 5 out of 5
Konstantina Zioga|software tester| –
Very informative, better than I thought it was going to be given it was a virtual course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Karl Gwilliam|IT QA Lead|Deloitte –
This was a good experience and presented well. It was presented well over Goto as well, it was nice to be at home and not have the stress of having to go to a location for this for sure.
The content was spot on, although a lot to take it I think with the right amount of revision I should be able to pass the exam.
I would recommend this course to anyone looking to getting into the testing world for sure. It has opened my eyes as well and made think about whether a career is right for me in testing full time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Faiz Ahmed|Software Tester|Atheon Analytics –
Course was good, adequate breaks and detailed content. Using the Online platform was a better experience than i thought it would be
Rated 5 out of 5
Clara Fordham|Test Analyst|WiggleCRC –
It was good, great slides! Glad to do it online. Just wish we could request a printed version of the materials.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anthony Tibbs|Analyst|Old Mutual Wealth / Quilter –
Angelina was amazing at teaching the content – she was interactive, engaging and enthusiast. I believe an improvement for the exam would be to have more K3 questions as application of learning is better.
Rated 5 out of 5
yusra shabir | grad trainee | kpmg –
It was really good, there were very hard concepts however angelina took time and care to help anybody and everybody out whilst still being on track for our course. Angelina was always joyful and kept us engaged, even on very hard topics and when we were tired. I found her examples very helpful in explaining topics. Also her experience not only helped us understand the exam sceanrios but also helped understand us what we can expect in real life testing scenarios. Some improvements on the course content is Maybe some videos explaining certain types of concepts in context e.g. amazon company decided to build this app for X, Y, z would have been helpful and we could access that on teh PP slides in our own time. This is because the sessions are not recorded so any examples used/talked about will have disappeared from memory as theres so much content and so many examples. We also had a few technical issues so maybe a better platform for collaboration? Overall I loved the course and learning with Angelina!
Rated 5 out of 5
Ellie Hindley-Skelt | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
there were a lot of technical problems at first but once we moved from go to meetings to teams then it was fine. Would suggest going straight to teams.
Rated 4 out of 5
Caro Edwards | Consulting Graduate Trainee | KPMG UK –
Found the content very extensive and questions quite difficult to answer but trainer was helpful and taught us in depth
Rated 5 out of 5
Cameron Thomley | Technology Consultant | KPMG –
The course was well delivered but the content itself can be confusing due to the nature of there being a large amount of unfamiliar terminology that feeds into one another. Angelina was brilliant at clarifying confusions however which helped a lot.
Rated 5 out of 5
Tonna Anyansi | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Angelina covered the relevant information and went through practice questions after every topic. She was great answering questions, and did well making the content digestible.
Rated 5 out of 5
Alex Stewart | Digital Consultant Grad Trainee | KPMG –
A lot of content in little time. A very enthusiastic and helpful trainer.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sofia Melia Castilla | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Trainer explained everything very clearly and enthusiastically. It was a lot of information and syllabus to digest in 4 days but Angelina made it fun and easier to understand. Very good experience overall!
Rated 5 out of 5
Mohamed Shurfudeen | Project Engineer | Trinity Systems –
I personally found it hard to understand certain concepts because i have no prior testing experience.
Rated 5 out of 5
Aleksandra Zmuda | IT Solutions Test Analyst | Clipper Logistics –
The course met my expectations, highly informative, clearly explained, useful for my current role and carrier path I have chosen. Thank you!
Rated 5 out of 5
Chelsea Houston | Software Engineer / Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Very insightful and informative. Trainer kept my attention throughout the whole 3 days. Was happy to help out when we were confused. Hard course with a lot of work needed but well worth it. Learnt a lot of very helpful info. Trainer very friendly and easy to understand and get along with. Looking forward to taking more courses in the future.
Rated 5 out of 5
Robbie Aitken | Programmer | Euroclear –
Interesting course, Rosie was a great trainer. Good delivery, kept us engaged, well-paced, also very very patient.
Rated 4 out of 5
Dylan Anderson | Software Tester Apprentice | RWE Supply and Trading –
Really good course. Provides plenty of information needed for being a tester, although I think it needs better pacing, so that I can get the info from the course noted for exam revision.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jon Hardman | Test Analyst | Principality –
I found Rosie very easy to listen to, very patient, and felt like i could ask questions when I needed. In my personal opinion the syllabus of the course seemed to reference outdated techniques. However Rosie was very good in teaching these. In future I personally would find it better if there was even more engagement e.g. more questions to the group.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ian Smith | QA Analyst | Principality –
Course tutor was brill, What was hardest was the way some of the example questions/ISTQB syllabus was written.
Rated 4 out of 5
Chris Elias | Test Engineer | Principality –
Rosie was a good tutor – she was very well spoken and explained the syllabus as best as possible. The course seems to be very manual tester focused which was disappointing for me as I mainly work with Test Automation. I found the exam questions have been made deliberately difficult and ambiguous. I feel there was a big focus on boundary/partition testing which I feel is a very small area in software testing these days. Overall I feel this course is a bit outdated for todays modern software development requirements.
Rated 5 out of 5
Molly Green | Senior Functional Test Analyst | Ocado –
Rosie was very approachable and patient with the large volumes of questions asked of her, and good at explaining things in a simple way.
Rated 5 out of 5
Swapnil Kumar | Associate | PwC SDC Kolkata –
It was very nice throughout. And also how well explained by Richard. Much appreciated.
Rated 5 out of 5
Harsh Manjhi | Test Analyst (Associate) | PwC –
It was very informative, i feel all ready for the certification exam and the trainer for this course couldn’t have been better.
Rated 5 out of 5
Simran Rai | Associate | PwC SDC Kolkata –
It was very helpful and much needed course for me atleast.
Rated 5 out of 5
Hyma P R | Senior Associate | PWC –
Richard explained everything in detail. Deals all the queries with lots of patience.
Rated 5 out of 5
Arindam Pal | Senior Associate | PwC –
Training was very informative and provided lots of valuable information and clarifications on Functional Testing. Got the clear understanding on all the testing terminology.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sarvottam Kumar | Associate | PWC –
The course was thorough and it covers almost everything.
Rated 5 out of 5
Andrew Ring | QA Engineer | Virtalis –
Difficult over GoToMeeting – I would always choose classroom based if possible but time made this necessary. More, shorter breaks – I assume that everybody had to nip away for 5 minute breaks every now and then. I think attempting to get more involvement from the attendees would help?
Rated 5 out of 5
Morgan O Donnell | System tester | PTSB –
Alot of content however much of the mock tests are ambiguous. I feel the questions are not very suited to the course material
Rated 5 out of 5
Paula Jones | BDM | test –
excellent!
Rated 4 out of 5
Samadul Islam|Software Test Engineer|IBM –
The course was to intense for the amount of material against the amount of days and could do with more help for the exam day.
Rated 5 out of 5
Amanda Jupp | Product Analyst |Trace Solutions –
This course was very informative.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jacob McKenzie | Senior Test Analyst |Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust –
John cleared the content at a good pace and was very engaging which kept my mind focused on the information.
Rated 5 out of 5
James Anderson | QA Tester Apprentice |Invotra Limited –
The course was very interesting and informative, I have learnt many new things in relation to testing and the business usage and approach to it.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ben Sykes | Test Analyst |NHS –
Fantastic course. Great level of knowledge from the trainer who explained things clearly and in great detail.
The course taught me a lot more than expected. I am glad my company sent me on a course rather than me doing self study, because of the sheer amount of content to cover.
Rated 5 out of 5
Majd Kassawat | Test Lead |OMRON –
Very clear and straightforward explanation.
The presentation is interactive enough.
Workload is well balanced between home and class.
Rated 5 out of 5
Rebecca Sloane | Test Analyst |NHS –
Very helpful and clearly presented. Going through examples was really useful for heavy course material. Worked well despite being at home and online.
Rated 5 out of 5
Stephen Bruce | QA Engineer |Fuel3D –
John was a very good teacher, explained everything well and set us up perfectly for the exam
Rated 5 out of 5
Robert Macdonald | Software Test Engineer |IBM –
We completed a 2 day online introduction to test course, where we listen to a presentation and took part in multiple exercises.
Rated 5 out of 5
Philippa Hodge | Automation Tester |WTC –
Very good at keeping people’s attention – much harder online so she did a grand job of that.
Rated 5 out of 5
Philippa Hodge | Automation Tester |WTC –
Very good at keeping people’s attention – much harder online so she did a grand job of that.
Rated 5 out of 5
Patrick Wilson | Test Analyst |IBM –
Very Informative, a good pace to the course and really good explanations and links to how it will be used in the “Real world”. My only “Even better if”, is if a little more writing on the slides could be done just to explain the slides a little more.
Rated 5 out of 5
Patrick Wilson|Test Analyst|IBM –
Very Informative, a good pace to the course and really good explanations and links to how it will be used in the “Real world”. My only “Even better if”, is if a little more writing on the slides could be done just to explain the slides a little more.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sheila Brogden|Tester|Civil Service –
Rosie is clearly very knowledgeable about the subject and was able to use lots of real life examples to demonstrate her explanations.
Rated 5 out of 5
Victoria Blake-Dobell|Software Tester|DNV –
My trainer was thorough and friendly, and the course provided me with a lot of incredibly useful information and insights.
Rated 5 out of 5
Adam Compton|Test & Config Analyst|ERS –
Solid instruction, decent support materials. Impacted slightly (albeit completely understandably) by having it performed remotely, but the trainer did very well considering.
Rated 5 out of 5
Tony Thomas|Product Delivery Test Analyst|LV Insurance –
Rosie Sheldon was absolutely fantastic at explaining, making sure you understood if you raised any questions, clear, approachable. It was a pleasure!
I felt that Rosie dealt very well with the volume of content, in particular during the first day (which she kindly warned us about).
I also found it useful that she gave us guidance on the sorts of areas we ought to prioritise learning.
I found her teaching style engaging, and appreciated the way she brought in personal anecdotes to help us associate the course content with more relatable scenarios, as well as the way she brought up past content to help reinforce it.
There was a lot of content to learn but I feel John went through it very well and willingly slowed down and went over content until everyone confirmed they understood.
Breaks were given at good intervals which helped everyone come back ready to absorb more content
Rated 5 out of 5
Chad Bradshaw|Test Analyst|Elecosoft –
Very good – was able to stay focused and information was explained in a simple and clear way.
Rated 5 out of 5
John Smith|Software tester|Apteco Ltd –
High intensity, a lot of info being delivered. Excellent verbal presentation by tutor.
Sample questions convoluted and poorly written – not a reflection of TSG or Rosie!
Very pleased I had someone walking me through the material.
Rosies ability to explain answers not initially understood didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I was looking for a ‘recipe’ of how to approach the question and quickly decipher it’s meaning. Personally that wasn’t always what I received, and I felt one or two explanations for others failed to offer a different way of saying what was said originally. If there was an area to improve on, then that is the only one I could identify.
Rated 5 out of 5
Julia Steinberg –
I really enjoyed the course – the material was presented excellently and was very thouroughly explained. It was engaging and I felt like it has helped me tremendously in understanding the basics of testing and how to adhere to best practices.
Thank you very much, John, for the great experience!
Rated 5 out of 5
George SPEDDING|SENIOR TEST MANAGER|MOD –
INTENSIVE COURSE BUT WELL PRESENTED
Rated 5 out of 5
Chris Webber|Test Analyst|LV Insurance –
John really was an excellent tutor. Patient, knowledgeable, kind, able to simplify and demonstrate complex subjects with ease. I really think he made all the difference and I feel lucky that he was our tutor. The course itself was very well structured & I felt like I learnt a lot in a short space of time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ramesa Khan|Junior QA Engineer|O2 –
Really good, john interacted very well and made it very easy to understand
Rated 5 out of 5
Jim McGrellis|QA & Test|Telefonica UK –
The course content and trainer were good, the course was very intensive and a lot to take in.
Due to covid it was delivered virtually, which is not my preferred method of learning, I would have preferred a classroom based course for something as intensive and involved as this course, but understand the reasoning behind this due to the current circumstances. Thanks
Rated 5 out of 5
Zahra Jaffer|Junior Test Analyst|IRIS Software Group –
The course was quite complex but I felt that John explained everything in a very clear and concise manner so that it was understandable. I am very pleased with the training and the resources that have been given to me, I feel as though I have learnt a huge amount. A lot of this goes to the trainer as he took the time out to answer our questions and give us better examples and techniques for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Kumud Ranjan|Associate Manager|Accenture –
Great trainer. Explain the every bit with the example which really help to understand the concept and always happy to assist.
Rated 5 out of 5
Wayne Francis|Test Analyst|MHRA –
Enjoyed the course and John helped me to understand the trickier parts. only wish I could take his brain whilst doing the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Toby Brown|QA Engineer|Telefonica UK –
I found this online course much better than expected. Content was very thorough and well-presented. John Young gave great explanations to queries throughout. As a trainer he’s very patient and willing to get to the bottom of any questions that you have. He’s also easy to listen to and understand.
Rated 5 out of 5
Daniel Taylor Jr|V&V Test Engineer|Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine –
Great content, and very interesting
Rated 4 out of 5
Lihuan Li|IT Specialist|IBM –
It was difficult on both sides due to having to work from a ppt presentation all day. Both from a feedback to the trainer who couldn’t see out faces and for ourselves. BUT we were allocated breaks to avoid screen eyes and this was much appreciated. Generally well taught. We were just surprised that a large part of the course involved exam technique. Exam technique was extremely useful. I’m not very good at working and doing homework from PDFs so plan to print off the course work and review that way before the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ben Poore|Senior Test Analyst|Quilter –
John kept everyone engaged over the 3 day course and made sure that everyone understood the material before moving on. This is difficult to do via a video conference but was successfully achieved by John.
Rated 5 out of 5
Kate Brewer-Lee|Test Lead|IBM –
It was good, but I’d prefer to have it in 4 to 5 days instead of 3. It is a lot of content to cover in only 3 days.
Rated 5 out of 5
Madelaine Helleur O’Connor | Graduate Data and Technology Consultant | KPMG –
Paul was so lovely and helpful. He went through the course with good pace and detail and was always willing to help and explain things in more detail
Rated 5 out of 5
Luke Shuttleworth | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Hard to say since I have not yet taken the exam but I thought the course was very well delivered, the trainer was excellent and friendly.
Rated 5 out of 5
Emly Hughes | Analyst | KPMG –
Angelina was very engaging and friendly. Explained things well and very happy to go over things that were confusing us. I feel I have learned a lot.
Rated 4 out of 5
Chris Pizey | Consultant | KPMG –
Engaging content but seems like there is a huge amount of it to process in very little time for the examination.
Rated 5 out of 5
Lucy Briggs | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
I thought the course was well run and everything was explained thoroughly.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sandra Obi | Data and Tech Consultant | KPMG –
The instructor was amazing, cheerful and very relatable. Literally one of the best online courses.
Rated 5 out of 5
Thomas Gallagher | Data & Tech Analyst | KPMG –
Very good course still felt very crammed but that is the nature of the course. Some the presentation slides could be presented more formally and concisely to take the key messages away. Trainer was very knowledge not only on content but also test conditions. Trainer also had good knowledge in how to tailor the course to our needs.
Rated 5 out of 5
Daniel Taylor Jr |V&V Test Engineer | Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine –
Great content, and very interesting
Rated 5 out of 5
Keise Marcelino | Business Analyst | Arum Systems Limited –
It was good, but I’d prefer to have it in 4 to 5 days instead of 3. It is a lot of content to cover in only 3 days.
Rated 5 out of 5
Debbie Finister | System Software Tester | British Library –
Great course and trainer. Because the course was online, it was split into manageable sessions. Plenty on interaction with trainer and participants. It is hard work, but it’s worth it.
Rated 4 out of 5
Simon Ward|Senior Technical Tester/Manager|Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office –
The course was good and Angelina was kind and helpful. I do feel, and I think I speak for everyone on the course is that there is so much to cram in to 3 days, so I think it would be beneficial if it was a day longer, at least.
Sophie Pearson | PTP Business Analyst | Old Mutual Wealth –
Very informative, John was super helpful
Rated 5 out of 5
Ali Hussain | Software Test Analyst | HRA –
I found the course to be very good with great detail. I would definitely say it was worth attending.
Rated 4 out of 5
Muhammed Rizwan Muhammed Ismail|Test Program Manager|IBM –
The course was concise and at a good pace for a new tester like myself. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was happy with the level of depth that Angelina was going into for each section.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mark Cabia-an|Software Test Engineer|Mirada-Medical –
Lots of extremely valuable information which I can already feel seeping into my mindset and way of working. Course leader was incredibly engaged throughout and there is an impressive amount of information for just three days. I would recommend this to other testers.
Rated 4 out of 5
Claire Ray|Test Engineer|Sainsburys –
Course was on lines were engaged and checked understanding well
Rated 5 out of 5
Ben Poore | Senior Test Analyst | Quilter –
John kept everyone engaged over the 3 day course and made sure that everyone understood the material before moving on. This is difficult to do via a video conference but was successfully achieved by John.
Rated 4 out of 5
Louise Hewett | Ux and Test Analyst | Quilter
–
It was difficult on both sides due to having to work from a ppt presentation all day. Both from a feedback to the trainer who couldn’t see out faces and for ourselves. BUT we were allocated breaks to avoid screen eyes and this was much appreciated. Generally well taught. We were just surprised that a large part of the course involved exam technique. Exam technique was extremely useful. I’m not very good at working and doing homework from PDFs so plan to print off the course work and review that way before the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nicholas Hammond | Test Analyst | A2Dominion –
The training course was excellent
Rated 5 out of 5
Will Blakeney | Apprentice Software Tester | HMRC –
John was very helpful in explaining everything I needed to learn for the ISTQB exam, he was also very friendly and approachable. I was initially a bit worried about the remote learning, but John made the change from classroom learning to remote learning very easy.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sanchita Das –
I’m very pleased about the course. Instructor was excellent, he explained every bit very clearly. I have passed my ISTQB Foundation Level exam successfully
Rated 4 out of 5
???? TOURSIDOU | IT Consultant | European Dynamics –
It was an online course due to the corona lock-down. The presentation was very good and the trainer spoke very clearly and was very friendly. However, there was no interaction between the participants and the trainer. Furthermore, we could not take exercises in teams. Hence my preference is training in a class.
In my opinion, online training should be distributed over time. For example, once a week an online course and then prepare a task. The online exam also is not very comfortable. I prefer a written exam. Please in the next online exams allow the use of a notepad or sheet of paper. It’s not very convenient to write on an online notepad
Rated 5 out of 5
Eftychia Nalpantidou | Java Developer | European Dynamics –
The course was quite interesting and the extra material was really helpful and adequate.
Rated 4 out of 5
Panagiotis Omiliadis | Software Tester | European Dynamics SA –
The trainer showed that she had the knowledge, but it was a little bit monotone. Some more examples and a little bit richer explanation would have been great.
Rated 5 out of 5
Pranay Patel | Business Solutions Programmer | Euroclear –
Overall, it was a very pleasant experience and I think John managed the course very well. He set a strong, consistent pace and explained all the content very well as well. I think the course content was a little heavier to understand towards the end of the first day and the first half of the second, especially as I have not had any experience in testing, which made it slightly harder to retain the theory.
Rated 5 out of 5
Andreas Zimnas | Senior Software Engineer / Technical Manager | European Dynamics –
Rosie did an excellent job, giving us also the information we needed to successfully complete the examination.
Rated 5 out of 5
Stamatis Tzatzakis | Software Tester | European Dynamics –
Course was very good. However, exams with Proctor Exam was horrible.
Rated 5 out of 5
Garifalia Koinari | Software Developer | European Dynamics –
Course was very good.
Rated 4 out of 5
Konstantina Zioga | Software Tester | European Dynamics SA –
The course was very interesting. However I believe that such trainings should be taught with physical presence. It was the first time I had online training, and I realize how much I missed the personal interaction with the trainer, and the communication during the lesson with my colleagues. I know this training was offered via internet due to the situation. I hope the level ISTQB level to be organised in a classroom. Rosie was of course there in order to solve our concerns and questions, but I feel it would be nice if she could see us shaking our head for a “yes” when she was asking questions. Regarding with the exams, personally I disagree with the fact that we were not allowed to have a paper. It was time consuming. Also, it would be better to have a 5-min practice in the exam environment, to see how it behaves. I had many times interruptions due to the demand to refresh the screen share.
Extra comment: In homework sample questions, in page 41 the question 55 has a typo. Instead of answer “A”, it says “D”
Rated 4 out of 5
Panagiotis Omiliadis | IT Software Tester | European Dynamics SA –
Although the trainer showed that she had a good knowledge of the course, and tried to make it interesting with comments in between, it was somehow monotone, so sometimes it was difficult to follow the trainer. Some more examples would have been helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Irina Crump –
The course was virtual (because of the Covid-19). However I didn’t have any problem connecting to it. John Young is a brilliant trainer, he has examples for everything and his drawing really helps. Thank you John, much appreciated.
Rated 4 out of 5
Megan Agalewatte | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
I did not receive any pre-reading however the trainer Rosie was amazing
Rated 5 out of 5
Daniel Lubarski | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Excellent organisation, resources and time management
Rated 5 out of 5
Cheryl Wigfall | QA Test Analyst | Switch Studios –
Rosie explains and teaches very clearly and througly
Rated 5 out of 5
Hannah Holmes –
Rosie was very good made it clear and relatable
Rated 5 out of 5
Andrew Green | Capita –
Interesting course, glad I attended it, fills in the gaps of knowledge. I believe it’s useful for testing and appropriate to learn
Rated 5 out of 5
Nicole Anton | Data and Tech Consultant |KPMG –
The trainer was excellent and the course was well delivered. However we could have done with a longer timeframe to complete the course.
Rated 4 out of 5
Manisha Arora | Tech Consultant |KPMG –
The trainer was excellent, however we could have more preperation time and study time
Rated 3 out of 5
Rebecca Barosi | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Trainer was great!! I think there needs to be a separate day for exam and learning days
Rated 4 out of 5
Nicola Mcdermott| Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Training was excellent would of liked more exercises and homework though.
Rated 4 out of 5
Ayao Akin| Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Trainer was excellent, would of liked the content to be spread over more days.
Rated 4 out of 5
Kate Hawkins | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
The teacher was excellent!! Quite a lot of information to process in such a short space of time, a extra day would be preferable.
Rated 5 out of 5
Chris Rose | KPMG –
Trainer was excellent, would of preferred a longer timescale but this is restricted by KPMG
Rated 5 out of 5
Edward Rainbow | Operations Consultant | Savanta –
I attended the course to gain knowledge of software / IT Workings / Testing and to gain a qualification in the process. The course met all my objectives and the trainer was excellent
Rated 5 out of 5
Usman Ali –
I did an ISTQB Tester Foundation course with TSG and the entire experience was amazing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Alexandra Gonce | QA | Amelco Ltd –
I attended this course to learn about the foundation of testing and to become a better tester. I was very satisfied with the course and it met all my objectives. The trainer Angelica was excellent.
Rated 5 out of 5
Wayne Joseph | QA Analyst | Creative Technologies –
I attended this course to fill in my knowledge gap. I was very satisifed with the course which met all my objects. The course tutor was excellent
Rated 5 out of 5
Josh strain| Senior Test Manager|Telefonica UK –
Great to learn the basics and fundamentals of software testing
Rated 5 out of 5
Julia Steinberg –
I really enjoyed the course – the material was presented excellently and was very thouroughly explained. It was engaging and I felt like it has helped me tremendously in understanding the basics of testing and how to adhere to best practices.
Thank you very much, John, for the great experience!
Rated 5 out of 5
George SPEDDING| SENIOR TEST MANAGER|MOD –
INTENSIVE COURSE BUT WELL PRESENTED
Rated 5 out of 5
Chris“` Webber| Test Analyst|LV Insurance –
John really was an excellent tutor. Patient, knowledgeable, kind, able to simplify and demonstrate complex subjects with ease. I really think he made all the difference and I feel lucky that he was our tutor. The course itself was very well structured & I felt like I learnt a lot in a short space of time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ramesa Khan| Junior QA Engineer|O2 –
Really good, john interacted very well and made it very easy to understand
Rated 5 out of 5
Chad Bradshaw| Test Analyst|Elecosoft –
Very good – was able to stay focused and information was explained in a simple and clear way.
Rated 4 out of 5
Jim McGrellis| QA & Test|Telefonica UK –
The course content and trainer were good, the course was very intensive and a lot to take in.
Due to covid it was delivered virtually, which is not my preferred method of learning, I would have preferred a classroom based course for something as intensive and involved as this course, but understand the reasoning behind this due to the current circumstances. Thanks
Rated 5 out of 5
Zahra Jaffer| Junior Test Analyst|IRIS Software Group –
The course was quite complex but I felt that John explained everything in a very clear and concise manner so that it was understandable. I am very pleased with the training and the resources that have been given to me, I feel as though I have learnt a huge amount. A lot of this goes to the trainer as he took the time out to answer our questions and give us better examples and techniques for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Kumud Ranjan| Associate Manager|Accenture –
Great trainer. Explain the every bit with the example which really help to understand the concept and always happy to assist.
Rated 5 out of 5
Wayne Francis| Test Analyst|MHRA –
Enjoyed the course and John helped me to understand the trickier parts. only wish I could take his brain whilst doing the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Toby Brown| QA Engineer|Telefonica UK –
I found this online course much better than expected. Content was very thorough and well-presented. John Young gave great explanations to queries throughout. As a trainer he’s very patient and willing to get to the bottom of any questions that you have. He’s also easy to listen to and understand.
There was a lot of content to learn but I feel John went through it very well and willingly slowed down and went over content until everyone confirmed they understood.
Breaks were given at good intervals which helped everyone come back ready to absorb more content
Rated 5 out of 5
Kelly Robinson-McBride| QA Engineer|Iris Software Group –
Concise, a little overwhelming but great overall
Rated 4 out of 5
Will Blakeney|Apprentice Software Tester|HMRC –
Appreciated having classroom, homework and mock exam exercises. Another mock exam booklet would also be useful to consolidate learning.
Rated 5 out of 5
Thomas Gallagher|Data & Tech Analyst|KPMG –
John was very helpful in explaining everything I needed to learn for the ISTQB exam, he was also very friendly and approachable. I was initially a bit worried about the remote learning, but John made the change from classroom learning to remote learning very easy.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sofia Penim|Test Manager|Siemens –
Very good course still felt very crammed but that is the nature of the course. Some the presentation slides could be presented more formally and concisely to take the key messages away. Trainer was very knowledge not only on content but also test conditions. Trainer also had good knowledge in how to tailor the course to our needs.
Rated 5 out of 5
Satish Pai|Consultant|CTG UK –
Very informative, John was super helpful
Rated 5 out of 5
Robert Gale|QA Manager|Deloitte LLP –
The instructor was amazing, cheerful and very relatable. Literally one of the best online courses.
Rated 5 out of 5
Rita Gracio|Business Tester|Siemens –
I’m very pleased about the course. Instructor was excellent, he explained every bit very clearly. I have passed my ISTQB Foundation Level exam successfully.
Rated 3 out of 5
Nuno Dias|Senior Business Tester|Siemens –
Overall, it was a very pleasant experience and I think John managed the course very well. He set a strong, consistent pace and explained all the content very well as well. I think the course content was a little heavier to understand towards the end of the first day and the first half of the second, especially as I have not had any experience in testing, which made it slightly harder to retain the theory.
Rated 5 out of 5
Maria Antonia Pasculli|project manager| –
The course is very extensive with a lot of reading, but there are alot of classroom exercises that helps with the understanding of the material.
My trainer is very helpful and informative. Kept the whole class engaged.
Rated 5 out of 5
Luis Correia|| –
Paul was so lovely and helpful. He went through the course with good pace and detail and was always willing to help and explain things in more detail
Rated 5 out of 5
Lucy Briggs|Graduate Trainee|KPMG –
Hard to say since I have not yet taken the exam but I thought the course was very well delivered, the trainer was excellent and friendly.
Rated 5 out of 5
Louisa Costa|Functional Test Analyst|RCI Financial Services –
I thought the course was well run and everything was explained thoroughly.
Rated 4 out of 5
Kevin Ayres|Test Manager|Metropolitan Police Service –
The course was very interesting. However I believe that such trainings should be taught with physical presence. It was the first time I had online training, and I realize how much I missed the personal interaction with the trainer, and the communication during the lesson with my colleagues. I know this training was offered via internet due to the situation. I hope the level ISTQB level to be organised in a classroom. Rosie was of course there in order to solve our concerns and questions, but I feel it would be nice if she could see us shaking our head for a “yes” when she was asking questions. Regarding with the exams, personally I disagree with the fact that we were not allowed to have a paper. It was time consuming. Also, it would be better to have a 5-min practice in the exam environment, to see how it behaves. I had many times interruptions due to the demand to refresh the screen share.
Extra comment: In homework sample questions, in page 41 the question 55 has a typo. Instead of answer “A”, it says “D”
Rated 5 out of 5
Kelly Robinson-McBride|QA Engineer|Iris Software Group –
I was very pleased with the virtual delivery of this course. The course ran seamlessly and was very well structured. John clearly has high expertise in this area and is very experienced in teaching. His teaching style is great – very supportive and thorough in his explanation of theory and in answering follow up questions. The virtual classes are a good solution to the current restrictions on learning and I would recommend.
Rated 5 out of 5
Idris Khan|Senior QA|Camelot UK –
The course was virtual (because of the Covid-19). However I didn’t have any problem connecting to it. John Young is a brilliant trainer, he has examples for everything and his drawing really helps. Thank you John, much appreciated.
Rated 5 out of 5
Emily Hughes|Analyst|KPMG –
Angelina was very engaging and friendly. Explained things well and very happy to go over things that were confusing us. I feel I have learned a lot.
Rated 4 out of 5
Chris Pizey|Consultant|KPMG –
Engaging content but seems like there is a huge amount of it to process in very little time for the examination.
Good preparation with additional mock test.
Most of the exam questions had already been explained by Rosie during the course.
Cons
I fully understand the difficulties of a remote course, however I think that the course should be more interactive. Otherwise, it ends up being boring.
For homework and classroom exercises, I would expect that we discussed all of them, regardless of whether we mentioned that we have questions or not.
Rated 5 out of 5
Brian Morris|Automation Engineer|Mirada Medical Ltd –
Angelina represents both TSG and the ISTQB exceptionally well. I am traditionally a sceptic to courses, but in 3 days I have changed that bias – primarily from the depth of knowledge Angelina imparted during the course. Not only is the course material covered comprehensively, but she delivers it in an interactive way that relates back to our own working environments. Modern testing practise may mean different things to different companies / testers, and it is clear Angelina has experience across the whole testing realm, including the real-world team dynamics which make/break the process. Three days remote could be tough work for most trainees, but the continuous flow of new information, delivered in bitesize chunks kept the momentum / enthusiasm working in the team. I feel this is not an easy task to achieve – and this presents additional value that I have not experienced on other courses / other tutors. As a final note, I feel Angelina is genuinely passionate about testing, and is therefore open to healthy debate on the topic (from challenging students like myself). For those reasons : “Excellent” rating above.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ali Hussain|Software Test Analyst Level 1|HRA –
I found the course to be very good with great detail. I would definitely say it was worth attending.
Rated 5 out of 5
Alex Harman|Product Delivery Analyst|Liverpool Victoria –
Very good course. Was kept interested throughout the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Alex Snow|Assistant Test Team Manager|Old Mutual Wealth/Quilter –
John was engaging and patient. While I know this slightly frustrated one of my colleagues who had no problem keeping up, I could tell that others really appreciated it, as he would make any confusing rationale clear.
Rated 5 out of 5
Matthew Workman | Tester | Living Map –
I found the course met my ojectives and was very satisfied with the course content. The trainer was excellent
Rated 5 out of 5
Dhivya Thiruginanam | Testing Specialist | RBS –
I attended the course to gain certification, I was very happy with the pre-course organisation and administration. The course met all my objectives and I was very satisifed with the course overall.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was informative and went over a lot of information throughout the 3 days. Maybe would have benefited from another half day to ensure things were not as rushed towards the end to make sure everything was covered.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Really well explain. Angelina was amazing and really careful with the attention to detail, making sure we all understood and comprehend the logic behind the words.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
I like the course and the the supplementary document really helped.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very informative and helpful course. All of the areas were covered well and in detail with support to go over more difficult areas as needed. I’d definitely consider taking another course through this provider.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
More condensed in the first days, less in the last day.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Needs to be more than 3 days so we can have more time to solidify everything
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Knowledgeable trainer, content was detailed and thorough. Good to have access to past papers with separate answer sheets
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course has been interesting. There has been a lot of new information however Richard has been a brilliant trainer. His teaching style is great, with the use of slides, the whiteboard for more interactive detail, exam questions, and the regular recaps of information which help to piece it all together. From not know anything about testing, i feel comfortable with the foundations and confident with the approaching exam. The course content and information is accessible and detailed.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard was excellent at guiding us through the course material, pulling real-life examples where possible to keep the audience engaged. His method of delivery was calm and confident while still delivering with enough emotion to keep things interesting, making him one of the best presenters I’ve come across. Well done Richard!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good coverage on wide range of test concepts and overlapping with agile delivery practices
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
All the concepts were really well explained. Resources were easy to access and really helpful. Personal preference would be to have more interactive learning as struggle to listen and concentrate for such long periods of time (sometimes 2hours at a time).
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard was good at articulating concepts and spoke in a clear and concise way. He emphasised the importance of group involvement and discussion
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Well presented, liked the intermittent exam questions to test our knowledge
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was delivered expertly, with clear information and well-thought out examples. Instructor was warm, personable and willing to answer questions with detail.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course has been very informative. It’s been easy to keep focused and highlighted areas I need to spend more time revising and learning.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very intense but very informative. Trainer took time to explain the more complex stuff. Practice exam questions were also useful in understanding what could have been potentially missed in the training.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course has been very helpful in providing valuable information in such a short time. Even though there is a lot of content to go through, it is easy to understand, which is mainly thanks to Richard and the way he goes through the slides and is able to deliver the content. Very nice, valuable course thank you.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good course and content. I did find it little hard to concentrate for the longish periods with lots of new material a pace. That’s the nature of a 3 day course I though I suppose. If I was primarily a tester I expect this would be much easier. Still goood though
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was well paced and the instructor had clear explanations. I found the exercises and additional resources very helpful.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was knowledgeable and answered questions. The pace of the course was also good.
I liked the fact that when other topics were covered, the trainer gave context.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was very thorough but easy to follow along with. Richard made sure that everyone understood what was being conveyed before progressing and was knowledgeable too. It feels like a basic understanding of testing was important to the course as terminology used was implied as standard.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Content was well presented with clear and concise explanations of the topics. Past papers and home exercises were provided for revision. Trainer adept and answering questions + giving detailed breakdowns of past paper example where requested.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was delivered well, the short exercises and test exam papers were particularly helpful in cementing the knowledge. Thanks.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Lots of useful content with worked examples I found very helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Trainer was great, however I struggle to learn from lectures and generally learn better with a more hands on/exercise based approach.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was useful in that it gave me confidence that what I have been doing is correct. Also, it helped to categorize (or put a name to) the practices I’m doing. There are many useful testing tips for the exams.
I found mock exams quite difficult and tricky (very wordy). I can see the effort to incorporate traditional and modern SDLCs, and there are many things in common but I’ve been practicing agile for many years, so I would appreciate if the foundation was also available for agile.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
I found the course interesting, entertaining and above all informative. The course had 6 people attending which was a great size. Karen knew her subject and was able to explain complicated idea’s and answered all our questions. She kept it light and I enjoyed every day on the course. I learnt loads.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Coming from a background with no testing experience I found this course to be a bit more advanced than the foundation level it was stated. I thought we would be being taught on how to create test scripts/suites and how to run tests.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Aspects of the course are at odds with my 25+ years of testing (naming conventions etc). As an introduction to testing this would be good. I would use the analogy of a long time driver sitting a driving test lol.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
I enjoyed the course – felt very intensive as the syllabus is very full. Trainer gave great insights and personal stories from her time as a tester. Slides felt overly busy though, hard to consume all the information fully when there are a hundred and one things being shown at one time. So a simplified slide deck would be personally preferred.
Homework and End of Exercise activities were also good – only problem is that the questions in the mock papers are dubbed ‘harder’ than the actual exam. This isnt necessarily bad thing as it prepares you fully for the worst case scenario – however having a fairer mix of questions set would be an improvement.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was good, interesting to build upon existing knowledge; however it can be lacking in crucial information for absolute beginners who have never worked in testing or even in IT altogether.
There should also be additional entry information about test automation.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was fabulous as always – really enjoyed having her as a trainer for several of the courses we were enlisted on for our software testing apprenticeship.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was very helpful and he was always asking us if we had any doubts. The exercises during the course were very important to consolidate knowledge.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Excellent course, it was explained very very well!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
A very informative and well put together course. I struggled understanding a few of the concepts that were new, but Richard explained things rather well.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard took us through the material at a good pace and was very patient and offered extra help along the way. Very happy with the training, it was as stated intensive due to the amount of information delivered in the short space of time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
very informative and structured
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was helpful but I would appreciated a lot if we had the flexibility possibility to change the dates (because I was on holiday on monday so I missed the 1st classs)
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
I recently completed the 754 course, and it has been an enlightening and enriching experience, largely thanks to the brilliance of my trainer. The course covered a comprehensive range of topics related to software testing, and the trainer’s expertise was evident in their ability to break down complex concepts into digestible and practical information. They fostered an engaging and interactive learning environment, encouraging questions and discussions that deepened our understanding of the material. The trainer’s real-world examples and case studies provided valuable insights into the application of testing principles in various scenarios. Their passion for the subject matter was palpable, creating an inspiring atmosphere that motivated me to delve deeper into the intricacies of software testing. The training not only prepared me for the 754 exam but also equipped me with practical knowledge that I can apply in my professional career. I am grateful for the dedication and skill of my trainer, as they played a pivotal role in making the course a highly beneficial and enjoyable learning experience.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Overall the course was good. But sitting for whole day was bit tiresome
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
There is a lot of information given in this course and it was quite a lot to take in, especially day 1 with all the 3 sections of theory (I needed a lie down) – although I assume I am not the usual target audience for this course (no experience of software testing/haven’t worked in testing/never will), so I may have found there was more to learn than other delegates perhaps – however saying that, the information given in the course and the supporting materials provided still have been enough to enable me to correctly answer a good number of sample exam questions and with revision, hopefully pass the exam. Rosie is incredibly knowledgeable on this subject and was able to break down the info and give real life examples to explain the topics in a more understandable way, even understandable to me, a non-technical person. Thoroughly enjoyed the course, although it was hard work!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
A lot of information to take in over the 3 Days. Rosie is very knowledgeable & her approach to training has helped me to understand the course materials. Lots of revision to do before the Exam
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was packed with information and a lot to take in but the way Rosie delivered the course really helped with this and the understanding. The examples delivered helped with my understanding of each module. The course material is very helpful and clear to use and make sense of and going through the exam questions after doing a few questions helped my understanding of where I went right and wrong
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Amazing course structure with proper explanations using examples.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was very engaging. She mixed real life examples with the exacts of the syllabus very well which made it easier to understand.
There were the correct amount of breaks with the amount of information given.
The amount of homework also seemed reasonable given the amount of concentrating we needed to do during the day.
I’m not a big fan of breakout rooms personally, so perhaps more full group discussions instead?
The first day is very heavy with information.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was excellent, although it feels like a lot of information has been crammed into a small amount of time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course is well developed with all information being presented well, and within a 3 day timeline which feels guided, concise and still has time to interact with the students
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very well presented, very clear training with well thought out exercises. Nice bits of group work to keep things different, with different people each time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was absolutely amazing to learn from, the way she described test scenarios in an easy to relate way was superb. she was easy to listen to and even gave me extra tasks which was amazing. I couldn’t of hoped for a better trainer thank you.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
John was great at getting us through all the syllabus. Because we all have experience in testing he was also very patient with us and great at focussing our thoughts onto the syllabus rather than try and answer exam questions based on our actual experience.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Lots of content, intense pace, but no hanging around – good materials and sample questions were good.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Great course, John is really good. The questions often have fairly significant ambiguity where multiple answers could be correct, which creates an obvious problem in an exam setting.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Definitely a good start for testers interested in learning more about testing foundations. Lot of knowledge to take in.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
course was interesting and very insightful. Perhaps could’ve been a bit more interactive to help make it more engaging. But was overall a very good quality training in general.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Gave the course clearly, with giving examples and explanations of the concepts without just reading off the slides. Encouraged engagement within the class within each section giving opportunity to test knowledge throughout.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course material was very dense – hard to take in a lot of wordy info in such a short amount of time. The trainer Angelina was great though, kept us engaged and was very enthusiastic and helpful
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was ok.
Maybe more emphasis on the exam and working through exam question examples would have been useful.
Maybe checking our knowledge level before the course so that it is pitched at the right level. Example, some of the course felt as though it was aimed at junior testers, where as we’re mostly quite experienced.
The fact that the course materials are locked down is annoying and prevents effective taking of notes.
The reasons given didn’t seem valid – it would be much easier to distribute electronic documents if we wanted to share them. Also, printing the documents is kind of trivial – in that they can be screenshot then printed, so it just feels petty and cheap to disallow this.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard went at a pace that was comfortable for everyone. He was good at changing the pitch if his voice in order to keep us engaged. I liked doing the classwork exercises at the end of each section. The course content was very relevant to my workplace and I feel it will help us standardise testing approaches within our organization.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was very good and explained things very well. She kept the course interesting and varied.
Rated 3 out of 5
Anonymous –
Although Rosie mentioned reasonable adjustments for the exam, Rosie did not discuss with us whether we might have needed adjustments whilst learning. As an autistic person, I struggled greatly with the groupwork, especially where we got placed into different zoom rooms as the transition was difficult, plus I take longer to process information than allistic (non-autistic) people do. So, as my group members were getting onto discussing the answers for exercises, I was still processing the question. I didn’t feel comfortable disclosing my autism diagnosis to the random groups I was placed in, so it often made it look like I wasn’t willing to join in when actually I was struggling for time. This then meant I was relying on them telling me what they thought the answer was without having the chance to work it out for myself. I would have greatly benefitted from having the choice to do the exercises alone and having the extra time I would receive in the exam added on to those exercises.
I also struggled with completing homework tasks each evening, ready for the next day, although I did complete these. It could have been beneficial for me, and possibly for others, to have the choice of saving the homework exercises to use for revision in our own time if we wanted to, as I feel I would have benefitted from revising the topics I know I struggled with each day rather than moving straight onto a homework task where I would likely score the same as I had earlier on in the day.
I am also concerned about how accessible the questions will be when I take my exam on Monday. Considering one of our exercise questions had an image that was blurry and hard to decipher and that one of the questions was distracting due to it being sexist. I hope that the questions on the actual exam are accessible and up to date. And maybe the exercise questions can be improved for future people taking this course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Challenging, in respect of both volume and nature of information to retain. Course was well delivered, trainer was kind, patient and understanding.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It is a difficult course but it is nice to do the course like this where you share experiences and make that relevant to the course content.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
I found the course to be fairly clear and concise. There were a lot of terms that I had not heard and techniques I had not used, and a lot of exam questions that confused me. However, there were no areas where I felt like I didn’t get good explanations.
My only criticism is that I feel like the group work could have been handled slightly better. I enjoyed getting a chance to talk through answers and figuring out answers as a team, and I would like more of that. However, it would have been nice to have a bit more time to discuss answers and it could have been good to mix up the groups and work with different people on the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Practical and detail as a baseline of knowledge for testers to be implemented and to improve the quality of testing
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course content was useful, definite applications to my role and those of my team. A very challenging amount of content in 3 days, the first day was very theory heavy, would be good if this could be broken up with some more practical or interactive content. I think this would help to retain engagement on day 1.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
For me there was too much content to take on board and i felt overwhelmed with it. The exam questions are hard and it appears difficult to pass it. Rosie was excellent and she worked very hard for us during the training.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Took the virtual classroom course to help with an exam resit after doing online learning. Felt like I learned new things and areas were explained better by Rosie.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Excellent content and very knowledgeable trainer. Would have liked the course to be over 5 days with more practical interactions
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very informative. Could do with more mock exam papers
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie really brought the subject to life, great examples and good amount of breaks
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Excellent course and trainer. Interactive and informative.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good course. Some very heavy and intensive topics covered well
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
well-paced, good student engagement with course material through practice tests and monitoring of student progression.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was very approachable and very clear in explanations and detail. The course itself is very tough but we have been given the tools to revise outside for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Its a very intense course. A bit much for someone with dyslexia to take in in the 3 days. but the instructor was as thorough and patient as could be
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie was very friendly and helpful. She gave very clear explanations and examples, and went at a reasonable pace.
The exam feels more like it’s testing your english skills rather than your testing knowledge.
The course is great albeit very dense. Might be more digestible if it were shorter session spread across more days?
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The content was good and the lecturer seemed to know their stuff, but it felt too dense on content to cover everything properly in 3 days. It might just be a constraint of the course, but I think covering things in more shorter sessions would probably be better.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
More time to go through certain sections would have been helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Rosie provided exceptional guidance throughout the course. Her clear and detailed explanations greatly facilitated my understanding, enabling me to enhance my skills as a software tester.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Course was intensive but interesting. Rosie was very pleasant.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was engaging and had interesting information in between.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very comprehensive content, very helpful trainer and the ability to do practice questions was very helpful. In some instances the pace of going through slides was slow, however I understand repetition is useful to retain knowledge
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Great course and great trainer, explained things clearly and provided loads of guidance
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard done a great job breaking down different concepts and ensuring everyone understood the material. Only point of improvement would be to have more interactive exercises throughout to help facilitate engagement with the content.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was really good, very interesting and informative. however, the exercices could be divided up a more during the course or have more of them.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course has been a good introduction and the concepts behind them. Richard has made the course engaging often using examples from his career to clarify complicated topics and points.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Good
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard was very thorough and extremely patient throughout the course. His explanations for the different topics were clear and his guidance for the exam was extremely insightful as well! Thank you so much Richard 🙂
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Great course and Richard made the content interesting and engaging as much as possible. Liked that there was exam questions and class exercises built into the content structure. The only negative was the lack of interaction within the group – I think this would have been better to be a cameras on course and encourage this level of participation from the entire group from the beginning. Makes it much easier to pay attention.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Richard was excellent and offer his guidaance on everything
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina was a great trainer. Enthusiastic, great at explaining. I learnt a lot.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was helpful in terms of how to approach questions, broken down complex items.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
She made it very interesting by engaging all of us and relating it to our practical day-to-day scenario. Absolutely satisfied with the course learning.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Second time taking the course, as I just missed the pass mark on my exam. Angelina is very knowledgeable, friendly and made me understand things that I previously didn’t. She took some time out to make some questions up to help me which I really appreciated.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Really informative. Well paced. Interactive – Enjoyed the snippets of Angelina’s experience which she shared throughout
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina was amazing. Extremely knowledgeable, knew how to break down complex topics and ensured it was interactive. My only surprise was that she didn’t have her camera on and also didn’t ask the delegates to turn theirs on as well. This makes it really hard to follow and very impersonal. We are so used to being virtual that I would expect cameras turned on as standard. Of course you can’t force delegates, however, at the very least I would expect the trainer to be on.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was quite intense (theory wise) with a lot of new words being thrown at me – but after raising this was my weakness Angelina mentioned ways of reading and testing my knowledge (and double checking the syllabus).
She was fun and friendly throughout the 3 days and I have learnt a lot.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very informative and very well presented.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
John was very good. I felt he could have asked closed questions of individuals to check understanding rather than ‘are we all ok?’ or ‘do we all understand?’ though. I found that despite it being a Foundation course, I was the minority in the group of those who were not already working as testers/similar and this severely impacted on my ability to relate to the content and grasp the concepts at the rate the course seemingly expected. The syllabus also seemed place little emphasis on laying a general, introductory-level foundation of the various types of testing, etc and instead spent a disproportionate amount of time focusing on reporting techniques that appeared hugely theoretical, somewhat antiquated and likely to only be utilised by those few in very large corporates.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very well lead course, John was very clear, and created a positive learning environment. Well structured course with good walkthroughs of in class examples and debriefing of sample exam questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
A brilliantly executed course by a man who really knows his stuff but thee is so much information to take in!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very informative, knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. John explained everything with his notes and annotations
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Fantastic work by John. Very detailed and meaningful explanations.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Awesome course material
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Intense but very useful
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
John was useful, well rounded at explaining and had many examples up his sleeve to use to explain concepts and examples.
He took time to listen to why we as a group answered some questions incorrectly, and was friendly and jovial throughout what is quite literally a very material intensive 3 days cram course!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
John was really excellent, one of the best trainers I have done a course with. He is extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic even after several days of the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very friendly and professional trainer
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very thorough. well spaced out with breaks
Rated 3 out of 5
Anonymous –
Was good but did not stick to scheduled times.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was a 3 day training course and our trainer Ms Angelina really explained the topics very well.
At the end of each topic she checked our knowledge to make sure we are following and also kept the session very interactive and engaging. I will really like to join another course with her as a trainer.
Thanks
Sree
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Although the syllabus was hard to follow for me personally the trainer did a great job and getting me through it all. I’m not feeling overly confident for the test but fingers crossed a lot more revision between now and then will get me over the line. Thanks
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina is an excellent trainer, obviously very experienced both in the subject being covered and teaching it. She constantly sought to engage the delegates, to ensure we were all absorbing the course material. I was extremely impressed with her conduct.
However, I do think the course maybe needs an extra day of learning. We were covering a lot of terminology and concepts and were in some areas forced to go quickly through things. And we only had time for a 45 minute lunch break, which I felt could be an hour if we had another day to work with!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was good to know lots of terms , which is new to me
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was a really insightful and helpful session. Overall great course to gather more knowledge for the ISTQB exam. Well Explained. Thank you!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very good training and will recommend to others.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
With all the information been well explain and useful I found it very stressful to study for 8 hours and process all the new data.
Also I would love to have more practice with exam questions and similar quizzes, since I took lots of those myself to be better prepared for exam (and also to let the course information sink properly).
I also found that trainer skipped some parts of presentation and led the course her own way, which made me feel like some course pieces are not actual and valid anymore.
To sum up I’m really satisfied with the course and would definitely recommend it to others. Maybe questions I have are just mine own misunderstandings (came from my QA experience).
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
This was the first instructor-led classroom course I have done for quite some time and it really was well worth the wait. John is an extremely versatile and capable trainer and nothing was too much trouble for him throughout the course. I would sincerely recommend TSG Training and would doubly recommend John Young as a trainer. Excellent overall!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was well delivered and covered about the right depth, at the right tempo. 11/11 have passed the exam so far (with one more to take it on Monday)
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina explained the details of the course very well.
Anonymous –
The training did not provide techniques on how to answer the questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was a very rewarding course to take, Angelina was very helpful and detailed when explaining each part of the course. Couldn’t have asked for a better trainer.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
In depth and informative. However, exam questions are shocking in their language use and understandability
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course (when using the full 3 days) was a good length for the training being provided. Any less would have been too much in such a short time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was ran really well, Angelina knows her stuff, I’m just not 100% sure on how a lot of the syllabus is worded, I feel like it tested my word play skills rather than informing me of the actual QA knowledge, I guess we will see for definite after taking the exam.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
The trainer was helpful in terms of how to approach questions, broken down complex items.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
She made it very interesting by engaging all of us and relating it to our practical day-to-day scenario. Absolutely satisfied with the course learning.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Second time taking the course, as I just missed the pass mark on my exam. Angelina is very knowledgeable, friendly and made me understand things that I previously didn’t. She took some time out to make some questions up to help me which I really appreciated.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Really informative. Well paced. Interactive – Enjoyed the snippets of Angelina’s experience which she shared throughout
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina was amazing. Extremely knowledgeable, knew how to break down complex topics and ensured it was interactive. My only surprise was that she didn’t have her camera on and also didn’t ask the delegates to turn theirs on as well. This makes it really hard to follow and very impersonal. We are so used to being virtual that I would expect cameras turned on as standard. Of course you can’t force delegates, however, at the very least I would expect the trainer to be on.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was quite intense (theory wise) with a lot of new words being thrown at me – but after raising this was my weakness Angelina mentioned ways of reading and testing my knowledge (and double checking the syllabus).
She was fun and friendly throughout the 3 days and I have learnt a lot.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very informative and very well presented.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
John was very good. I felt he could have asked closed questions of individuals to check understanding rather than ‘are we all ok?’ or ‘do we all understand?’ though. I found that despite it being a Foundation course, I was the minority in the group of those who were not already working as testers/similar and this severely impacted on my ability to relate to the content and grasp the concepts at the rate the course seemingly expected. The syllabus also seemed place little emphasis on laying a general, introductory-level foundation of the various types of testing, etc and instead spent a disproportionate amount of time focusing on reporting techniques that appeared hugely theoretical, somewhat antiquated and likely to only be utilised by those few in very large corporates.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very well lead course, John was very clear, and created a positive learning environment. Well structured course with good walkthroughs of in class examples and debriefing of sample exam questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
A brilliantly executed course by a man who really knows his stuff but thee is so much information to take in!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very informative, knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. John explained everything with his notes and annotations
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Fantastic work by John. Very detailed and meaningful explanations.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Awesome course material
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Intense but very useful
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
John was useful, well rounded at explaining and had many examples up his sleeve to use to explain concepts and examples.
He took time to listen to why we as a group answered some questions incorrectly, and was friendly and jovial throughout what is quite literally a very material intensive 3 days cram course!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
John was really excellent, one of the best trainers I have done a course with. He is extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic even after several days of the course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very friendly and professional trainer
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very thorough. well spaced out with breaks
Rated 3 out of 5
Anonymous –
Was good but did not stick to scheduled times.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was a 3 day training course and our trainer Ms Angelina really explained the topics very well.
At the end of each topic she checked our knowledge to make sure we are following and also kept the session very interactive and engaging. I will really like to join another course with her as a trainer.
Thanks
Sree
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Although the syllabus was hard to follow for me personally the trainer did a great job and getting me through it all. I’m not feeling overly confident for the test but fingers crossed a lot more revision between now and then will get me over the line. Thanks
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina is an excellent trainer, obviously very experienced both in the subject being covered and teaching it. She constantly sought to engage the delegates, to ensure we were all absorbing the course material. I was extremely impressed with her conduct.
However, I do think the course maybe needs an extra day of learning. We were covering a lot of terminology and concepts and were in some areas forced to go quickly through things. And we only had time for a 45 minute lunch break, which I felt could be an hour if we had another day to work with!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was good to know lots of terms , which is new to me
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was a really insightful and helpful session. Overall great course to gather more knowledge for the ISTQB exam. Well Explained. Thank you!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Very good training and will recommend to others.
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
With all the information been well explain and useful I found it very stressful to study for 8 hours and process all the new data.
Also I would love to have more practice with exam questions and similar quizzes, since I took lots of those myself to be better prepared for exam (and also to let the course information sink properly).
I also found that trainer skipped some parts of presentation and led the course her own way, which made me feel like some course pieces are not actual and valid anymore.
To sum up I’m really satisfied with the course and would definitely recommend it to others. Maybe questions I have are just mine own misunderstandings (came from my QA experience).
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
This was the first instructor-led classroom course I have done for quite some time and it really was well worth the wait. John is an extremely versatile and capable trainer and nothing was too much trouble for him throughout the course. I would sincerely recommend TSG Training and would doubly recommend John Young as a trainer. Excellent overall!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was well delivered and covered about the right depth, at the right tempo. 11/11 have passed the exam so far (with one more to take it on Monday)
Rated 4 out of 5
Anonymous –
Angelina explained the details of the course very well.
Anonymous –
The training did not provide techniques on how to answer the questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
It was a very rewarding course to take, Angelina was very helpful and detailed when explaining each part of the course. Couldn’t have asked for a better trainer.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
In depth and informative. However, exam questions are shocking in their language use and understandability
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course (when using the full 3 days) was a good length for the training being provided. Any less would have been too much in such a short time.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
The course was ran really well, Angelina knows her stuff, I’m just not 100% sure on how a lot of the syllabus is worded, I feel like it tested my word play skills rather than informing me of the actual QA knowledge, I guess we will see for definite after taking the exam.
Rated 4 out of 5
Kelly Pygott | Analytics Test Analysis | MHR –
Really good course, very interactive! The course tutor happily answered all questions raised and walk through areas which seemed to be problematic.
Rated 5 out of 5
Poornendulal Venugopalan | Principal Consultant | Capgemini –
Very clear and very detailed instruction. Perfect content delivery. Thank you so much.
Rated 5 out of 5
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It was a lot of material that was covered very quickly but the support and the ability to go through example questions was very helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5
Catherine Gould | Senior Test Analyst | Mission Marketing Group –
Really useful, interactive and well run course
Rated 5 out of 5
Daniel Murphy | Business Analyst | Trace Solutions –
Very interactive and a lot of content covered
Rated 5 out of 5
Gauri | Kaza | Barnett Waddingham –
Would be good if it was 4 day course
Rated 5 out of 5
Jennifer Price | Test Analyst | New Look –
I think Rosie did a great job of explaining the course material and making it engaging with relevant examples.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nicole (Nicki) Jackson | Test Lead | New Look –
The course was good, but I felt if day 3 was on day 1, that would have been a better as it was less to remember. Days 1 and 2 I found intensive to remember and day 3 wasn’t so much, but that’s just me personally.
Rated 5 out of 5
Luke Waite | Test Analyst | New Look –
Well presented with good examples and practice questions, in particular the practice questions were really helpful to apply what we learned in the previous section
Rated 5 out of 5
Vidhya Ethiraj | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Very interactive and the concept was thought from basic to in depth. Well planned and received all the course materials well before.
Rated 5 out of 5
Juliet Reed | Test Analyst | Office for National Statistics –
The course was presented well with good clear content on the power slides. Angelina’s delivery of the course was very clear and was presented in a jovial and professional way and managed to get good participation from all the attendees.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nirojan Yogeswaran | Tester | Capgemini –
Course was presented in a very understandable manner, with Angelina making sure everyone understood the material. The Summaries and Excercises furthermore supplemented the course very well. Thoroughly enjoyed it and most important of all, I feel I am in a better place to pass the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
James Butchart | QA Engineer | Foundry –
The course was intense but Angelina made it as entertaining as possible and kept me engaged.
Rated 5 out of 5
Iain Stanley | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Very informative and broken into understandable (and logical) chunks, taken at a very good pace. Trainer was helpful, and answered any questions from the class as and when required.
Rated 5 out of 5
Matthew Rogers | Test Engineer | Capgemini –
Course was fantastic, teacher was very enthusiastic and took time to carefully explain.
Rated 5 out of 5
William Dambe | Junior Analyst Developer | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust –
Angelina was clearly very knowledgeable, and the course material was interesting and relevant to my work.
At times, it did feel like subjects could have been covered in more depth, but given the limited time available the balance was probably about right for an introductory course.
Rated 5 out of 5
Richard Alston | eForm Developer | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals –
This was my first look at formal software testing approaches/techniques. Whilst some of the course was a bit too in-depth for the low code platform I use, there were many aspects which I found useful. Testing is something I have already been doing but with no formal structure, so it was good to see that I was already following the correct methodology but also to learn a lot more about the techniques used and to learn some new/alternative techniques.
Rated 5 out of 5
Susan Lythgoe | EPR Project Manager | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust –
Angelina was very knowledgeable and engaging. She encourage lots of discussion amongst the group helping us translate what we were learning into our real life scenarios. It was a really enjoyable course and very interesting.
Rated 5 out of 5
James Thorniley | Quality Assurance Officer | LSCFT NHS –
Angelina was very friendly and informative; I’ve come away with a lot more knowledge on testing than I did before.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jason Watts | Information Manager | MLCSU – NHS –
A compehensive introduction to testing. Although a lot of material to cram in to a single session.
Rated 5 out of 5
Chris Calderbank | NCA Child Health System Development, Training & Testing Lead | Northern Care Alliance NHS Group –
Excellent knowledge shown by trainer detailed explanations but was able to simplify for those who didn’t understand.
Rated 5 out of 5
William Lugsden | Software Development Support Analysis | LTHTR (NHS) –
The course was very informative and presented very professionally.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nathan Gray | Systems Test Engineer | ASMPT SMT UK Limited –
Lots of information, but very well delivered. Good pace. Regular breaks to digest. Good amount of example and homework questions with follow-up debrief.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jordan Higson | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
It is a long course and I imagine doing it alone would get tedious so having someone like John able to explain and demonstrate made it easier to digest
Rated 5 out of 5
Luke Fletcher | Software QA Specialist | Nextbase –
I found John to be very informative and helpful in not only explaining why something was correct but also why other things weren’t correct.
Rated 5 out of 5
Harvinder Bedi | Test Analyst Consultant | Capgemini –
Course was taught extremely well in a lot of detail with many examples. John was very helpful and explained all the content thoroughly and effectively. I have learnt a lot from the past 3 days and would like to thank John again for all the support.
Rated 5 out of 5
Steve Adams | Test Engineer | Foundry Visionmongers –
Clearly laid out, all resources are easy to access.
John clearly has the experience to answer our questions and pace the breaks!
Rated 5 out of 5
Jodie Hooper | Junior Test Analyst | OVO Energy –
The course itself was taken really well by John – John presented all information thoroughly and clearly and was very attentive to supporting everyone’s learning needs, and allowing space for questions.
Rated 5 out of 5
Kate Nettell | IT Trainee | Ordnance Survey –
Very well paced and thorough with friendly helpful advice and tips – extremely good 🙂
Rated 4 out of 5
Erik Dulay | Senior Quality Assurance Engineer | Hoegh –
Richard is good in explaining and giving examples to the concepts being discussed. Not sure if he will give tips on what to focus on for the certification exam towards the end of the training . If he will then my rating would already be 5 stars!
Rated 4 out of 5
Patricia Eugenio | IT Automation Tester | Hoegh Autoliners –
The slides are a bit too busy, thankfully Richard was drawing different diagrams to help understanding.
Rated 5 out of 5
Rob Welsh | KPMG – Technology Consultant | KPMG –
Rosie was very good trainer but course was very slow and sometimes felt a little repetitive. We had internal KPMG training last week that was meant to build on this course (rather than precede it) so that timetable error may account for the slow pace.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mina | Graduate Trainne | KPMG –
Rosie is a great instructor; she clarified my questions and made many analogies which helped me understand testing better.
Rated 5 out of 5
Daniil Ivanov | Junior Test Automation Engineer | Global Inkjet Systems Ltd –
A lot of useful information. I felt comfortable in asking questions throughout the course. Fantastic Trainer
Rated 5 out of 5
JANARANJANI MURUGANANDAM | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Good explanation and the session was going interactively.
Rated 5 out of 5
Chika Ike | Test Analyst | WTC –
Good content coverage. Excellent communication and a very interactive session.
Rated 5 out of 5
Karen Graham | Tester | Total Mobile –
Very informative course. There is a lot to take in.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jobin Cheruparambil | Programme Test Manager | Sogeti –
The trainer was very knowledgeable and patient.
She went through the course material with examples and I did not feel rushed.
She kept the course interactive and made sure everyone was engaged.
Angelina is an excellent trainer, she gives very comprehensive and understandable explanations and is very welcoming of any questions. She is good at engaging with the people on the course and obviously has a lot of experience in software testing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Stewart Benson | Embedded Tester | Rare Ltd –
Well laid out, cut out into good chunks and well explained throughout.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mark | Test Analyst | Frontier Agriculture Ltd –
Very helpful, took the time to explain things when you were not quite sure.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mahit Ashit | Test Engineer | Capgemini –
Course was good, I found that you needed a bit of knowledge of some words before taking it but I think I handled it well.
Rated 4 out of 5
Tessa Atkinson – van Veen | QA Manager | Lumi Global –
Lot’s of information but most of it was very well explained by Angelina. She brought in relatable examples to make the material easier to understand
Rated 4 out of 5
Kumarappan Chidambaram | Test Environment Manager | Sogeti-Capgemini –
It was a good training course with detailed information
Rated 4 out of 5
Alice Maghie | QA Test Analyst | Caseware –
I think the course was appropriate. If the course had been done in a shorter time (as it has been said it used to be), I think it would have been too rushed and not given adequate time to prepare for the exam.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ian Plummer | QA | Trust Payments Ltd –
Great course, well presented, loads of examples
Rated 5 out of 5
Tracey McVean | Sr QA Engineer | Moody’s Analytics –
While it contained a lot of information to digest in a short period of time Angelina was very good at breaking it down and making it less daunting.
Rated 5 out of 5
Pavani Orra | Senior Test Analyst | –
Good training course to refresh my testing basics
Rated 5 out of 5
Shripriya Poomandalam | Test Manager | Sogeti UK –
The course material was really good and easy to read. Angelina made it interesting all 3 days and we had a real interactive session. The examples used were from real world and so easily relatable. Timing was perfect and practice papers were highly helpful. Hoping to make the best out of this.
Rated 5 out of 5
Michael Edwards | Software Tester | Capgemini –
Well paced and explained, very friendly
Rated 5 out of 5
David Renner | Test Analyst | Euroclear –
It was done at a good pace, with the collaborative exercises helping hugely with understanding of the syllabus content and any confusion with it.
Rated 5 out of 5
Daniel | Junior QA Engineer | Trust Payments Ltd –
Very good course and the instructor was very good at presenting.
Rated 5 out of 5
Andrew Pease | Software Test Lead | Ikon Science –
The course was excellent. I found it extremely useful and I have taken away very valuable information from it. The course instructor made the course enjoyable and was very good at explaining things in a way which was easy to understand.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mert Sahindogan | Games QA Engineer | Bally’s Interactive –
She was very helpful and she explained everything really detailed and clean. I was happy with the instructor.
Rated 5 out of 5
Charukshi Wijesinghe | Graduate test engineer | Refeyn Ltd –
Anjelina is a great coach and she explained the modules very clearly
Rated 4 out of 5
Yukimi Nishiguchi| Functional Test Analysis| Ocado –
Very good course and easy to understand.
Rated 5 out of 5
Andrew Cummins| QA Test Automation Engineer| TotalMobile –
Really insightful, will definitely improve the way i go about testing in my day to day
I found three full days over zoom, primarily focussed on following a 260+ slide deck, very difficult to remain focussed and engaged. Half days of slides with more interaction would be my preference if I have to do a similar course online. The most valuable parts of the course were the recaps at the beginning of the day, the exercises, homework and sharing real world examples. I would have preferred more exam style questions and discussions throughout.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to address a very uncomfortable part of the course on day 2 when one candidate was quite persistent with his point regarding an answer to one of the questions. I found the candidate to be rude and disrespectful to the tutor and the group. It made me feel uncomfortable and very anxious listening to this (through my headset for at least ten minutes) that I had to walk away from my laptop and take a break from the course. This was extremely frustrating and had this been a face-to-face tutorial, I suspect it may have been handled differently. I want to thank the tutor for his composure and getting the course back on track. I just wanted to point this out to tsg as it may go unnoticed to the tutors, especially while the course remains virtual, how these sort of events can impact other peoples experience and their wellbeing on a course. Given the nature of the issue, I certainly didn’t feel comfortable raising this at the time.
Rated 5 out of 5
David Alexander Wells| Test Analyst| Computacenter (UK) Ltd –
The training officer kept us on track, was punctual, and presented the details to a professional standard.
No query regarding the syllabus was overlooked and all questions and input from attendees was positively approached and used to progress the coverage of the material under review.
Some anomalies in the material provided came to light, each was immediately attended to avoid any impact to our instruction and to avoid future courses from having the same issues.
My recommendation to your program would be to ensure you retain his services, as his training approach enhances TSG’s reputation.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ivaylo Leonkev| Technology Consultant Graduate Trainee| KPMG UK –
Course was very well structured and presented. The pacing was good and the breaks were scheduled just at the right times.
Trainer had made sure that we have attention on what he is covering
Course coverage is good and exercises are very nice and the explanation to reach to the answers is very helpful, Thank you very much
John was great – really knowledgeable. We went through all of the content at the right pace, and had breaks at the appropriate times. The content when thrown at you can be a bit dry, but the practical applications, John’s writing throughout, and the mix of lecture to test questions made the course enjoyable. It would be nice to get other people’s details who are taking the course to learn from one another as well.
Rated 5 out of 5
Yolanda Navarrete| Tester| –
Really good, well explained, and easy to follow even for a non-native English speaker.
Rated 4 out of 5
Stephanie Lee| Test Analyst| Computacenter –
it has been a good experience, John as been very thorough when explaining.
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Anonymous –
Course was informative and went over a lot of information throughout the 3 days. Maybe would have benefited from another half day to ensure things were not as rushed towards the end to make sure everything was covered.
Anonymous –
Really well explain. Angelina was amazing and really careful with the attention to detail, making sure we all understood and comprehend the logic behind the words.
Anonymous –
I like the course and the the supplementary document really helped.
Anonymous –
Very informative and helpful course. All of the areas were covered well and in detail with support to go over more difficult areas as needed. I’d definitely consider taking another course through this provider.
Anonymous –
More condensed in the first days, less in the last day.
Anonymous –
Needs to be more than 3 days so we can have more time to solidify everything
Anonymous –
Knowledgeable trainer, content was detailed and thorough. Good to have access to past papers with separate answer sheets
Anonymous –
The course has been interesting. There has been a lot of new information however Richard has been a brilliant trainer. His teaching style is great, with the use of slides, the whiteboard for more interactive detail, exam questions, and the regular recaps of information which help to piece it all together. From not know anything about testing, i feel comfortable with the foundations and confident with the approaching exam. The course content and information is accessible and detailed.
Anonymous –
Richard was excellent at guiding us through the course material, pulling real-life examples where possible to keep the audience engaged. His method of delivery was calm and confident while still delivering with enough emotion to keep things interesting, making him one of the best presenters I’ve come across. Well done Richard!
Anonymous –
Good coverage on wide range of test concepts and overlapping with agile delivery practices
Anonymous –
All the concepts were really well explained. Resources were easy to access and really helpful. Personal preference would be to have more interactive learning as struggle to listen and concentrate for such long periods of time (sometimes 2hours at a time).
Anonymous –
Richard was good at articulating concepts and spoke in a clear and concise way. He emphasised the importance of group involvement and discussion
Anonymous –
Well presented, liked the intermittent exam questions to test our knowledge
Anonymous –
Course was delivered expertly, with clear information and well-thought out examples. Instructor was warm, personable and willing to answer questions with detail.
Anonymous –
The course has been very informative. It’s been easy to keep focused and highlighted areas I need to spend more time revising and learning.
Anonymous –
Very intense but very informative. Trainer took time to explain the more complex stuff. Practice exam questions were also useful in understanding what could have been potentially missed in the training.
Anonymous –
The course has been very helpful in providing valuable information in such a short time. Even though there is a lot of content to go through, it is easy to understand, which is mainly thanks to Richard and the way he goes through the slides and is able to deliver the content. Very nice, valuable course thank you.
Anonymous –
Good course and content. I did find it little hard to concentrate for the longish periods with lots of new material a pace. That’s the nature of a 3 day course I though I suppose. If I was primarily a tester I expect this would be much easier. Still goood though
Anonymous –
The course was well paced and the instructor had clear explanations. I found the exercises and additional resources very helpful.
Anonymous –
The trainer was knowledgeable and answered questions. The pace of the course was also good.
I liked the fact that when other topics were covered, the trainer gave context.
Anonymous –
The course was very thorough but easy to follow along with. Richard made sure that everyone understood what was being conveyed before progressing and was knowledgeable too. It feels like a basic understanding of testing was important to the course as terminology used was implied as standard.
Anonymous –
Content was well presented with clear and concise explanations of the topics. Past papers and home exercises were provided for revision. Trainer adept and answering questions + giving detailed breakdowns of past paper example where requested.
Anonymous –
The course was delivered well, the short exercises and test exam papers were particularly helpful in cementing the knowledge. Thanks.
Anonymous –
Lots of useful content with worked examples I found very helpful.
Anonymous –
Trainer was great, however I struggle to learn from lectures and generally learn better with a more hands on/exercise based approach.
Anonymous –
The course was useful in that it gave me confidence that what I have been doing is correct. Also, it helped to categorize (or put a name to) the practices I’m doing. There are many useful testing tips for the exams.
I found mock exams quite difficult and tricky (very wordy). I can see the effort to incorporate traditional and modern SDLCs, and there are many things in common but I’ve been practicing agile for many years, so I would appreciate if the foundation was also available for agile.
Anonymous –
I found the course interesting, entertaining and above all informative. The course had 6 people attending which was a great size. Karen knew her subject and was able to explain complicated idea’s and answered all our questions. She kept it light and I enjoyed every day on the course. I learnt loads.
Anonymous –
Coming from a background with no testing experience I found this course to be a bit more advanced than the foundation level it was stated. I thought we would be being taught on how to create test scripts/suites and how to run tests.
Anonymous –
Aspects of the course are at odds with my 25+ years of testing (naming conventions etc). As an introduction to testing this would be good. I would use the analogy of a long time driver sitting a driving test lol.
Anonymous –
I enjoyed the course – felt very intensive as the syllabus is very full. Trainer gave great insights and personal stories from her time as a tester. Slides felt overly busy though, hard to consume all the information fully when there are a hundred and one things being shown at one time. So a simplified slide deck would be personally preferred.
Homework and End of Exercise activities were also good – only problem is that the questions in the mock papers are dubbed ‘harder’ than the actual exam. This isnt necessarily bad thing as it prepares you fully for the worst case scenario – however having a fairer mix of questions set would be an improvement.
Anonymous –
The course was good, interesting to build upon existing knowledge; however it can be lacking in crucial information for absolute beginners who have never worked in testing or even in IT altogether.
There should also be additional entry information about test automation.
Anonymous –
The course, led by Richard, was informative and well-structured, offering a thorough understanding of software testing principles. Richard’s expertise made complex topics accessible. I’d appreciate more focus on ISTQB exam preparation, including some exam strategies. This addition would make the course more comprehensive for those aiming to get certified.
Anonymous –
a lot of content to cover within the time and confusing language in the test samples
Anonymous –
Richard was very clear in his explanations, and always took the time to answer questions. The course packs a lot of information into a short space of time, so I feel could do with being one day longer, with more opportunity to go through sample questions with the trainer, as I found that most often it was the wording of the question rather than the content that was tripping people up.
Anonymous –
Really enjoyed the course, it’s been very useful. Richard was a great trainer, very knowledgeable and helpful.
I think there was a bit too much material for the 3 days, we had to really move with the course to finish on time.
Anonymous –
Excellent, well paced and structured. Richard delivered what could easily have been quite dry topics with enthusiasm and a clear deep understanding of the subject matter that kept me engaged throughout.
Anonymous –
We worked through the material at a good pace and were offered clarity (by our kind trainer) on any areas of confusion.
Anonymous –
The course was delivered in a very professional manner and Richard’s explanations were very easy to understand.
Anonymous –
Helpful, informative and in depth. Great teacher.
Anonymous –
All good
Anonymous –
Great course explained well
Anonymous –
Amazing course with an amazing instructor who guides you through all the material and clarifies any doubts.
Anonymous –
Rosie was fabulous as always – really enjoyed having her as a trainer for several of the courses we were enlisted on for our software testing apprenticeship.
Anonymous –
The trainer was very helpful and he was always asking us if we had any doubts. The exercises during the course were very important to consolidate knowledge.
Anonymous –
Excellent course, it was explained very very well!
Anonymous –
A very informative and well put together course. I struggled understanding a few of the concepts that were new, but Richard explained things rather well.
Anonymous –
Richard took us through the material at a good pace and was very patient and offered extra help along the way. Very happy with the training, it was as stated intensive due to the amount of information delivered in the short space of time.
Anonymous –
very informative and structured
Anonymous –
It was helpful but I would appreciated a lot if we had the flexibility possibility to change the dates (because I was on holiday on monday so I missed the 1st classs)
Anonymous –
I recently completed the 754 course, and it has been an enlightening and enriching experience, largely thanks to the brilliance of my trainer. The course covered a comprehensive range of topics related to software testing, and the trainer’s expertise was evident in their ability to break down complex concepts into digestible and practical information. They fostered an engaging and interactive learning environment, encouraging questions and discussions that deepened our understanding of the material. The trainer’s real-world examples and case studies provided valuable insights into the application of testing principles in various scenarios. Their passion for the subject matter was palpable, creating an inspiring atmosphere that motivated me to delve deeper into the intricacies of software testing. The training not only prepared me for the 754 exam but also equipped me with practical knowledge that I can apply in my professional career. I am grateful for the dedication and skill of my trainer, as they played a pivotal role in making the course a highly beneficial and enjoyable learning experience.
Anonymous –
Overall, I did not enjoy the course. There was too much theory and too little practice. There should have been group exercises, which are the norm in these kind of courses.
The slides were dated – they looked like taken from MS Office 98.
The exam was two days after the last lecture – for people who are working there was definitely not enough time to prepare.
It seems the focus of this course was to ‘cram, take the exam and forget’, instead of retain knowledge and be able to meaningfully apply the course learnings at work.
I wanted to move my exam because I had work to prioritise but I was told I need to pay for this (!). Utterly bizarre. Overall, I feel very frustrated for having invested so much of my personal time in something that was so disappointing.
Anonymous –
Overall the course was good. But sitting for whole day was bit tiresome
Anonymous –
There is a lot of information given in this course and it was quite a lot to take in, especially day 1 with all the 3 sections of theory (I needed a lie down) – although I assume I am not the usual target audience for this course (no experience of software testing/haven’t worked in testing/never will), so I may have found there was more to learn than other delegates perhaps – however saying that, the information given in the course and the supporting materials provided still have been enough to enable me to correctly answer a good number of sample exam questions and with revision, hopefully pass the exam. Rosie is incredibly knowledgeable on this subject and was able to break down the info and give real life examples to explain the topics in a more understandable way, even understandable to me, a non-technical person. Thoroughly enjoyed the course, although it was hard work!
Anonymous –
A lot of information to take in over the 3 Days. Rosie is very knowledgeable & her approach to training has helped me to understand the course materials. Lots of revision to do before the Exam
Anonymous –
The course was packed with information and a lot to take in but the way Rosie delivered the course really helped with this and the understanding. The examples delivered helped with my understanding of each module. The course material is very helpful and clear to use and make sense of and going through the exam questions after doing a few questions helped my understanding of where I went right and wrong
Anonymous –
Amazing course structure with proper explanations using examples.
Anonymous –
Rosie was very engaging. She mixed real life examples with the exacts of the syllabus very well which made it easier to understand.
There were the correct amount of breaks with the amount of information given.
The amount of homework also seemed reasonable given the amount of concentrating we needed to do during the day.
I’m not a big fan of breakout rooms personally, so perhaps more full group discussions instead?
The first day is very heavy with information.
Anonymous –
The trainer was excellent, although it feels like a lot of information has been crammed into a small amount of time.
Anonymous –
The course is well developed with all information being presented well, and within a 3 day timeline which feels guided, concise and still has time to interact with the students
Anonymous –
Very well presented, very clear training with well thought out exercises. Nice bits of group work to keep things different, with different people each time.
Anonymous –
Rosie was absolutely amazing to learn from, the way she described test scenarios in an easy to relate way was superb. she was easy to listen to and even gave me extra tasks which was amazing. I couldn’t of hoped for a better trainer thank you.
Anonymous –
John was great at getting us through all the syllabus. Because we all have experience in testing he was also very patient with us and great at focussing our thoughts onto the syllabus rather than try and answer exam questions based on our actual experience.
Anonymous –
Lots of content, intense pace, but no hanging around – good materials and sample questions were good.
Anonymous –
Great course, John is really good. The questions often have fairly significant ambiguity where multiple answers could be correct, which creates an obvious problem in an exam setting.
Anonymous –
Definitely a good start for testers interested in learning more about testing foundations. Lot of knowledge to take in.
Anonymous –
Course was delivered excellently.
– Enthusiastic and knowledgeable trainer
– All 3 days were well structured, good amount of breaks in between.
– Pace was decent, not too fast or too slow
– Good amount of supporting materials provided
– Not sure if it was intentional, but having the training on Wed, Thurs, Fri and the exam the following week is ideal, as the weekend is there for revision.
Overall, amazing course.
Anonymous –
I want to thank Angeline Samaroo for her excellent ISTQB training. She made complex software testing concepts easy to understand with her clear communication and engaging teaching style. Her passion for the material and use of real-world examples made the learning experience enjoyable and valuable. Thanks to her dedication, I feel well-prepared and confident in ISTQB principles. It was a positive and enriching learning experience.
Anonymous –
course was good, good level of interactivity from the trainer keeping people engaged and going through the exam questions
Anonymous –
Good course presentation and and overall communication. Made the presentation engaging and getting everyone involved.
Anonymous –
Great communication kept the class on track and kept a good energy throughout the course.
Anonymous –
Instructor was very kind and understanding, explained things clearly and didn’t go through the content too quickly (despite the content that wasn’t needed) Feel very prepared for the exam due to the helpfulness 🙂
Anonymous –
It was very interesting, and well paced, the instructor kept things fresh with examples and interacted with the class to prevent a lecture style feel and I feel like it has prepared me well
Anonymous –
Good content and material overall, certainly some new take aways for us to consider. Good overlap with our agile methodologies, just need to map how/what we do to the foundation material.
Overall quite of bit of content coming at us, exercises and mock tests help to highlight areas where I needed to re-read and reinforce. Additional exercises and mock tests would help as the application of concepts was most valuable.
We had a rough start with some attendees who didn’t have the information to join the online course and/or did not block time out of their calendar. This may be an area where communication/process on the Current Health side of things should have been more clear. Or perhaps recommend to the organizers on our side how best to align attendees so they have full attention.
Anonymous –
Unfortunately this class wasn’t very relevant for my job function at this time. Its good to see an overview of testing concepts, but it’s not very pertinent to me. Having said that, parts of the course were interesting, and I really hope it helps our teams who work in this area!
Anonymous –
Overall the course was good. I found the calculations of coverage ambiguous and not covered well. In addition, for non-testers it is not super important.
Anonymous –
It was very comprehensive. I liked the test taking tips the trainer gave to make it more certain to choose the right answer.
Anonymous –
Course was very informative and for someone like myself with no previous experience was not too difficult to follow.
Tal explained each section in a clear and concise manner and encouraged students to participate in whatever way the felt comfortable with.
For me the course was to help my understanding of the work that a Tester carries out and their responsibilities in the process in relation to what goes on in our Department.
Anonymous –
Course was excellent, Trainer has her best to share all the knowledge about the course. Course walkthrough was really good. Examples was really good. I liked it a lot. Course contain is good. Please share more sample questions to solve.
Anonymous –
Course content is okay, more time should be given before the test is taken and questions asked in the practice exams are confusing.
Anonymous –
Interactive, cheerful trainer, good pace
Anonymous –
The course is a lot to take in. exams should be scheduled at least 2 days after the course and not immediately. Angelina was a fantastic trainer btw.
Anonymous –
Angelina was amazing. Very passionate and accommodating. Made the content interesting and answered all the questions. Tried different approaches to the same topic to make sure everyone got understanding of the subject.
Anonymous –
Trainer was excellent – made some very dry content reasonably engaging.
Anonymous –
The trainer has an engaging way of speaking.
Good use of mini tests spread throughout the course.
Too much content to remember in such a short space of time. Would have liked to have received the full schedule prior to starting the course.
Anonymous –
The course was mainly very interesting – while there were some parts that were less so, I appreciate that for a foundation course they were necessary bits of content. The trainer (Richard) was engaging and persistent, despite an entirely virtual delivery and low input levels from attendees.
Anonymous –
Richard is very enthusiastic and helpful. Answers any questions very thoughtfully and thoroughly, and makes sure that we understand the content. While the subject material is a little dry (which is nobody’s fault), Richard has managed to keep it from getting too dull.
KPMG enrolled me onto the course itself, so while I’m not sure of its usefulness in my role, I feel like I have gained some useful knowledge participating.
Anonymous –
The course is very comprehensive and the trainer did a great job conveying all the information clearly to everyone with such high time pressure.
Anonymous –
Good trainer. Very helpful with clarifying and answering questions. A lot of content crammed into 3 days.
Anonymous –
Probably need more time to absorb
Anonymous –
Content was delivered very well, good pacing and interactive. The end of chapter questions were very useful. An appendix would be useful in the specification.
Anonymous –
Richard is very passionate and patient with his explanations, though the course could have been slightly more interactive as sometimes it’s easy to lose focus.
Anonymous –
The course content was okay, but a bit unfair that the exam is scheduled for the day after training, leaving no time for self study.
Anonymous –
course was interesting and very insightful. Perhaps could’ve been a bit more interactive to help make it more engaging. But was overall a very good quality training in general.
Anonymous –
Gave the course clearly, with giving examples and explanations of the concepts without just reading off the slides. Encouraged engagement within the class within each section giving opportunity to test knowledge throughout.
Anonymous –
Course material was very dense – hard to take in a lot of wordy info in such a short amount of time. The trainer Angelina was great though, kept us engaged and was very enthusiastic and helpful
Anonymous –
Course was ok.
Maybe more emphasis on the exam and working through exam question examples would have been useful.
Maybe checking our knowledge level before the course so that it is pitched at the right level. Example, some of the course felt as though it was aimed at junior testers, where as we’re mostly quite experienced.
The fact that the course materials are locked down is annoying and prevents effective taking of notes.
The reasons given didn’t seem valid – it would be much easier to distribute electronic documents if we wanted to share them. Also, printing the documents is kind of trivial – in that they can be screenshot then printed, so it just feels petty and cheap to disallow this.
Anonymous –
Richard went at a pace that was comfortable for everyone. He was good at changing the pitch if his voice in order to keep us engaged. I liked doing the classwork exercises at the end of each section. The course content was very relevant to my workplace and I feel it will help us standardise testing approaches within our organization.
Anonymous –
The course was very well taught – Rosie went through all the topics very thoroughly
Anonymous –
Rosie was a great instructor, she went through the content at a good pace and was very engaging. She spent a lot of time answering questions and was very easy to talk to.
Anonymous –
Brain was fried by the end – felt like a very quick turn around with the exam on Friday especially when working a 9-5 at the same time
Anonymous –
Rosie was an outstanding teacher. She taught the cause with a brilliant balance of clarity, succinctness and a friendly demeanour, meaning the course was not only digestible and interesting, but enjoyable too. Commendable effort Rosie and thank you for your time and teaching.
Anonymous –
I enjoyed the course. Angelina was very knowlagable.
There where some errors/discrepancies/ambiguaties in the course content which caused confusion amoungst the class, ultimately this took time rectify.
Besides this I found the course very intresting and I am excited to apply the priciples I have learnt to improve the testing process at Kudos.
Anonymous –
The course was very information-heavy and it was noticed on several occasions that real-life information and information that was needed to pass the exam didn’t always match up. There was also some confusion on different versions of documents distributed to us and accessed by the instructor.
Having sample paper questions and answers was incredibly helpful in order to prepare for the exam although it highlighted that the structure of some of the questions is unnecessarily complicated in terms of layout and language use. I am concerned that this reduces accessibility, particularly considering most people on my course were EAL. I am grateful for the time between course and exam to have the opportunity to revise.
Considering the sheer amount of information and being taught over zoom it was well taught and I look forward to applying this knowledge in my professional life.
Anonymous –
Very good explanation and time management. It absolutely helps my exam preparation, thank you.
Anonymous –
The course was jam packed and very informative. I found it was a little too much information for me at times, but reading in my own time helped alleviate this. I think it has helped me to better understand the theory behind my job and everyday tasks at work, giving me more holistic knowledge of the field.
Anonymous –
The course materials features a lot of text-heavy and visually dense content packed into small spaces, which is not often readable for dyslexic delegates and can really hamper with both comprehension and understanding.
The sheer amount of content can be overwhelming to try and fit into such an intense schedule, given how much rote memorisation and jargon-learning is involved as part of the course structure.
Anonymous –
Had a great time. The interactive way of training was really helpful.
At times, the pace was little high but covered everything brilliantly.
Anonymous –
It was a really good course, really interesting and I learnt a lot. Angelina was very good at breaking down difficult topics for us to understand easier.
Anonymous –
The trainer was very good and explained things very well. She kept the course interesting and varied.
Anonymous –
Although Rosie mentioned reasonable adjustments for the exam, Rosie did not discuss with us whether we might have needed adjustments whilst learning. As an autistic person, I struggled greatly with the groupwork, especially where we got placed into different zoom rooms as the transition was difficult, plus I take longer to process information than allistic (non-autistic) people do. So, as my group members were getting onto discussing the answers for exercises, I was still processing the question. I didn’t feel comfortable disclosing my autism diagnosis to the random groups I was placed in, so it often made it look like I wasn’t willing to join in when actually I was struggling for time. This then meant I was relying on them telling me what they thought the answer was without having the chance to work it out for myself. I would have greatly benefitted from having the choice to do the exercises alone and having the extra time I would receive in the exam added on to those exercises.
I also struggled with completing homework tasks each evening, ready for the next day, although I did complete these. It could have been beneficial for me, and possibly for others, to have the choice of saving the homework exercises to use for revision in our own time if we wanted to, as I feel I would have benefitted from revising the topics I know I struggled with each day rather than moving straight onto a homework task where I would likely score the same as I had earlier on in the day.
I am also concerned about how accessible the questions will be when I take my exam on Monday. Considering one of our exercise questions had an image that was blurry and hard to decipher and that one of the questions was distracting due to it being sexist. I hope that the questions on the actual exam are accessible and up to date. And maybe the exercise questions can be improved for future people taking this course.
Anonymous –
Challenging, in respect of both volume and nature of information to retain. Course was well delivered, trainer was kind, patient and understanding.
Anonymous –
It is a difficult course but it is nice to do the course like this where you share experiences and make that relevant to the course content.
Anonymous –
I found the course to be fairly clear and concise. There were a lot of terms that I had not heard and techniques I had not used, and a lot of exam questions that confused me. However, there were no areas where I felt like I didn’t get good explanations.
My only criticism is that I feel like the group work could have been handled slightly better. I enjoyed getting a chance to talk through answers and figuring out answers as a team, and I would like more of that. However, it would have been nice to have a bit more time to discuss answers and it could have been good to mix up the groups and work with different people on the course.
Anonymous –
Practical and detail as a baseline of knowledge for testers to be implemented and to improve the quality of testing
Anonymous –
The course content was useful, definite applications to my role and those of my team. A very challenging amount of content in 3 days, the first day was very theory heavy, would be good if this could be broken up with some more practical or interactive content. I think this would help to retain engagement on day 1.
Anonymous –
For me there was too much content to take on board and i felt overwhelmed with it. The exam questions are hard and it appears difficult to pass it. Rosie was excellent and she worked very hard for us during the training.
Anonymous –
Took the virtual classroom course to help with an exam resit after doing online learning. Felt like I learned new things and areas were explained better by Rosie.
Anonymous –
Excellent content and very knowledgeable trainer. Would have liked the course to be over 5 days with more practical interactions
Anonymous –
Very informative. Could do with more mock exam papers
Anonymous –
Rosie really brought the subject to life, great examples and good amount of breaks
Anonymous –
Excellent course and trainer. Interactive and informative.
Anonymous –
Good course. Some very heavy and intensive topics covered well
Anonymous –
well-paced, good student engagement with course material through practice tests and monitoring of student progression.
Anonymous –
Rosie was very approachable and very clear in explanations and detail. The course itself is very tough but we have been given the tools to revise outside for the exam.
Anonymous –
Its a very intense course. A bit much for someone with dyslexia to take in in the 3 days. but the instructor was as thorough and patient as could be
Anonymous –
Rosie was very friendly and helpful. She gave very clear explanations and examples, and went at a reasonable pace.
The exam feels more like it’s testing your english skills rather than your testing knowledge.
The course is great albeit very dense. Might be more digestible if it were shorter session spread across more days?
Anonymous –
The content was good and the lecturer seemed to know their stuff, but it felt too dense on content to cover everything properly in 3 days. It might just be a constraint of the course, but I think covering things in more shorter sessions would probably be better.
Anonymous –
More time to go through certain sections would have been helpful.
Anonymous –
Rosie provided exceptional guidance throughout the course. Her clear and detailed explanations greatly facilitated my understanding, enabling me to enhance my skills as a software tester.
Anonymous –
Course was intensive but interesting. Rosie was very pleasant.
Anonymous –
The course was engaging and had interesting information in between.
Anonymous –
Very comprehensive content, very helpful trainer and the ability to do practice questions was very helpful. In some instances the pace of going through slides was slow, however I understand repetition is useful to retain knowledge
Anonymous –
Great course and great trainer, explained things clearly and provided loads of guidance
Anonymous –
Richard done a great job breaking down different concepts and ensuring everyone understood the material. Only point of improvement would be to have more interactive exercises throughout to help facilitate engagement with the content.
Anonymous –
It was really good, very interesting and informative. however, the exercices could be divided up a more during the course or have more of them.
Anonymous –
The course has been a good introduction and the concepts behind them. Richard has made the course engaging often using examples from his career to clarify complicated topics and points.
Anonymous –
Good
Anonymous –
Richard was very thorough and extremely patient throughout the course. His explanations for the different topics were clear and his guidance for the exam was extremely insightful as well! Thank you so much Richard 🙂
Anonymous –
Great course and Richard made the content interesting and engaging as much as possible. Liked that there was exam questions and class exercises built into the content structure. The only negative was the lack of interaction within the group – I think this would have been better to be a cameras on course and encourage this level of participation from the entire group from the beginning. Makes it much easier to pay attention.
Anonymous –
Richard was excellent and offer his guidaance on everything
Anonymous –
The course was intense but that was as expected and advertised.
John did an incredible job of explaining and going through each element, making sure everyone understood the concept before moving on.
The structure of the course was really consistent which helped improve efficiency and understanding of the course.
Enjoyed the course and hopefully will be attending another course.
Anonymous –
I thought the delivery was poor, a lot of continuous talking, without meaningful exercises or useful questions that help engage the students. It was very easy to switch off mentally, as it was constant talking, with slides that had far too much information for 1 page, overloaded with information.
I think there should be more focus on the example test questions, and a thorough walk-through of the thought process for arriving at an answer. Each review of exam questions, started with the instructor simply telling us what the answer was, it should have been based on imagine you are facing the question for the first time, what is your thought process, and how do you eliminate incorrect options.
I think more detail and effort would be beneficial in the exam questions and explaining the thought process.
I would not enjoy taking a similar course again, based on the instructor and his delivery.
Anonymous –
The trainer was great, informative, and friendly and answered every question with extensive knowledge
The only issues were mainly related to the actual ISTQB course material and sample questions that they provided, nothing to do with the trainer themselves but I definitely would prefer if the questions weren’t so ambiguous or vague at times.
Anonymous –
Very helpful to go through the syllabus and have things explained. Also going through how the questions are asked and how to answer them was very helpful. John was a great trainer and know’s his stuff!
Anonymous –
Trainer provided clear and thorough explanations of both key concepts and practice questions. Sessions were well paced with well placed breaks.
Anonymous –
Really good, trainer was very informative and helpful whenever clarification was needed
Anonymous –
Angelina was a great trainer. Enthusiastic, great at explaining. I learnt a lot.
Anonymous –
The course was very good. Lots of useful information to take on board. A lot to take in, but manageable.
The tutor was very helpful with any queries raised by candidates, and able to explain everything clearly throughout the course, while able to keep the material interesting and get through the syllabus.
Anonymous –
First and foremost, your friendly and approachable demeanor has made the learning experience enjoyable and comfortable. Your positive attitude and willingness to engage with the participants have created a supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to participate and ask questions. It is evident that you genuinely care about our progress and are invested in our learning journey.I greatly appreciate your adherence to the course time and plan
Anonymous –
Angelina did a fantastic job of highlighting the key points in the syllabus which would have otherwise been very difficult to pick up from reading the material alone. The course was engaging and balanced well across the days. I enjoyed the course and feel like I’m well prepared for the exam.
Anonymous –
Lovely manner and considerate to prior experience.
I will recommend.
Anonymous –
Found the course very informative, bit intense in places but Rosie did stress this would be the case on day 1.
Arnaud Ramgoolam –
This was an intensive but rather informative course.
John was knowledgeable and gave much vital information.
Moreover, he was always keen to answer all the questions we had.
In summary, I recommend this course to any professional interesting into getting testing.
Marian Marusic –
John is an amazing trainer. He goes extra mile to explain the topic not just verbally but also visually, which really helps to better understand it.
Kirsten Reynolds –
Really thorough information from John, really good at explaining complex processes and it really helped my learning! Definitely recommend if you’re doing the ISTQB foundation software testing exam
Oliver Hansen –
Fantastically led course and I gained a lot of information out of it. It’s all down to me now to process the information and pass the course.
Anna Ward –
John was extremely knowledgeable. He had a huge amount of information to cover and ensure that we understood, he delivered it in a way that was easy to follow and explained everything very well. I have learnt an awful lot of new theory/information that will not only help me (hopefully) pass the exam but will give me extra tools to progress in my role.
Anonymous –
Overall, I did not enjoy the course. There was too much theory and too little practice. There should have been group exercises, which are the norm in these kind of courses.
The slides were dated – they looked like taken from MS Office 98.
The exam was two days after the last lecture – for people who are working there was definitely not enough time to prepare.
It seems the focus of this course was to ‘cram, take the exam and forget’, instead of retain knowledge and be able to meaningfully apply the course learnings at work.
I wanted to move my exam because I had work to prioritise but I was told I need to pay for this (!). Utterly bizarre. Overall, I feel very frustrated for having invested so much of my personal time in something that was so disappointing.
Anonymous –
I enjoyed the course. Angelina was very knowlagable.
There where some errors/discrepancies/ambiguaties in the course content which caused confusion amoungst the class, ultimately this took time rectify.
Besides this I found the course very intresting and I am excited to apply the priciples I have learnt to improve the testing process at Kudos.
Anonymous –
First and foremost, your friendly and approachable demeanor has made the learning experience enjoyable and comfortable. Your positive attitude and willingness to engage with the participants have created a supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to participate and ask questions. It is evident that you genuinely care about our progress and are invested in our learning journey.I greatly appreciate your adherence to the course time and plan
Anonymous –
Angelina did a fantastic job of highlighting the key points in the syllabus which would have otherwise been very difficult to pick up from reading the material alone. The course was engaging and balanced well across the days. I enjoyed the course and feel like I’m well prepared for the exam.
Anonymous –
Lovely manner and considerate to prior experience.
I will recommend.
Anonymous –
Found the course very informative, bit intense in places but Rosie did stress this would be the case on day 1.
Anonymous –
The course was very information-heavy and it was noticed on several occasions that real-life information and information that was needed to pass the exam didn’t always match up. There was also some confusion on different versions of documents distributed to us and accessed by the instructor.
Having sample paper questions and answers was incredibly helpful in order to prepare for the exam although it highlighted that the structure of some of the questions is unnecessarily complicated in terms of layout and language use. I am concerned that this reduces accessibility, particularly considering most people on my course were EAL. I am grateful for the time between course and exam to have the opportunity to revise.
Considering the sheer amount of information and being taught over zoom it was well taught and I look forward to applying this knowledge in my professional life.
Anonymous –
Very good explanation and time management. It absolutely helps my exam preparation, thank you.
Anonymous –
The course was jam packed and very informative. I found it was a little too much information for me at times, but reading in my own time helped alleviate this. I think it has helped me to better understand the theory behind my job and everyday tasks at work, giving me more holistic knowledge of the field.
Anonymous –
The course materials features a lot of text-heavy and visually dense content packed into small spaces, which is not often readable for dyslexic delegates and can really hamper with both comprehension and understanding.
The sheer amount of content can be overwhelming to try and fit into such an intense schedule, given how much rote memorisation and jargon-learning is involved as part of the course structure.
Anonymous –
Had a great time. The interactive way of training was really helpful.
At times, the pace was little high but covered everything brilliantly.
Anonymous –
It was a really good course, really interesting and I learnt a lot. Angelina was very good at breaking down difficult topics for us to understand easier.
Patrick Rooney | QA Engineer | Trust Payments –
Rosie was very good at using real-world examples to illustrate her points. Getting us to answer questions from past papers also helped to reinforce our understanding of the material and prepare us for the exam at the same time.
RAVI MAKWAA | SOFTWARE TESTER | CERTARA –
It was really good course
informative
Simon Tartiere | Software Test Manager | Continental Engineering Services –
Overall well prepared and happy with the training. Rosie is experienced on the topic. We had frequent breaks every hour or so which is good but the 45 minutes for lunch would have been better to have an hour.
Apinder Bal | Test Analyst | Office for National Statistics –
Great Experience, thank you Rosie!
Hussan Waheed | Test Analyst | IBM –
Simple to the point materials were amazing to learn from
Anonymous –
It was very comprehensive. I liked the test taking tips the trainer gave to make it more certain to choose the right answer.
Anonymous –
Course was very informative and for someone like myself with no previous experience was not too difficult to follow.
Tal explained each section in a clear and concise manner and encouraged students to participate in whatever way the felt comfortable with.
For me the course was to help my understanding of the work that a Tester carries out and their responsibilities in the process in relation to what goes on in our Department.
Anonymous –
The course was very good. Lots of useful information to take on board. A lot to take in, but manageable.
The tutor was very helpful with any queries raised by candidates, and able to explain everything clearly throughout the course, while able to keep the material interesting and get through the syllabus.
Anonymous –
First and foremost, your friendly and approachable demeanor has made the learning experience enjoyable and comfortable. Your positive attitude and willingness to engage with the participants have created a supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to participate and ask questions. It is evident that you genuinely care about our progress and are invested in our learning journey.I greatly appreciate your adherence to the course time and plan
Anonymous –
Angelina did a fantastic job of highlighting the key points in the syllabus which would have otherwise been very difficult to pick up from reading the material alone. The course was engaging and balanced well across the days. I enjoyed the course and feel like I’m well prepared for the exam.
Anonymous –
Lovely manner and considerate to prior experience.
I will recommend.
Anonymous –
Found the course very informative, bit intense in places but Rosie did stress this would be the case on day 1.
Anonymous –
The course was very good. Lots of useful information to take on board. A lot to take in, but manageable.
The tutor was very helpful with any queries raised by candidates, and able to explain everything clearly throughout the course, while able to keep the material interesting and get through the syllabus.
Anonymous –
First and foremost, your friendly and approachable demeanor has made the learning experience enjoyable and comfortable. Your positive attitude and willingness to engage with the participants have created a supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to participate and ask questions. It is evident that you genuinely care about our progress and are invested in our learning journey.I greatly appreciate your adherence to the course time and plan
Anonymous –
Angelina did a fantastic job of highlighting the key points in the syllabus which would have otherwise been very difficult to pick up from reading the material alone. The course was engaging and balanced well across the days. I enjoyed the course and feel like I’m well prepared for the exam.
Anonymous –
Lovely manner and considerate to prior experience.
I will recommend.
Anonymous –
Found the course very informative, bit intense in places but Rosie did stress this would be the case on day 1.
Anonymous –
I have Dyslexia and ADHD and i found the pace a bit intense, But John has been very accommodating
Anonymous –
On line was better than I anticipated having only done classroom courses before. Content was useful and worked examples were good.
Anonymous –
It was really useful.
John was definitely very clear and concise in his explanations 🙂 Appreciate it!
Anonymous –
Intense and short
Anonymous –
The course was very good and covered all areas with John taking time to go over details.
Anonymous –
John is very thorough and is very knowledgeable
Anonymous –
I have Dyslexia and ADHD and i found the pace a bit intense, But John has been very accommodating
Anonymous –
On line was better than I anticipated having only done classroom courses before. Content was useful and worked examples were good.
Anonymous –
It was really useful.
John was definitely very clear and concise in his explanations 🙂 Appreciate it!
Anonymous –
Intense and short
Anonymous –
The course was very good and covered all areas with John taking time to go over details.
Anonymous –
John is very thorough and is very knowledgeable
Anonymous –
The course was intense but that was as expected and advertised.
John did an incredible job of explaining and going through each element, making sure everyone understood the concept before moving on.
The structure of the course was really consistent which helped improve efficiency and understanding of the course.
Enjoyed the course and hopefully will be attending another course.
Anonymous –
I thought the delivery was poor, a lot of continuous talking, without meaningful exercises or useful questions that help engage the students. It was very easy to switch off mentally, as it was constant talking, with slides that had far too much information for 1 page, overloaded with information.
I think there should be more focus on the example test questions, and a thorough walk-through of the thought process for arriving at an answer. Each review of exam questions, started with the instructor simply telling us what the answer was, it should have been based on imagine you are facing the question for the first time, what is your thought process, and how do you eliminate incorrect options.
I think more detail and effort would be beneficial in the exam questions and explaining the thought process.
I would not enjoy taking a similar course again, based on the instructor and his delivery.
Anonymous –
The trainer was great, informative, and friendly and answered every question with extensive knowledge
The only issues were mainly related to the actual ISTQB course material and sample questions that they provided, nothing to do with the trainer themselves but I definitely would prefer if the questions weren’t so ambiguous or vague at times.
Anonymous –
Very helpful to go through the syllabus and have things explained. Also going through how the questions are asked and how to answer them was very helpful. John was a great trainer and know’s his stuff!
Anonymous –
Trainer provided clear and thorough explanations of both key concepts and practice questions. Sessions were well paced with well placed breaks.
Anonymous –
Really good, trainer was very informative and helpful whenever clarification was needed
Anonymous –
Course was excellent, Trainer has her best to share all the knowledge about the course. Course walkthrough was really good. Examples was really good. I liked it a lot. Course contain is good. Please share more sample questions to solve.
Anonymous –
Course content is okay, more time should be given before the test is taken and questions asked in the practice exams are confusing.
Anonymous –
Interactive, cheerful trainer, good pace
Anonymous –
The course is a lot to take in. exams should be scheduled at least 2 days after the course and not immediately. Angelina was a fantastic trainer btw.
Anonymous –
Angelina was amazing. Very passionate and accommodating. Made the content interesting and answered all the questions. Tried different approaches to the same topic to make sure everyone got understanding of the subject.
Anonymous –
Trainer was excellent – made some very dry content reasonably engaging.
Anonymous –
The trainer has an engaging way of speaking.
Good use of mini tests spread throughout the course.
Too much content to remember in such a short space of time. Would have liked to have received the full schedule prior to starting the course.
Anonymous –
The course was mainly very interesting – while there were some parts that were less so, I appreciate that for a foundation course they were necessary bits of content. The trainer (Richard) was engaging and persistent, despite an entirely virtual delivery and low input levels from attendees.
Anonymous –
Richard is very enthusiastic and helpful. Answers any questions very thoughtfully and thoroughly, and makes sure that we understand the content. While the subject material is a little dry (which is nobody’s fault), Richard has managed to keep it from getting too dull.
KPMG enrolled me onto the course itself, so while I’m not sure of its usefulness in my role, I feel like I have gained some useful knowledge participating.
Anonymous –
The course is very comprehensive and the trainer did a great job conveying all the information clearly to everyone with such high time pressure.
Anonymous –
Good trainer. Very helpful with clarifying and answering questions. A lot of content crammed into 3 days.
Anonymous –
Probably need more time to absorb
Anonymous –
Content was delivered very well, good pacing and interactive. The end of chapter questions were very useful. An appendix would be useful in the specification.
Anonymous –
Richard is very passionate and patient with his explanations, though the course could have been slightly more interactive as sometimes it’s easy to lose focus.
Anonymous –
The course content was okay, but a bit unfair that the exam is scheduled for the day after training, leaving no time for self study.
Taylor McNicol | Trainee QA Analyst | Caseware UK –
Well-delivered and engaging content; presentation was well-prepared and the approach to group learning worked quite well for my learning style. Rosie also did excellent at expressing the importance of the ‘ISTQB mindset’ ahead of the exam – no criticism here.
Mark Frost | Test Analyst | Frontier –
Very friendly, came across very well spoken. took time to explain when needed.
only very very small thing that was hard to follow was the on screen drawing, some were fine but others were not, the drawing tool isnt the best so hard to follow.
Trixy Arellano | QA Engineer | Bally’s –
The course is very interesting and even though I’m already have a background in testing, there’s a lot of things I still didn’t know or aware of.
It will be helpful I guess if we can have a board where everyone can put their answers
For the trainer, even though she was sick, she still tried her best to discuss and make the participants involved on the traning course. Since English is not my first language, I just have have a hard time to comprehend or get the topic easy since she spoke fast.
Overall, great training course for newbies or experienced in software testing!
Holly Pears | UAT Test Lead | Bank of England –
Angelina was a really patient and thorough course leader. She went through all topics at a great pace considering the size of the group. The course itself is quite in depth.
Swapnil Nandy | Automation Engineer QA | Atradius –
Very Interactive
A bit stacked up course but ideally would be great if was 4 day training
Joshua James M. Perocho | Junior Quality Assurance Engineer | Penbrothers –
Angelina explained the course really well. She was very thorough in explaining everything.
Steve Adams | Senior Test Engineer | Foundry Visionmongers –
Broken down and challenged at each stage, often asking individuals questions to ensure focus,
There is still a lot of theory to digest however before next week’s exam which I will need to reinforce
Pol Ureta Canellas | Software Developer | EXCO GmbH –
I really liked it
Adriano Aru | Software Tester | IBM –
Very insightful course and presented very well by Angelina.
William Rodgerson | QA tester & Level 3 support | Toca.io –
I found John Young to be knowledgeable, personable and generally very helpful.
Zoe Dodds | Test Analyst | OVO Energy –
Although the course has a lot of information John made it easy to understand and relate back to my own role. This will most definitely help me when revising.
Muntaqa Dar | Test Analyst | Samaritans –
Good trainer and good style of teaching however I am more of a doer so don’t learn very well from just powerpoint slide shows. I have done other courses more hands-on/ interactive where I was actually putting things into practice rather than just listening.
Melissa Martin | Software Test Engineer | TotalMobile –
The course was very well run, John took the time to explain everything and answered any questions I had.
David Cabell | Quality Assurance Tester | CaseWare –
Clear and concise delivery of a large amount of information in a short period (Which was very useful!). Digestable and enjoyable.
Rebuzzi Damiano | Software Engineer in test | Moneyfarm –
The course was very useful and very well explained, even from a non-native English speaker it was very clear and thorough.
Mitchell Kirby | Software Tester | BCS –
Really great course, loved being able to do it online rather than needing to go to a physical classroom. John was an excellent trainer, really added detail to the slides and the learning resources, was very personable and made the course really interesting.
Nic Joannou| Test Analyst| WTC –
Well explained and structured, supportive and good at explaining/answering any questions asked.
Only small suggestion is mapping the content to the K1, K2, K3 criteria as we go through it, or even at the summaries towards the end of each topic/module; although this is intuitive once you retrospectively look back at the criteria and content.
Ami Marshall| Digital Project Manager| Marshalls –
I thought that my trainer was very good at keeping the group engaged and talking through real life examples of the theory. However, I felt that the slides for the training were far too busy and often very unclear. In my opinion the slides need completely redoing.
Jordan Russell| QA Lead| Totalmobile –
Content was interesting and was thoroughly covered by the trainer, everything explained in detail in ways that made sense. Gave me plenty of confidence for taking the exam.
karen Prisk| IT development and specialist information analyst | SPS –
Enjoyed the course found broken down very well and easy to follow.
Sabih Aslam| Test Analyst| Computacenter –
Very good course but I think it would have been better if it was spread to 5 days instead of 3 with few hours a day to absorb all of the information in. After 2/3 PM, it is quite hard to absorb everything.
Aaron Martin| Software Tester| Totalmobile –
First day was very intense, but presented really well and all questions asked were fully answered with detailed explanations.
Could have done with a quick intro into how to use Zoom as wern’t aware what to do when put into the individual rooms. Thought that we’d be invited back however there was an exit button when hovering on screen that took a while to find/become aware of.
Apeksha Patil | QA Engineer | SQA –
It was very helpful.
Nava Anisetti | Test Manager | Sogeti UK Ltd. –
It was very interesting, the samples questions are very useful.
Rich Cahill | Calculations Analyst | Abrdn –
Very detailed, and the trainer was very helpful through out the course.
Always happy to go through reasons behind the theory and help with the test examples.
Ben Barrett | QA Software Engineer/ QA Software Tester | S2Partnership –
I have felt like I have been given a great experience in learning the Theory behind being a Certified Tester.
John was very encouraging and didn’t hesitate to provide further explanation.
I would recommend TSG Training to anyone wanting to learn the right way!
Paul McGowan | qa engineer | SQA –
course went into great detail
David Rhys Shingler | Embedded Tester | RARE –
Very interesting and learnt a lot in a short amount of time, feel prepared for the exam
Chris Barlow | Junior qa engineer | Lumi global –
Well structured and informative.
Grace Marsey | QA Engineer | Moneybox –
I thought the days have been well paced and I liked how we did real exam questions at each stage and then went through them methodically.
Hope Busby-Saywood | Test Analyst | Glasswall Solutions –
Very helpful, with lots of information, and a thorough explanation of exam questions that helped me understand why each option is or isn’t correct. Great experience for my first training course and first online training course. Thank you!
Max McRae Gibson | Test Analyst | LV= –
Great course run by John! It has been very detailed, and a lot of time and effort has been put in by John. It has been intense, and my only critique would be that it would possibly be better spread over a slightly longer time to take in information.
Pawandeep Singh | Test Engineer | Capgemini –
Overall very satisfied, the tutor made it easier to acquire the knowledge by going through a mixture of lectures, explanations, questions and answers. All of these were very well explained.
Matthew Colin Cockerell | Senior Software Tester | Lloyds Register –
Really enjoyed the course especially Rosemary presenting and course management style. There is a lot of content which is understandle, so there isn’t much time for wider debate we fellow course members which is what I was expecting. Perhaps using breakout rooms (MS teams) would improve course member interactions.
Patryk Zmijewski | It Systems Support Adminstrator | Decora –
Very beneficial and helpful
Dario Guzzetta | Senior Software QA | Lloyd Register –
Good and dense.
Emma Amess | QA Test Analyst | CaseWare –
I felt John explained each section in great user friendly details. The explanations helped my understanding. I feel very positive
Prince Agyei Frimpong | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Although it was an Intensive course John made it very engaging with his examples and also explained every details properly . Having classroom and homework examples also helped a lot
Vicky Li | Graduate trainee | KPMG LLP UK –
The course trainer has explained the concept well and has good interactions in the classes.
Dayne Lucas | system support administrator | Decora –
quite intense and for me feel like i need to revise over again so i can lock in the information. but overall i believe this will help me in my role even if i do not pass the test. trainer was very good.
Callum Nightingale | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Very good course
Nikki Dodsworth | Process Expert | Siemens Plc –
The first time I have completed a remote course and was anxious about how it would work, but the sessions were well structured and organised. John allowed plenty of time for discussion which worked well and made the session interactive with knowledgeable clear explanations
Alexander Hendrick | Apprentice Software Test Engineer | IBM –
The course content was good and contained a lot of useful information. The trainer spoke clearly and was very helpful. My only issues are that I think the course would be better suited to a 4-5 day course rather than 3 as it did feel like we were rushing through a lot of it. Also, I feel that the way the exam is written is intentionaly misleading as it feels most questions catch you out not on the content but in the language it is written.
krishna kriti | senior test analyst | PWC –
very helpful.great experience
Jamie MacDonald | Graduate Trainee FS Tech Enablement | KPMG –
So much to learn in so little time! The inclusion of a concise, very well thought out study guide would go a long way to help.
Anna Funnell | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
The course was very intense with lots of information over a short time, but the way it was delivered meant I was able to keep up and retain most of the details. The regular breaks helped with processing what we had learnt and made it easier to concentrate on the rest. Questions were explained really well and they weren’t rushed over either.
Tony Fairall | Test Analyst | Central England Co-operative –
Very intense, some concepts hard to understand, but simply because it was so far from any practical realworld experience I have encountered so far.
Thomas Massey | Apprentice Tester | Northern Ireland Civil Service –
Very detailed course and learned many valuable skills that I will be able to use on my working day and gives me a good foundation to build on for other courses
Huw Ward | Test Principal | Rare Ltd –
John was very good at taking the course and teaching us, only issue was it was difficult to read his handwriting at times (which he did upfront apologise for). I think the Exam questions are very tricky for a Foundation course and set out to catch you out more than I would expect for this level. I know you are teaching the course though and not setting the exam.
Rachel Livingston | Developer Technician | HSCNI – BSO –
Course was good, although I feel as a foundation course it was difficult. I feel you would need to have a good testing background before taking this course compared to other foundation courses I have been on. Rosie was a great trainer although I felt some of the scenarios that Rosie was providing had nothing to do with testing so I found it hard to pair it with a testing environment. I understand the concept just found it harder to see them in testing environments.
Emma Gander | Test Analyst | Aegon –
Information was clear and well presented. Review of sample questions very beneficial
Pete Carss | Driver QA Engineer | Focusrite Audio –
Well presented, but sequence of presentation -> mock testing doesn’t suite all learners
Ellen Tebbutt | Junior Test Analyst | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust –
Very well presented considering it was online. Plenty of breaks with consideration for the heaviness of the material. Good prep materials provided.
Sasha Devi-Bangar | Junior Software Test Automation Engineer | Global Inkjet Systems –
The course was very interesting and everything was explained in a lot of detail, helping me to understand some of the key concepts of testing better. There was also lots of exam practice and detailed explainations of the answers which was also very useful.
Jack Walker | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
The course ran well and covered the topics in enough detail for me to understand them. For context, I’m a recent graduate and I found the content easier to pick up than some of my colleagues who have been working in the industry for a while now. This is not a reflection on the course so much as on the qualification though.
Angelina delivered the content at a good pace and allowed plenty of time for discussion/debate.
Overall I felt it was good.
jamie rolls | software engineer | capgemini –
The course content was quite heavy, but was broken down well over the 3 days. The course was delivered well and John answered all queries that people raised with integrity.
Scott Varns | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Informative and intense, however feel I have learned alot.
Ethan Holland | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
I think some of the content is quite bloated and there is a lot of information, however the trainer was great and helped the course be interactive and enjoyable.
Sam Henry | Business Systems Tester | Moneybarn –
Extremely well delivered. Informative. Valuable. Would recommend.
Liam McClelland | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
The experience was great albeit intense and a lot of information to take in.
The mixture of lecture and class/homework excercises really does help us to apply what we’ve learnt and to test ourselves.
The benefit is that our exam is in a few days so provides us enough time to go over what we’ve learnt and to work on areas we may be weaker in.
James Freeman | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Enjoyable and engaging course will plenty of helpful advice.
jonathan maillie | Graduate trainee | KPMG –
A lot to cover but really extremely interesting material that Angelina made much easier to get through in the time alotted
Avra Ghosh | Senior Associate II | PWC –
The course is very good and the approach to complete in short span of time is perfect.
Sumit Kushwaha | SA | PwC –
Course content was quite informative
Andy Freeman | Software Engineer | Cap Gemini –
Good course, well paced and a very knowledgable trainer.
John Dupre | Systems Administrator | Decora Blinds –
Excellent course, very well delivered, a lot to cover in 3 days.
John Dupre | Systems Administrator | Decora Blinds –
Excellent course with a lot packed into a short period. Some question examples a little difficult to understand but explanations were very clear.
Paul Emmett | Software Tester (Analyst) | JBA Consulting –
Very informative, sometimes intense, but an enjoyable experience. John is a good, thorough trainer who takes great care to ensure trainees understand concepts fully and responds to any comments or issues raised.
Arjun Limbu | Test engineer | Trakcel –
It was helpful to refine on test techniques and process which I have learned so far. Still working on progress with the documentation sections and this course helped.
David Wong | Project Test Lead | Rare LTD –
I thought John was a very good teacher, always took time to explain things clearly and precisely, and was very patient when required. The actual course felt quite intensive but manageable.
Kirandeep | Kaur | IBM –
Course content was difficult so having more interactivity instead of a trainer speaking 9 to 5 would be more beneficial.
Samantha Clarke | Test Analyst | BLM –
I came to this course having already studied the syllabus and an additional book and knew where the gaps in my knowledge were. Rosie has helped to fill in those gaps and has explained things greatly and used examples to show this. She also spent time after day 2 giving me tips/advice which I greatly appreciated. Rosie is very patient with everyone’s different abilities and really knows her stuff. I appreciate the help she has given and would highly recommend her.
Harry Dawes | QA Test Analyst | CaseWare UK –
It was very informative and even the parts that we were bogged down with theory were made easy to follow & understand.
Adam Jones | Software Architect | Capgemini –
Trainer was good, well explained and friendly.
Course was presented well, but covered more than the scope of the testing course I signed up for. I don’t feel like the SDLC, Reviews, etc needed covering in this course and the section on actual test techniques was quite short.
Sam Liu | Graduate Technology Consultant | KPMG –
The training was interactive and Angelina is really helpful and engaging.
Joshua Smith | Senior validation engineer | Advanced Electronics –
Rosie did a fantastic job. she was very clear and very informative in the way she explained everything. The course isn’t simple, so explaining everything in detail was a great help. Thanks!
James Thomas Isted | Level 4 Software Tester Apprentice | HMRC –
Overall the course was good, unfortunately I will have to revise more afterwards due to the way I take in information. For some reason a person reading it out to me just doesn’t stick in my brain. Other than that a great course.
George Stephens | Software Test Apprentice | IBM –
Overall the course was good despite challenging content. Rosie was helpful, kind and friendly. She gave us frequent breaks and plenty of time to complete the excersises.
I think a smaller class would enable more interactive activities that would have benefited my learning more than the lecture style learning that had open questions.
Mohammed Hafijour Rahman | Graduate V+V engineer | Northrop Grumman –
Lovely guy and a great teacher but he asked if we were okay a little too much.
Ian Cook | Tester | Precision –
In depth & well explained, made sure everyone understood properly before moving on
Sam Reed | Lead Developer | Capgemini –
I found the course engaging and interesting, i would have preferred fewer words per slide and more breaks to digest. I also found that the length given for the questions during class time was not always proportionate to the effort required for the question. Angelina was a good host and i enjoyed chatting about real life examples.
Ormond Jones | Seniore Quality Assurane Analyst | Merit Software –
Course, whilst being intensive, was informative and thorough.
John was patient and explained any items clearly.
Genreal frustration at some of the exam questions, which I am sure have been mentioned many times before.
Jasvinder Marwaha | Test engineer | Capgemini –
Course was great, Lot of information to take in limited amount of time. I believe students will benifit if course trainig time could be increased from 3 to 4 days.
Vithuran Mahendran | Graduate Verification and Validation Engineer | Northrop Grumman –
Great Course!
Max Attwood | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Very well taught course. Lots of content that was present well and consolidated. Having access to past questions and answers makes all the difference. Having access to even more papers could be great for revision.
Yana Baker | Software Enginerr | Capgemini –
Interesting yet intense course, covers basic disciplines and necessary knowledge required for this field. Overall really enjoyed the experience, with an experienced instructor being able to link in real life situations definitely helped my learning. Sample questions and test exercises helped consolidate the content delivered over the three days. Just need to put the work in now to revise for the exam.
Lewis Surgenor | Software Tester | Capgemini –
Best course I have taken part on, the material was delivered well and each part was talked through thoroughly and each point was dissected to help us understand the points being made.
There was a large amount of information being delivered but It was all relevant to our course and my role as a Software Tester so It was a really interesting experience to be a part of. Angelina was a wonderful course leader, very welcoming and helped to explain if I got a question wrong and I really do like for the answer booklets for the practice questions that when it said the right answer, it actually explains WHY the answer is correct and WHY the others are wrong which makes it a lot easier to revise
The only thing I would want more of is more example exam questions to work through but that is personal for me and the best way that I revise, maybe a kind of “cheat sheet” for the end to help go over as well would help.
Chris Gibbs | Associate Technician | Ordnance Survey –
Course was well structured and tackles the syllabus. Rosie was a great trainer and made every step as clear as possible
Verbena Biasizzo | Test Engineer | Baillie Gifford –
The course was intense, but it was well structured (giving enough breaks to restore ourselves). The material to cover was a lot but there was always time to ask questions and stop if something wasn’t clear.
Brad Tyldesley | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Course has been great – a lot of information split in to easily digestible chunks. Ran very smoothly and there was a lot of support available on demand throughout.
My only criticism would be that it felt like there were huge pieces of information between each ask-back on that content, it could be better to add questions in to the actual content itself throughout to help keep engagement and solidify understanding.
Shozab Ahmad | Tech consulting | KPMG –
Great, past papers are tricky
Sophia Shi | Graduate Trainee-Corps Tech Strategy Consulting | KPMG –
Angelina is really helpful and patient. She is good at explaining difficult concepts for us and and was trying to make intensive course light and easy:)
Ashwini Todkar | Senior Associate 2 | PwC Kolkata –
Very informative and helpful
Jessy Sarzosa | graduate trainee – digital consulting | KPMG –
It was a lot to take in, but the trainer did an amazing job at making it easy to understand and keep us engaged
Abdulkadir Maxamed | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Intensive course, extremely well presenter helped break down and understand the material really well.
Harpreet Sunner | Software Engineer | Capgemini –
Highest detailed and well explained throughout by Angelina. 100% would recommended
Jordan Sayer | Junior QA | Zoopla –
I find it very difficult because theres a lot of information to take in such a small amount of time
Nick Dando | Test Engineer | CACI –
The course was good. For me, I would have liked more group exercises and more encouragement for all people to talk/join in. The pace was good, although it is a lot to take in as a new tester
Grzegorz Dzwonnik | Test Analyst | Iforce LTD –
the course is conducted in a nice and pleasant atmosphere. Rosie paid a lot of attention to any questions.
Matt Fallon | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Course & content was all good – Learnt a lot 🙂
Megan Brown | SAP Finance Support and Testing Consultant | Hampshire County Council –
Interactive course, enthusiastic trainer, had appropriate timed breaks, engaging and answered all questions.
Saheed | | –
Her training pattern was excellent and very detailed
Mariana Moreno | Systems Delivery Administrator | The Best Connection Group Ltd –
The course content was very thorough and went into details about all areas of knowledge required. Angelina was excellent. Explained everything very well, answered all questions and took her time with people. Related parts in the course to real life situations to make it more understandable. Give her a pay rise! 🙂
Lorraine O Flaherty | Executive Officer Revenue Commissioners | Revenue Commissioners –
Angelina was very helpful. She broke the course into easily understood pieces. She gave great examples of reasoning on approaching exam questions and she made time for questions and never made anyone feel rushed.
Roxanne sweeney | | –
Angelina made the course so interactive and interesting. She is clearly super knowledgeable and her delivery is excellent. I find zoom training can be very boring and she did a great job of making it engaging.
Harry Dawes | QA Test Analyst | Caseware –
It was very informative and John was very approachable with any questions.
Rogerio Soares | QA engineer | Zego –
It was a great learning experience from Angelina
Jack Gilman | Software Developer | capgemini –
Really enjoyable and engaging course from Angelina. Made it interesting and had some fun conversations aside. Well put together slides and great access to resources.
Adrian Gautrey | QA Lead | Trust Payments –
It was a fun course that even with my experience I was able to learn some new techniques
Nathan Johnson | QA Analyst Apprentice | 9xb –
Great course, lectures were well thought out with plenty of detail. John was really patient and extremely knowledgable, willing to answer questions in great detail. I feel very prepared for the exam!
Judith Neugebauer | Quality Assurance | stillalive studios –
The course provided a lot of information even about the upcoming exam.
Megha Rolly | Business Solutions Programmer | Euroclear –
Thorough and helpful discussion of the syllabus, John went through it logically and it was easy to follow. Doing the questions during the course was really beneficial as well.
Paul Incles|Service Operations Analyst|Rail Delivery Group –
Great Tutor, Well paced. Many thanks
Lauren Brender|Test Automation Trainee|Caseware UK Ltd –
Excellently well put together course, and Rosie was a wonderful trainer, answering any and all questions, and came well prepared with the information to help us succeed
William Pawsey|Business Testing Coordinator|Cambridge Asessment –
The course was useful on information and data with opportunities to apply what was being taught at regular intervals. Struggled to stay engaged due to the number of slides/information being presented, this may be exacerbated due to the course being remote.
Orla Maher|BA|DAFM –
A lot of material to cover in just 3 days, sample exams appear extremely difficult compared to the course material
Stephen Martin|EO – IMT Development Specialist|Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine –
I found the course very interesting and informative. The material was very well presented by the trainer, and the regular exercises and homework activities helped.
It is also useful to learn the common vernacular of the testing profession, even if it does not entirely match what I am familiar with in my work place.
Ryan Hill|Tester|Merit Software –
Considering the dense volume of course material I think Rosie did a fantastic job covering the important aspects of the syllabus, I have no problems with her communication and teaching. The course is very dense due to the broad nature of the knowledge it’s trying to provide. Myself coming from an environment where the bulk of these practices are not widely used it’s certainly been a steep learning curve;but very valuable.
Avril Smith|Executive Officer|Department of Agriculture –
Course was very in-depth and informative.
The summary slides are very beneficial for recapping on what has been discussed previously.
A good amount of coursework was included and sufficient time was spent explaining the rationale behind the correct answers.
Harpreet Sunner|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
Excellent presented and very well explaining throughout the 3 days of training. Contained a lot of detail within testing.
Samuel Green|Software Tester|IBM –
I thought the instructor was great at explaining concepts in detail without causing information overload. The platform allowed for quick note taking and John used lots of live diagrams and notes to really bring the topics alive.
There was also a good mix of exercises vs discussion
Samuel Green|Software Tester|IBM –
I thought the instructor was great at explaining concepts in detail without causing information overload.
There was enough information to break ratio too, I never felt too overwhelmed but learnt a lot.
There was also a good mix of exercises vs discussion
Charles Lister|Software Engineer Apprentice|IBM –
I found that the information on the course was delivered in an extremely comprehensive manner as John’s explanations did well to ensure that points mentioned were explained in a manner for all to understand.
|Softwer Tester Apprentice| –
The course was really informative, everything was explained in great detail and I found the exercises really useful to put the theory in to pratice. I appreciate that we discussed all the questions after we tried to resolve them. I also found it really useful that John added notes in the presention as we went along and also used the Whiteboard tool to illustrate what he was explaining. The course was nicely structured, the explanations were clear.
Cameron Gough|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
Really useful to expand my agile knowledge
Brad Smith|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
I thought everything was presented very well and I feel I’ve learnt a lot, thanks Angelina!
Adam Williams|QA Trader|Derivco –
Course was very thorough and the numerous mock questions/exercises helped me to understand the syllabus.
Edward Jukes-Jones|Software Developer|Capgemini –
Great course and learnt a lot from Angelina
Tom Dipple|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
Angelina was very engaging and was keeping everyone involved an d this really helped in the afternoons when you get tired
Luke Goring|Software Engineer|Capgemini –
Well run course with plenty of detail and a good experience.
Ellen Venn|Scrum Master/Software Engineer|Capgemini –
The course was well delivered and structured in a good way. It was highly beneficial for learning about testing and I would recommend this course to peers.
Luke Mason|QA Engineer|Focusrite Audio Engineer Ltd –
A++, super engaging, regular breaks, nice breakdown of the exam paper. John is a clear and concise teacher that has filled myself with confidence in passing the exam.
Ali Guler|Software Test Engineer Apprentice|IBM –
I think John did a great job delivering the course itself, explained the topics and the methods very well and it is obvious he has a lot of experience and knowledge regarding software testing. My criticism would be with the ISTQB exam and the questions themselves, but John did his best to explain it to us and help us all understand it.
Manda Gray|Test Analyst|KR Group –
I found this course excellent. Although I am already an experienced tester, I learned the formal theory behind what I do every day as well as new theories that I do not typically employ in my current position. The course was well paced and the material was presented in a way which was easy to follow and understand.
PAul Donegan|Junior Dev/Tester|Strawberry UK Ltd –
A dense topic covered clearly and with lots of help. It. Was. Clear
Gupta Gurung|Test Engineer|IDBS –
Course helped understand many unexplored areas of software testing. Wide range of testing terminologies to get familiar with. Engaging exercises are helpful in checking your understanding as well as prepare for exam type questions.
Sipon Majumder|Associate|PwC SDC, Kolkata –
Very much Informative and learned a lot of new things about Testing
Souvik Karmakar|Associate|PwC SDC,KOLKATA –
Very much informative and learn lots of new things from the course.
Sandra Obi|Data and Tech Consultant|KPMG –
Well presented course material by John with a lot of clarification. Also online course has been beneficial as you save approximately 3 hours for getting ready and travel and feel refreshed at the start of the course.
Oliver Ingleby|Tester|Companies House –
John was a very engaging, helpful and knowledgeable trainer. He provided real life examples from his career which help bring the subject to life. The regular screen breaks really helped my concentration as did the regular exercises for us to complete.
Madhu Mahadeva|Test Consultant|NEST Corporation –
Well paced course, trainer was very knowledgeable and friendly.
Konstantina Zioga|software tester| –
Very informative, better than I thought it was going to be given it was a virtual course.
Karl Gwilliam|IT QA Lead|Deloitte –
This was a good experience and presented well. It was presented well over Goto as well, it was nice to be at home and not have the stress of having to go to a location for this for sure.
The content was spot on, although a lot to take it I think with the right amount of revision I should be able to pass the exam.
I would recommend this course to anyone looking to getting into the testing world for sure. It has opened my eyes as well and made think about whether a career is right for me in testing full time.
Faiz Ahmed|Software Tester|Atheon Analytics –
Course was good, adequate breaks and detailed content. Using the Online platform was a better experience than i thought it would be
Clara Fordham|Test Analyst|WiggleCRC –
It was good, great slides! Glad to do it online. Just wish we could request a printed version of the materials.
Anthony Tibbs|Analyst|Old Mutual Wealth / Quilter –
course was explained well, trainer was excellent
Samiha Akter | Graduate Technology Consultant | KPMG –
Angelina was amazing at teaching the content – she was interactive, engaging and enthusiast. I believe an improvement for the exam would be to have more K3 questions as application of learning is better.
yusra shabir | grad trainee | kpmg –
It was really good, there were very hard concepts however angelina took time and care to help anybody and everybody out whilst still being on track for our course. Angelina was always joyful and kept us engaged, even on very hard topics and when we were tired. I found her examples very helpful in explaining topics. Also her experience not only helped us understand the exam sceanrios but also helped understand us what we can expect in real life testing scenarios. Some improvements on the course content is Maybe some videos explaining certain types of concepts in context e.g. amazon company decided to build this app for X, Y, z would have been helpful and we could access that on teh PP slides in our own time. This is because the sessions are not recorded so any examples used/talked about will have disappeared from memory as theres so much content and so many examples. We also had a few technical issues so maybe a better platform for collaboration? Overall I loved the course and learning with Angelina!
Ellie Hindley-Skelt | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
there were a lot of technical problems at first but once we moved from go to meetings to teams then it was fine. Would suggest going straight to teams.
Caro Edwards | Consulting Graduate Trainee | KPMG UK –
Found the content very extensive and questions quite difficult to answer but trainer was helpful and taught us in depth
Cameron Thomley | Technology Consultant | KPMG –
The course was well delivered but the content itself can be confusing due to the nature of there being a large amount of unfamiliar terminology that feeds into one another. Angelina was brilliant at clarifying confusions however which helped a lot.
Tonna Anyansi | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Angelina covered the relevant information and went through practice questions after every topic. She was great answering questions, and did well making the content digestible.
Alex Stewart | Digital Consultant Grad Trainee | KPMG –
A lot of content in little time. A very enthusiastic and helpful trainer.
Sofia Melia Castilla | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Trainer explained everything very clearly and enthusiastically. It was a lot of information and syllabus to digest in 4 days but Angelina made it fun and easier to understand. Very good experience overall!
Mohamed Shurfudeen | Project Engineer | Trinity Systems –
I personally found it hard to understand certain concepts because i have no prior testing experience.
Aleksandra Zmuda | IT Solutions Test Analyst | Clipper Logistics –
The course met my expectations, highly informative, clearly explained, useful for my current role and carrier path I have chosen. Thank you!
Chelsea Houston | Software Engineer / Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Very insightful and informative. Trainer kept my attention throughout the whole 3 days. Was happy to help out when we were confused. Hard course with a lot of work needed but well worth it. Learnt a lot of very helpful info. Trainer very friendly and easy to understand and get along with. Looking forward to taking more courses in the future.
Robbie Aitken | Programmer | Euroclear –
Interesting course, Rosie was a great trainer. Good delivery, kept us engaged, well-paced, also very very patient.
Dylan Anderson | Software Tester Apprentice | RWE Supply and Trading –
Really good course. Provides plenty of information needed for being a tester, although I think it needs better pacing, so that I can get the info from the course noted for exam revision.
Jon Hardman | Test Analyst | Principality –
I found Rosie very easy to listen to, very patient, and felt like i could ask questions when I needed. In my personal opinion the syllabus of the course seemed to reference outdated techniques. However Rosie was very good in teaching these. In future I personally would find it better if there was even more engagement e.g. more questions to the group.
Ian Smith | QA Analyst | Principality –
Course tutor was brill, What was hardest was the way some of the example questions/ISTQB syllabus was written.
Chris Elias | Test Engineer | Principality –
Rosie was a good tutor – she was very well spoken and explained the syllabus as best as possible. The course seems to be very manual tester focused which was disappointing for me as I mainly work with Test Automation. I found the exam questions have been made deliberately difficult and ambiguous. I feel there was a big focus on boundary/partition testing which I feel is a very small area in software testing these days. Overall I feel this course is a bit outdated for todays modern software development requirements.
Molly Green | Senior Functional Test Analyst | Ocado –
Rosie was very approachable and patient with the large volumes of questions asked of her, and good at explaining things in a simple way.
Swapnil Kumar | Associate | PwC SDC Kolkata –
It was very nice throughout. And also how well explained by Richard. Much appreciated.
Harsh Manjhi | Test Analyst (Associate) | PwC –
It was very informative, i feel all ready for the certification exam and the trainer for this course couldn’t have been better.
Simran Rai | Associate | PwC SDC Kolkata –
It was very helpful and much needed course for me atleast.
Hyma P R | Senior Associate | PWC –
Richard explained everything in detail. Deals all the queries with lots of patience.
Arindam Pal | Senior Associate | PwC –
Training was very informative and provided lots of valuable information and clarifications on Functional Testing. Got the clear understanding on all the testing terminology.
Sarvottam Kumar | Associate | PWC –
The course was thorough and it covers almost everything.
Andrew Ring | QA Engineer | Virtalis –
Difficult over GoToMeeting – I would always choose classroom based if possible but time made this necessary. More, shorter breaks – I assume that everybody had to nip away for 5 minute breaks every now and then. I think attempting to get more involvement from the attendees would help?
Morgan O Donnell | System tester | PTSB –
Alot of content however much of the mock tests are ambiguous. I feel the questions are not very suited to the course material
Paula Jones | BDM | test –
excellent!
Samadul Islam|Software Test Engineer|IBM –
The course was to intense for the amount of material against the amount of days and could do with more help for the exam day.
Amanda Jupp | Product Analyst |Trace Solutions –
This course was very informative.
Jacob McKenzie | Senior Test Analyst |Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust –
John cleared the content at a good pace and was very engaging which kept my mind focused on the information.
James Anderson | QA Tester Apprentice |Invotra Limited –
The course was very interesting and informative, I have learnt many new things in relation to testing and the business usage and approach to it.
Ben Sykes | Test Analyst |NHS –
Fantastic course. Great level of knowledge from the trainer who explained things clearly and in great detail.
Rebecca Brandon | Automation Engineer |Simplyhealth –
The course taught me a lot more than expected. I am glad my company sent me on a course rather than me doing self study, because of the sheer amount of content to cover.
Majd Kassawat | Test Lead |OMRON –
Very clear and straightforward explanation.
The presentation is interactive enough.
Workload is well balanced between home and class.
Rebecca Sloane | Test Analyst |NHS –
Very helpful and clearly presented. Going through examples was really useful for heavy course material. Worked well despite being at home and online.
Stephen Bruce | QA Engineer |Fuel3D –
John was a very good teacher, explained everything well and set us up perfectly for the exam
Robert Macdonald | Software Test Engineer |IBM –
We completed a 2 day online introduction to test course, where we listen to a presentation and took part in multiple exercises.
Philippa Hodge | Automation Tester |WTC –
Very good at keeping people’s attention – much harder online so she did a grand job of that.
Philippa Hodge | Automation Tester |WTC –
Very good at keeping people’s attention – much harder online so she did a grand job of that.
Patrick Wilson | Test Analyst |IBM –
Very Informative, a good pace to the course and really good explanations and links to how it will be used in the “Real world”. My only “Even better if”, is if a little more writing on the slides could be done just to explain the slides a little more.
Patrick Wilson|Test Analyst|IBM –
Very Informative, a good pace to the course and really good explanations and links to how it will be used in the “Real world”. My only “Even better if”, is if a little more writing on the slides could be done just to explain the slides a little more.
Sheila Brogden|Tester|Civil Service –
Rosie is clearly very knowledgeable about the subject and was able to use lots of real life examples to demonstrate her explanations.
Victoria Blake-Dobell|Software Tester|DNV –
My trainer was thorough and friendly, and the course provided me with a lot of incredibly useful information and insights.
Adam Compton|Test & Config Analyst|ERS –
Solid instruction, decent support materials. Impacted slightly (albeit completely understandably) by having it performed remotely, but the trainer did very well considering.
Tony Thomas|Product Delivery Test Analyst|LV Insurance –
Rosie Sheldon was absolutely fantastic at explaining, making sure you understood if you raised any questions, clear, approachable. It was a pleasure!
Austen Fletcher|Software Tester Trainee|Reallymoving Ltd –
I felt that Rosie dealt very well with the volume of content, in particular during the first day (which she kindly warned us about).
I also found it useful that she gave us guidance on the sorts of areas we ought to prioritise learning.
I found her teaching style engaging, and appreciated the way she brought in personal anecdotes to help us associate the course content with more relatable scenarios, as well as the way she brought up past content to help reinforce it.
Priya Uka|Functional Tester|RCI Financial Services –
There was a lot of content to learn but I feel John went through it very well and willingly slowed down and went over content until everyone confirmed they understood.
Breaks were given at good intervals which helped everyone come back ready to absorb more content
Chad Bradshaw|Test Analyst|Elecosoft –
Very good – was able to stay focused and information was explained in a simple and clear way.
John Smith|Software tester|Apteco Ltd –
High intensity, a lot of info being delivered. Excellent verbal presentation by tutor.
Sample questions convoluted and poorly written – not a reflection of TSG or Rosie!
Very pleased I had someone walking me through the material.
Rosies ability to explain answers not initially understood didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I was looking for a ‘recipe’ of how to approach the question and quickly decipher it’s meaning. Personally that wasn’t always what I received, and I felt one or two explanations for others failed to offer a different way of saying what was said originally. If there was an area to improve on, then that is the only one I could identify.
Julia Steinberg –
I really enjoyed the course – the material was presented excellently and was very thouroughly explained. It was engaging and I felt like it has helped me tremendously in understanding the basics of testing and how to adhere to best practices.
Thank you very much, John, for the great experience!
George SPEDDING|SENIOR TEST MANAGER|MOD –
INTENSIVE COURSE BUT WELL PRESENTED
Chris Webber|Test Analyst|LV Insurance –
John really was an excellent tutor. Patient, knowledgeable, kind, able to simplify and demonstrate complex subjects with ease. I really think he made all the difference and I feel lucky that he was our tutor. The course itself was very well structured & I felt like I learnt a lot in a short space of time.
Ramesa Khan|Junior QA Engineer|O2 –
Really good, john interacted very well and made it very easy to understand
Jim McGrellis|QA & Test|Telefonica UK –
The course content and trainer were good, the course was very intensive and a lot to take in.
Due to covid it was delivered virtually, which is not my preferred method of learning, I would have preferred a classroom based course for something as intensive and involved as this course, but understand the reasoning behind this due to the current circumstances. Thanks
Zahra Jaffer|Junior Test Analyst|IRIS Software Group –
The course was quite complex but I felt that John explained everything in a very clear and concise manner so that it was understandable. I am very pleased with the training and the resources that have been given to me, I feel as though I have learnt a huge amount. A lot of this goes to the trainer as he took the time out to answer our questions and give us better examples and techniques for the exam.
Kumud Ranjan|Associate Manager|Accenture –
Great trainer. Explain the every bit with the example which really help to understand the concept and always happy to assist.
Wayne Francis|Test Analyst|MHRA –
Enjoyed the course and John helped me to understand the trickier parts. only wish I could take his brain whilst doing the exam.
Toby Brown|QA Engineer|Telefonica UK –
I found this online course much better than expected. Content was very thorough and well-presented. John Young gave great explanations to queries throughout. As a trainer he’s very patient and willing to get to the bottom of any questions that you have. He’s also easy to listen to and understand.
Daniel Taylor Jr|V&V Test Engineer|Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine –
Great content, and very interesting
Lihuan Li|IT Specialist|IBM –
It was difficult on both sides due to having to work from a ppt presentation all day. Both from a feedback to the trainer who couldn’t see out faces and for ourselves. BUT we were allocated breaks to avoid screen eyes and this was much appreciated. Generally well taught. We were just surprised that a large part of the course involved exam technique. Exam technique was extremely useful. I’m not very good at working and doing homework from PDFs so plan to print off the course work and review that way before the exam.
Ben Poore|Senior Test Analyst|Quilter –
John kept everyone engaged over the 3 day course and made sure that everyone understood the material before moving on. This is difficult to do via a video conference but was successfully achieved by John.
Kate Brewer-Lee|Test Lead|IBM –
It was good, but I’d prefer to have it in 4 to 5 days instead of 3. It is a lot of content to cover in only 3 days.
Madelaine Helleur O’Connor | Graduate Data and Technology Consultant | KPMG –
Paul was so lovely and helpful. He went through the course with good pace and detail and was always willing to help and explain things in more detail
Luke Shuttleworth | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Hard to say since I have not yet taken the exam but I thought the course was very well delivered, the trainer was excellent and friendly.
Emly Hughes | Analyst | KPMG –
Angelina was very engaging and friendly. Explained things well and very happy to go over things that were confusing us. I feel I have learned a lot.
Chris Pizey | Consultant | KPMG –
Engaging content but seems like there is a huge amount of it to process in very little time for the examination.
Lucy Briggs | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
I thought the course was well run and everything was explained thoroughly.
Sandra Obi | Data and Tech Consultant | KPMG –
The instructor was amazing, cheerful and very relatable. Literally one of the best online courses.
Thomas Gallagher | Data & Tech Analyst | KPMG –
Very good course still felt very crammed but that is the nature of the course. Some the presentation slides could be presented more formally and concisely to take the key messages away. Trainer was very knowledge not only on content but also test conditions. Trainer also had good knowledge in how to tailor the course to our needs.
Daniel Taylor Jr |V&V Test Engineer | Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine –
Great content, and very interesting
Keise Marcelino | Business Analyst | Arum Systems Limited –
It was good, but I’d prefer to have it in 4 to 5 days instead of 3. It is a lot of content to cover in only 3 days.
Debbie Finister | System Software Tester | British Library –
Great course and trainer. Because the course was online, it was split into manageable sessions. Plenty on interaction with trainer and participants. It is hard work, but it’s worth it.
Simon Ward|Senior Technical Tester/Manager|Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office –
The course was good and Angelina was kind and helpful. I do feel, and I think I speak for everyone on the course is that there is so much to cram in to 3 days, so I think it would be beneficial if it was a day longer, at least.
Rebecca MacPherson|Correspondence Analyst|Quilter –
Very Intensive but just about hung on!
Nicholas Hammond|Test Analyst|A2Dominion –
The course was well presented
Sophie Pearson | PTP Business Analyst | Old Mutual Wealth –
Very informative, John was super helpful
Ali Hussain | Software Test Analyst | HRA –
I found the course to be very good with great detail. I would definitely say it was worth attending.
Muhammed Rizwan Muhammed Ismail|Test Program Manager|IBM –
The course was concise and at a good pace for a new tester like myself. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was happy with the level of depth that Angelina was going into for each section.
Mark Cabia-an|Software Test Engineer|Mirada-Medical –
Lots of extremely valuable information which I can already feel seeping into my mindset and way of working. Course leader was incredibly engaged throughout and there is an impressive amount of information for just three days. I would recommend this to other testers.
Claire Ray|Test Engineer|Sainsburys –
Course was on lines were engaged and checked understanding well
Ben Poore | Senior Test Analyst | Quilter –
John kept everyone engaged over the 3 day course and made sure that everyone understood the material before moving on. This is difficult to do via a video conference but was successfully achieved by John.
Louise Hewett | Ux and Test Analyst | Quilter –
It was difficult on both sides due to having to work from a ppt presentation all day. Both from a feedback to the trainer who couldn’t see out faces and for ourselves. BUT we were allocated breaks to avoid screen eyes and this was much appreciated. Generally well taught. We were just surprised that a large part of the course involved exam technique. Exam technique was extremely useful. I’m not very good at working and doing homework from PDFs so plan to print off the course work and review that way before the exam.
Nicholas Hammond | Test Analyst | A2Dominion –
The training course was excellent
Will Blakeney | Apprentice Software Tester | HMRC –
John was very helpful in explaining everything I needed to learn for the ISTQB exam, he was also very friendly and approachable. I was initially a bit worried about the remote learning, but John made the change from classroom learning to remote learning very easy.
Sanchita Das –
I’m very pleased about the course. Instructor was excellent, he explained every bit very clearly. I have passed my ISTQB Foundation Level exam successfully
???? TOURSIDOU | IT Consultant | European Dynamics –
It was an online course due to the corona lock-down. The presentation was very good and the trainer spoke very clearly and was very friendly. However, there was no interaction between the participants and the trainer. Furthermore, we could not take exercises in teams. Hence my preference is training in a class.
In my opinion, online training should be distributed over time. For example, once a week an online course and then prepare a task. The online exam also is not very comfortable. I prefer a written exam. Please in the next online exams allow the use of a notepad or sheet of paper. It’s not very convenient to write on an online notepad
Eftychia Nalpantidou | Java Developer | European Dynamics –
The course was quite interesting and the extra material was really helpful and adequate.
Panagiotis Omiliadis | Software Tester | European Dynamics SA –
The trainer showed that she had the knowledge, but it was a little bit monotone. Some more examples and a little bit richer explanation would have been great.
Pranay Patel | Business Solutions Programmer | Euroclear –
Overall, it was a very pleasant experience and I think John managed the course very well. He set a strong, consistent pace and explained all the content very well as well. I think the course content was a little heavier to understand towards the end of the first day and the first half of the second, especially as I have not had any experience in testing, which made it slightly harder to retain the theory.
Andreas Zimnas | Senior Software Engineer / Technical Manager | European Dynamics –
Rosie did an excellent job, giving us also the information we needed to successfully complete the examination.
Stamatis Tzatzakis | Software Tester | European Dynamics –
Course was very good. However, exams with Proctor Exam was horrible.
Garifalia Koinari | Software Developer | European Dynamics –
Course was very good.
Konstantina Zioga | Software Tester | European Dynamics SA –
The course was very interesting. However I believe that such trainings should be taught with physical presence. It was the first time I had online training, and I realize how much I missed the personal interaction with the trainer, and the communication during the lesson with my colleagues. I know this training was offered via internet due to the situation. I hope the level ISTQB level to be organised in a classroom. Rosie was of course there in order to solve our concerns and questions, but I feel it would be nice if she could see us shaking our head for a “yes” when she was asking questions. Regarding with the exams, personally I disagree with the fact that we were not allowed to have a paper. It was time consuming. Also, it would be better to have a 5-min practice in the exam environment, to see how it behaves. I had many times interruptions due to the demand to refresh the screen share.
Extra comment: In homework sample questions, in page 41 the question 55 has a typo. Instead of answer “A”, it says “D”
Panagiotis Omiliadis | IT Software Tester | European Dynamics SA –
Although the trainer showed that she had a good knowledge of the course, and tried to make it interesting with comments in between, it was somehow monotone, so sometimes it was difficult to follow the trainer. Some more examples would have been helpful.
Irina Crump –
The course was virtual (because of the Covid-19). However I didn’t have any problem connecting to it. John Young is a brilliant trainer, he has examples for everything and his drawing really helps. Thank you John, much appreciated.
Megan Agalewatte | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
I did not receive any pre-reading however the trainer Rosie was amazing
Daniel Lubarski | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Excellent organisation, resources and time management
Cheryl Wigfall | QA Test Analyst | Switch Studios –
Rosie explains and teaches very clearly and througly
Hannah Holmes –
Rosie was very good made it clear and relatable
Andrew Green | Capita –
Interesting course, glad I attended it, fills in the gaps of knowledge. I believe it’s useful for testing and appropriate to learn
Nicole Anton | Data and Tech Consultant |KPMG –
The trainer was excellent and the course was well delivered. However we could have done with a longer timeframe to complete the course.
Manisha Arora | Tech Consultant |KPMG –
The trainer was excellent, however we could have more preperation time and study time
Rebecca Barosi | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Trainer was great!! I think there needs to be a separate day for exam and learning days
Nicola Mcdermott| Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Training was excellent would of liked more exercises and homework though.
Ayao Akin| Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
Trainer was excellent, would of liked the content to be spread over more days.
Kate Hawkins | Graduate Trainee | KPMG –
The teacher was excellent!! Quite a lot of information to process in such a short space of time, a extra day would be preferable.
Chris Rose | KPMG –
Trainer was excellent, would of preferred a longer timescale but this is restricted by KPMG
Edward Rainbow | Operations Consultant | Savanta –
I attended the course to gain knowledge of software / IT Workings / Testing and to gain a qualification in the process. The course met all my objectives and the trainer was excellent
Usman Ali –
I did an ISTQB Tester Foundation course with TSG and the entire experience was amazing.
Alexandra Gonce | QA | Amelco Ltd –
I attended this course to learn about the foundation of testing and to become a better tester. I was very satisfied with the course and it met all my objectives. The trainer Angelica was excellent.
Wayne Joseph | QA Analyst | Creative Technologies –
I attended this course to fill in my knowledge gap. I was very satisifed with the course which met all my objects. The course tutor was excellent
Josh strain| Senior Test Manager|Telefonica UK –
Great to learn the basics and fundamentals of software testing
Julia Steinberg –
I really enjoyed the course – the material was presented excellently and was very thouroughly explained. It was engaging and I felt like it has helped me tremendously in understanding the basics of testing and how to adhere to best practices.
Thank you very much, John, for the great experience!
George SPEDDING| SENIOR TEST MANAGER|MOD –
INTENSIVE COURSE BUT WELL PRESENTED
Chris“` Webber| Test Analyst|LV Insurance –
John really was an excellent tutor. Patient, knowledgeable, kind, able to simplify and demonstrate complex subjects with ease. I really think he made all the difference and I feel lucky that he was our tutor. The course itself was very well structured & I felt like I learnt a lot in a short space of time.
Ramesa Khan| Junior QA Engineer|O2 –
Really good, john interacted very well and made it very easy to understand
Chad Bradshaw| Test Analyst|Elecosoft –
Very good – was able to stay focused and information was explained in a simple and clear way.
Jim McGrellis| QA & Test|Telefonica UK –
The course content and trainer were good, the course was very intensive and a lot to take in.
Due to covid it was delivered virtually, which is not my preferred method of learning, I would have preferred a classroom based course for something as intensive and involved as this course, but understand the reasoning behind this due to the current circumstances. Thanks
Zahra Jaffer| Junior Test Analyst|IRIS Software Group –
The course was quite complex but I felt that John explained everything in a very clear and concise manner so that it was understandable. I am very pleased with the training and the resources that have been given to me, I feel as though I have learnt a huge amount. A lot of this goes to the trainer as he took the time out to answer our questions and give us better examples and techniques for the exam.
Kumud Ranjan| Associate Manager|Accenture –
Great trainer. Explain the every bit with the example which really help to understand the concept and always happy to assist.
Wayne Francis| Test Analyst|MHRA –
Enjoyed the course and John helped me to understand the trickier parts. only wish I could take his brain whilst doing the exam.
Toby Brown| QA Engineer|Telefonica UK –
I found this online course much better than expected. Content was very thorough and well-presented. John Young gave great explanations to queries throughout. As a trainer he’s very patient and willing to get to the bottom of any questions that you have. He’s also easy to listen to and understand.
Priya Uka| Functional Tester|RCI Financial Services –
There was a lot of content to learn but I feel John went through it very well and willingly slowed down and went over content until everyone confirmed they understood.
Breaks were given at good intervals which helped everyone come back ready to absorb more content
Kelly Robinson-McBride| QA Engineer|Iris Software Group –
Concise, a little overwhelming but great overall
Will Blakeney|Apprentice Software Tester|HMRC –
Appreciated having classroom, homework and mock exam exercises. Another mock exam booklet would also be useful to consolidate learning.
Thomas Gallagher|Data & Tech Analyst|KPMG –
John was very helpful in explaining everything I needed to learn for the ISTQB exam, he was also very friendly and approachable. I was initially a bit worried about the remote learning, but John made the change from classroom learning to remote learning very easy.
Sofia Penim|Test Manager|Siemens –
Very good course still felt very crammed but that is the nature of the course. Some the presentation slides could be presented more formally and concisely to take the key messages away. Trainer was very knowledge not only on content but also test conditions. Trainer also had good knowledge in how to tailor the course to our needs.
Satish Pai|Consultant|CTG UK –
Very informative, John was super helpful
Robert Gale|QA Manager|Deloitte LLP –
The instructor was amazing, cheerful and very relatable. Literally one of the best online courses.
Rita Gracio|Business Tester|Siemens –
I’m very pleased about the course. Instructor was excellent, he explained every bit very clearly. I have passed my ISTQB Foundation Level exam successfully.
Nuno Dias|Senior Business Tester|Siemens –
Overall, it was a very pleasant experience and I think John managed the course very well. He set a strong, consistent pace and explained all the content very well as well. I think the course content was a little heavier to understand towards the end of the first day and the first half of the second, especially as I have not had any experience in testing, which made it slightly harder to retain the theory.
Maria Antonia Pasculli|project manager| –
The course is very extensive with a lot of reading, but there are alot of classroom exercises that helps with the understanding of the material.
My trainer is very helpful and informative. Kept the whole class engaged.
Luis Correia|| –
Paul was so lovely and helpful. He went through the course with good pace and detail and was always willing to help and explain things in more detail
Lucy Briggs|Graduate Trainee|KPMG –
Hard to say since I have not yet taken the exam but I thought the course was very well delivered, the trainer was excellent and friendly.
Louisa Costa|Functional Test Analyst|RCI Financial Services –
I thought the course was well run and everything was explained thoroughly.
Kevin Ayres|Test Manager|Metropolitan Police Service –
The course was very interesting. However I believe that such trainings should be taught with physical presence. It was the first time I had online training, and I realize how much I missed the personal interaction with the trainer, and the communication during the lesson with my colleagues. I know this training was offered via internet due to the situation. I hope the level ISTQB level to be organised in a classroom. Rosie was of course there in order to solve our concerns and questions, but I feel it would be nice if she could see us shaking our head for a “yes” when she was asking questions. Regarding with the exams, personally I disagree with the fact that we were not allowed to have a paper. It was time consuming. Also, it would be better to have a 5-min practice in the exam environment, to see how it behaves. I had many times interruptions due to the demand to refresh the screen share.
Extra comment: In homework sample questions, in page 41 the question 55 has a typo. Instead of answer “A”, it says “D”
Kelly Robinson-McBride|QA Engineer|Iris Software Group –
I was very pleased with the virtual delivery of this course. The course ran seamlessly and was very well structured. John clearly has high expertise in this area and is very experienced in teaching. His teaching style is great – very supportive and thorough in his explanation of theory and in answering follow up questions. The virtual classes are a good solution to the current restrictions on learning and I would recommend.
Idris Khan|Senior QA|Camelot UK –
The course was virtual (because of the Covid-19). However I didn’t have any problem connecting to it. John Young is a brilliant trainer, he has examples for everything and his drawing really helps. Thank you John, much appreciated.
Emily Hughes|Analyst|KPMG –
Angelina was very engaging and friendly. Explained things well and very happy to go over things that were confusing us. I feel I have learned a lot.
Chris Pizey|Consultant|KPMG –
Engaging content but seems like there is a huge amount of it to process in very little time for the examination.
Charalampos Saltsidis|IT Consultant|European Dynamics –
Pros
Good preparation with additional mock test.
Most of the exam questions had already been explained by Rosie during the course.
Cons
I fully understand the difficulties of a remote course, however I think that the course should be more interactive. Otherwise, it ends up being boring.
For homework and classroom exercises, I would expect that we discussed all of them, regardless of whether we mentioned that we have questions or not.
Brian Morris|Automation Engineer|Mirada Medical Ltd –
Angelina represents both TSG and the ISTQB exceptionally well. I am traditionally a sceptic to courses, but in 3 days I have changed that bias – primarily from the depth of knowledge Angelina imparted during the course. Not only is the course material covered comprehensively, but she delivers it in an interactive way that relates back to our own working environments. Modern testing practise may mean different things to different companies / testers, and it is clear Angelina has experience across the whole testing realm, including the real-world team dynamics which make/break the process. Three days remote could be tough work for most trainees, but the continuous flow of new information, delivered in bitesize chunks kept the momentum / enthusiasm working in the team. I feel this is not an easy task to achieve – and this presents additional value that I have not experienced on other courses / other tutors. As a final note, I feel Angelina is genuinely passionate about testing, and is therefore open to healthy debate on the topic (from challenging students like myself). For those reasons : “Excellent” rating above.
Ali Hussain|Software Test Analyst Level 1|HRA –
I found the course to be very good with great detail. I would definitely say it was worth attending.
Alex Harman|Product Delivery Analyst|Liverpool Victoria –
Very good course. Was kept interested throughout the course.
Alex Snow|Assistant Test Team Manager|Old Mutual Wealth/Quilter –
John was engaging and patient. While I know this slightly frustrated one of my colleagues who had no problem keeping up, I could tell that others really appreciated it, as he would make any confusing rationale clear.
Matthew Workman | Tester | Living Map –
I found the course met my ojectives and was very satisfied with the course content. The trainer was excellent
Dhivya Thiruginanam | Testing Specialist | RBS –
I attended the course to gain certification, I was very happy with the pre-course organisation and administration. The course met all my objectives and I was very satisifed with the course overall.
Anonymous –
Course was informative and went over a lot of information throughout the 3 days. Maybe would have benefited from another half day to ensure things were not as rushed towards the end to make sure everything was covered.
Anonymous –
Really well explain. Angelina was amazing and really careful with the attention to detail, making sure we all understood and comprehend the logic behind the words.
Anonymous –
I like the course and the the supplementary document really helped.
Anonymous –
Very informative and helpful course. All of the areas were covered well and in detail with support to go over more difficult areas as needed. I’d definitely consider taking another course through this provider.
Anonymous –
More condensed in the first days, less in the last day.
Anonymous –
Needs to be more than 3 days so we can have more time to solidify everything
Anonymous –
Knowledgeable trainer, content was detailed and thorough. Good to have access to past papers with separate answer sheets
Anonymous –
The course has been interesting. There has been a lot of new information however Richard has been a brilliant trainer. His teaching style is great, with the use of slides, the whiteboard for more interactive detail, exam questions, and the regular recaps of information which help to piece it all together. From not know anything about testing, i feel comfortable with the foundations and confident with the approaching exam. The course content and information is accessible and detailed.
Anonymous –
Richard was excellent at guiding us through the course material, pulling real-life examples where possible to keep the audience engaged. His method of delivery was calm and confident while still delivering with enough emotion to keep things interesting, making him one of the best presenters I’ve come across. Well done Richard!
Anonymous –
Good coverage on wide range of test concepts and overlapping with agile delivery practices
Anonymous –
All the concepts were really well explained. Resources were easy to access and really helpful. Personal preference would be to have more interactive learning as struggle to listen and concentrate for such long periods of time (sometimes 2hours at a time).
Anonymous –
Richard was good at articulating concepts and spoke in a clear and concise way. He emphasised the importance of group involvement and discussion
Anonymous –
Well presented, liked the intermittent exam questions to test our knowledge
Anonymous –
Course was delivered expertly, with clear information and well-thought out examples. Instructor was warm, personable and willing to answer questions with detail.
Anonymous –
The course has been very informative. It’s been easy to keep focused and highlighted areas I need to spend more time revising and learning.
Anonymous –
Very intense but very informative. Trainer took time to explain the more complex stuff. Practice exam questions were also useful in understanding what could have been potentially missed in the training.
Anonymous –
The course has been very helpful in providing valuable information in such a short time. Even though there is a lot of content to go through, it is easy to understand, which is mainly thanks to Richard and the way he goes through the slides and is able to deliver the content. Very nice, valuable course thank you.
Anonymous –
Good course and content. I did find it little hard to concentrate for the longish periods with lots of new material a pace. That’s the nature of a 3 day course I though I suppose. If I was primarily a tester I expect this would be much easier. Still goood though
Anonymous –
The course was well paced and the instructor had clear explanations. I found the exercises and additional resources very helpful.
Anonymous –
The trainer was knowledgeable and answered questions. The pace of the course was also good.
I liked the fact that when other topics were covered, the trainer gave context.
Anonymous –
The course was very thorough but easy to follow along with. Richard made sure that everyone understood what was being conveyed before progressing and was knowledgeable too. It feels like a basic understanding of testing was important to the course as terminology used was implied as standard.
Anonymous –
Content was well presented with clear and concise explanations of the topics. Past papers and home exercises were provided for revision. Trainer adept and answering questions + giving detailed breakdowns of past paper example where requested.
Anonymous –
The course was delivered well, the short exercises and test exam papers were particularly helpful in cementing the knowledge. Thanks.
Anonymous –
Lots of useful content with worked examples I found very helpful.
Anonymous –
Trainer was great, however I struggle to learn from lectures and generally learn better with a more hands on/exercise based approach.
Anonymous –
The course was useful in that it gave me confidence that what I have been doing is correct. Also, it helped to categorize (or put a name to) the practices I’m doing. There are many useful testing tips for the exams.
I found mock exams quite difficult and tricky (very wordy). I can see the effort to incorporate traditional and modern SDLCs, and there are many things in common but I’ve been practicing agile for many years, so I would appreciate if the foundation was also available for agile.
Anonymous –
I found the course interesting, entertaining and above all informative. The course had 6 people attending which was a great size. Karen knew her subject and was able to explain complicated idea’s and answered all our questions. She kept it light and I enjoyed every day on the course. I learnt loads.
Anonymous –
Coming from a background with no testing experience I found this course to be a bit more advanced than the foundation level it was stated. I thought we would be being taught on how to create test scripts/suites and how to run tests.
Anonymous –
Aspects of the course are at odds with my 25+ years of testing (naming conventions etc). As an introduction to testing this would be good. I would use the analogy of a long time driver sitting a driving test lol.
Anonymous –
I enjoyed the course – felt very intensive as the syllabus is very full. Trainer gave great insights and personal stories from her time as a tester. Slides felt overly busy though, hard to consume all the information fully when there are a hundred and one things being shown at one time. So a simplified slide deck would be personally preferred.
Homework and End of Exercise activities were also good – only problem is that the questions in the mock papers are dubbed ‘harder’ than the actual exam. This isnt necessarily bad thing as it prepares you fully for the worst case scenario – however having a fairer mix of questions set would be an improvement.
Anonymous –
The course was good, interesting to build upon existing knowledge; however it can be lacking in crucial information for absolute beginners who have never worked in testing or even in IT altogether.
There should also be additional entry information about test automation.
Anonymous –
Rosie was fabulous as always – really enjoyed having her as a trainer for several of the courses we were enlisted on for our software testing apprenticeship.
Anonymous –
The trainer was very helpful and he was always asking us if we had any doubts. The exercises during the course were very important to consolidate knowledge.
Anonymous –
Excellent course, it was explained very very well!
Anonymous –
A very informative and well put together course. I struggled understanding a few of the concepts that were new, but Richard explained things rather well.
Anonymous –
Richard took us through the material at a good pace and was very patient and offered extra help along the way. Very happy with the training, it was as stated intensive due to the amount of information delivered in the short space of time.
Anonymous –
very informative and structured
Anonymous –
It was helpful but I would appreciated a lot if we had the flexibility possibility to change the dates (because I was on holiday on monday so I missed the 1st classs)
Anonymous –
I recently completed the 754 course, and it has been an enlightening and enriching experience, largely thanks to the brilliance of my trainer. The course covered a comprehensive range of topics related to software testing, and the trainer’s expertise was evident in their ability to break down complex concepts into digestible and practical information. They fostered an engaging and interactive learning environment, encouraging questions and discussions that deepened our understanding of the material. The trainer’s real-world examples and case studies provided valuable insights into the application of testing principles in various scenarios. Their passion for the subject matter was palpable, creating an inspiring atmosphere that motivated me to delve deeper into the intricacies of software testing. The training not only prepared me for the 754 exam but also equipped me with practical knowledge that I can apply in my professional career. I am grateful for the dedication and skill of my trainer, as they played a pivotal role in making the course a highly beneficial and enjoyable learning experience.
Anonymous –
Overall the course was good. But sitting for whole day was bit tiresome
Anonymous –
There is a lot of information given in this course and it was quite a lot to take in, especially day 1 with all the 3 sections of theory (I needed a lie down) – although I assume I am not the usual target audience for this course (no experience of software testing/haven’t worked in testing/never will), so I may have found there was more to learn than other delegates perhaps – however saying that, the information given in the course and the supporting materials provided still have been enough to enable me to correctly answer a good number of sample exam questions and with revision, hopefully pass the exam. Rosie is incredibly knowledgeable on this subject and was able to break down the info and give real life examples to explain the topics in a more understandable way, even understandable to me, a non-technical person. Thoroughly enjoyed the course, although it was hard work!
Anonymous –
A lot of information to take in over the 3 Days. Rosie is very knowledgeable & her approach to training has helped me to understand the course materials. Lots of revision to do before the Exam
Anonymous –
The course was packed with information and a lot to take in but the way Rosie delivered the course really helped with this and the understanding. The examples delivered helped with my understanding of each module. The course material is very helpful and clear to use and make sense of and going through the exam questions after doing a few questions helped my understanding of where I went right and wrong
Anonymous –
Amazing course structure with proper explanations using examples.
Anonymous –
Rosie was very engaging. She mixed real life examples with the exacts of the syllabus very well which made it easier to understand.
There were the correct amount of breaks with the amount of information given.
The amount of homework also seemed reasonable given the amount of concentrating we needed to do during the day.
I’m not a big fan of breakout rooms personally, so perhaps more full group discussions instead?
The first day is very heavy with information.
Anonymous –
The trainer was excellent, although it feels like a lot of information has been crammed into a small amount of time.
Anonymous –
The course is well developed with all information being presented well, and within a 3 day timeline which feels guided, concise and still has time to interact with the students
Anonymous –
Very well presented, very clear training with well thought out exercises. Nice bits of group work to keep things different, with different people each time.
Anonymous –
Rosie was absolutely amazing to learn from, the way she described test scenarios in an easy to relate way was superb. she was easy to listen to and even gave me extra tasks which was amazing. I couldn’t of hoped for a better trainer thank you.
Anonymous –
John was great at getting us through all the syllabus. Because we all have experience in testing he was also very patient with us and great at focussing our thoughts onto the syllabus rather than try and answer exam questions based on our actual experience.
Anonymous –
Lots of content, intense pace, but no hanging around – good materials and sample questions were good.
Anonymous –
Great course, John is really good. The questions often have fairly significant ambiguity where multiple answers could be correct, which creates an obvious problem in an exam setting.
Anonymous –
Definitely a good start for testers interested in learning more about testing foundations. Lot of knowledge to take in.
Anonymous –
course was interesting and very insightful. Perhaps could’ve been a bit more interactive to help make it more engaging. But was overall a very good quality training in general.
Anonymous –
Gave the course clearly, with giving examples and explanations of the concepts without just reading off the slides. Encouraged engagement within the class within each section giving opportunity to test knowledge throughout.
Anonymous –
Course material was very dense – hard to take in a lot of wordy info in such a short amount of time. The trainer Angelina was great though, kept us engaged and was very enthusiastic and helpful
Anonymous –
Course was ok.
Maybe more emphasis on the exam and working through exam question examples would have been useful.
Maybe checking our knowledge level before the course so that it is pitched at the right level. Example, some of the course felt as though it was aimed at junior testers, where as we’re mostly quite experienced.
The fact that the course materials are locked down is annoying and prevents effective taking of notes.
The reasons given didn’t seem valid – it would be much easier to distribute electronic documents if we wanted to share them. Also, printing the documents is kind of trivial – in that they can be screenshot then printed, so it just feels petty and cheap to disallow this.
Anonymous –
Richard went at a pace that was comfortable for everyone. He was good at changing the pitch if his voice in order to keep us engaged. I liked doing the classwork exercises at the end of each section. The course content was very relevant to my workplace and I feel it will help us standardise testing approaches within our organization.
Anonymous –
The trainer was very good and explained things very well. She kept the course interesting and varied.
Anonymous –
Although Rosie mentioned reasonable adjustments for the exam, Rosie did not discuss with us whether we might have needed adjustments whilst learning. As an autistic person, I struggled greatly with the groupwork, especially where we got placed into different zoom rooms as the transition was difficult, plus I take longer to process information than allistic (non-autistic) people do. So, as my group members were getting onto discussing the answers for exercises, I was still processing the question. I didn’t feel comfortable disclosing my autism diagnosis to the random groups I was placed in, so it often made it look like I wasn’t willing to join in when actually I was struggling for time. This then meant I was relying on them telling me what they thought the answer was without having the chance to work it out for myself. I would have greatly benefitted from having the choice to do the exercises alone and having the extra time I would receive in the exam added on to those exercises.
I also struggled with completing homework tasks each evening, ready for the next day, although I did complete these. It could have been beneficial for me, and possibly for others, to have the choice of saving the homework exercises to use for revision in our own time if we wanted to, as I feel I would have benefitted from revising the topics I know I struggled with each day rather than moving straight onto a homework task where I would likely score the same as I had earlier on in the day.
I am also concerned about how accessible the questions will be when I take my exam on Monday. Considering one of our exercise questions had an image that was blurry and hard to decipher and that one of the questions was distracting due to it being sexist. I hope that the questions on the actual exam are accessible and up to date. And maybe the exercise questions can be improved for future people taking this course.
Anonymous –
Challenging, in respect of both volume and nature of information to retain. Course was well delivered, trainer was kind, patient and understanding.
Anonymous –
It is a difficult course but it is nice to do the course like this where you share experiences and make that relevant to the course content.
Anonymous –
I found the course to be fairly clear and concise. There were a lot of terms that I had not heard and techniques I had not used, and a lot of exam questions that confused me. However, there were no areas where I felt like I didn’t get good explanations.
My only criticism is that I feel like the group work could have been handled slightly better. I enjoyed getting a chance to talk through answers and figuring out answers as a team, and I would like more of that. However, it would have been nice to have a bit more time to discuss answers and it could have been good to mix up the groups and work with different people on the course.
Anonymous –
Practical and detail as a baseline of knowledge for testers to be implemented and to improve the quality of testing
Anonymous –
The course content was useful, definite applications to my role and those of my team. A very challenging amount of content in 3 days, the first day was very theory heavy, would be good if this could be broken up with some more practical or interactive content. I think this would help to retain engagement on day 1.
Anonymous –
For me there was too much content to take on board and i felt overwhelmed with it. The exam questions are hard and it appears difficult to pass it. Rosie was excellent and she worked very hard for us during the training.
Anonymous –
Took the virtual classroom course to help with an exam resit after doing online learning. Felt like I learned new things and areas were explained better by Rosie.
Anonymous –
Excellent content and very knowledgeable trainer. Would have liked the course to be over 5 days with more practical interactions
Anonymous –
Very informative. Could do with more mock exam papers
Anonymous –
Rosie really brought the subject to life, great examples and good amount of breaks
Anonymous –
Excellent course and trainer. Interactive and informative.
Anonymous –
Good course. Some very heavy and intensive topics covered well
Anonymous –
well-paced, good student engagement with course material through practice tests and monitoring of student progression.
Anonymous –
Rosie was very approachable and very clear in explanations and detail. The course itself is very tough but we have been given the tools to revise outside for the exam.
Anonymous –
Its a very intense course. A bit much for someone with dyslexia to take in in the 3 days. but the instructor was as thorough and patient as could be
Anonymous –
Rosie was very friendly and helpful. She gave very clear explanations and examples, and went at a reasonable pace.
The exam feels more like it’s testing your english skills rather than your testing knowledge.
The course is great albeit very dense. Might be more digestible if it were shorter session spread across more days?
Anonymous –
The content was good and the lecturer seemed to know their stuff, but it felt too dense on content to cover everything properly in 3 days. It might just be a constraint of the course, but I think covering things in more shorter sessions would probably be better.
Anonymous –
More time to go through certain sections would have been helpful.
Anonymous –
Rosie provided exceptional guidance throughout the course. Her clear and detailed explanations greatly facilitated my understanding, enabling me to enhance my skills as a software tester.
Anonymous –
Course was intensive but interesting. Rosie was very pleasant.
Anonymous –
The course was engaging and had interesting information in between.
Anonymous –
Very comprehensive content, very helpful trainer and the ability to do practice questions was very helpful. In some instances the pace of going through slides was slow, however I understand repetition is useful to retain knowledge
Anonymous –
Great course and great trainer, explained things clearly and provided loads of guidance
Anonymous –
Richard done a great job breaking down different concepts and ensuring everyone understood the material. Only point of improvement would be to have more interactive exercises throughout to help facilitate engagement with the content.
Anonymous –
It was really good, very interesting and informative. however, the exercices could be divided up a more during the course or have more of them.
Anonymous –
The course has been a good introduction and the concepts behind them. Richard has made the course engaging often using examples from his career to clarify complicated topics and points.
Anonymous –
Good
Anonymous –
Richard was very thorough and extremely patient throughout the course. His explanations for the different topics were clear and his guidance for the exam was extremely insightful as well! Thank you so much Richard 🙂
Anonymous –
Great course and Richard made the content interesting and engaging as much as possible. Liked that there was exam questions and class exercises built into the content structure. The only negative was the lack of interaction within the group – I think this would have been better to be a cameras on course and encourage this level of participation from the entire group from the beginning. Makes it much easier to pay attention.
Anonymous –
Richard was excellent and offer his guidaance on everything
Anonymous –
Angelina was a great trainer. Enthusiastic, great at explaining. I learnt a lot.
Anonymous –
The trainer was helpful in terms of how to approach questions, broken down complex items.
Anonymous –
She made it very interesting by engaging all of us and relating it to our practical day-to-day scenario. Absolutely satisfied with the course learning.
Anonymous –
Second time taking the course, as I just missed the pass mark on my exam. Angelina is very knowledgeable, friendly and made me understand things that I previously didn’t. She took some time out to make some questions up to help me which I really appreciated.
Anonymous –
Really informative. Well paced. Interactive – Enjoyed the snippets of Angelina’s experience which she shared throughout
Anonymous –
Angelina was amazing. Extremely knowledgeable, knew how to break down complex topics and ensured it was interactive. My only surprise was that she didn’t have her camera on and also didn’t ask the delegates to turn theirs on as well. This makes it really hard to follow and very impersonal. We are so used to being virtual that I would expect cameras turned on as standard. Of course you can’t force delegates, however, at the very least I would expect the trainer to be on.
Anonymous –
The course was quite intense (theory wise) with a lot of new words being thrown at me – but after raising this was my weakness Angelina mentioned ways of reading and testing my knowledge (and double checking the syllabus).
She was fun and friendly throughout the 3 days and I have learnt a lot.
Anonymous –
Very informative and very well presented.
Anonymous –
John was very good. I felt he could have asked closed questions of individuals to check understanding rather than ‘are we all ok?’ or ‘do we all understand?’ though. I found that despite it being a Foundation course, I was the minority in the group of those who were not already working as testers/similar and this severely impacted on my ability to relate to the content and grasp the concepts at the rate the course seemingly expected. The syllabus also seemed place little emphasis on laying a general, introductory-level foundation of the various types of testing, etc and instead spent a disproportionate amount of time focusing on reporting techniques that appeared hugely theoretical, somewhat antiquated and likely to only be utilised by those few in very large corporates.
Anonymous –
Very well lead course, John was very clear, and created a positive learning environment. Well structured course with good walkthroughs of in class examples and debriefing of sample exam questions.
Anonymous –
A brilliantly executed course by a man who really knows his stuff but thee is so much information to take in!
Anonymous –
Very informative, knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. John explained everything with his notes and annotations
Anonymous –
Fantastic work by John. Very detailed and meaningful explanations.
Anonymous –
Awesome course material
Anonymous –
Intense but very useful
Anonymous –
John was useful, well rounded at explaining and had many examples up his sleeve to use to explain concepts and examples.
He took time to listen to why we as a group answered some questions incorrectly, and was friendly and jovial throughout what is quite literally a very material intensive 3 days cram course!
Anonymous –
John was really excellent, one of the best trainers I have done a course with. He is extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic even after several days of the course.
Anonymous –
Very friendly and professional trainer
Anonymous –
Very thorough. well spaced out with breaks
Anonymous –
Was good but did not stick to scheduled times.
Anonymous –
It was a 3 day training course and our trainer Ms Angelina really explained the topics very well.
At the end of each topic she checked our knowledge to make sure we are following and also kept the session very interactive and engaging. I will really like to join another course with her as a trainer.
Thanks
Sree
Anonymous –
Although the syllabus was hard to follow for me personally the trainer did a great job and getting me through it all. I’m not feeling overly confident for the test but fingers crossed a lot more revision between now and then will get me over the line. Thanks
Anonymous –
Angelina is an excellent trainer, obviously very experienced both in the subject being covered and teaching it. She constantly sought to engage the delegates, to ensure we were all absorbing the course material. I was extremely impressed with her conduct.
However, I do think the course maybe needs an extra day of learning. We were covering a lot of terminology and concepts and were in some areas forced to go quickly through things. And we only had time for a 45 minute lunch break, which I felt could be an hour if we had another day to work with!
Anonymous –
It was good to know lots of terms , which is new to me
Anonymous –
It was a really insightful and helpful session. Overall great course to gather more knowledge for the ISTQB exam. Well Explained. Thank you!
Anonymous –
Very good training and will recommend to others.
Anonymous –
With all the information been well explain and useful I found it very stressful to study for 8 hours and process all the new data.
Also I would love to have more practice with exam questions and similar quizzes, since I took lots of those myself to be better prepared for exam (and also to let the course information sink properly).
I also found that trainer skipped some parts of presentation and led the course her own way, which made me feel like some course pieces are not actual and valid anymore.
To sum up I’m really satisfied with the course and would definitely recommend it to others. Maybe questions I have are just mine own misunderstandings (came from my QA experience).
Anonymous –
This was the first instructor-led classroom course I have done for quite some time and it really was well worth the wait. John is an extremely versatile and capable trainer and nothing was too much trouble for him throughout the course. I would sincerely recommend TSG Training and would doubly recommend John Young as a trainer. Excellent overall!
Anonymous –
It was well delivered and covered about the right depth, at the right tempo. 11/11 have passed the exam so far (with one more to take it on Monday)
Anonymous –
Angelina explained the details of the course very well.
Anonymous –
The training did not provide techniques on how to answer the questions.
Anonymous –
It was a very rewarding course to take, Angelina was very helpful and detailed when explaining each part of the course. Couldn’t have asked for a better trainer.
Anonymous –
In depth and informative. However, exam questions are shocking in their language use and understandability
Anonymous –
The course (when using the full 3 days) was a good length for the training being provided. Any less would have been too much in such a short time.
Anonymous –
The course was ran really well, Angelina knows her stuff, I’m just not 100% sure on how a lot of the syllabus is worded, I feel like it tested my word play skills rather than informing me of the actual QA knowledge, I guess we will see for definite after taking the exam.
Anonymous –
The trainer was helpful in terms of how to approach questions, broken down complex items.
Anonymous –
She made it very interesting by engaging all of us and relating it to our practical day-to-day scenario. Absolutely satisfied with the course learning.
Anonymous –
Second time taking the course, as I just missed the pass mark on my exam. Angelina is very knowledgeable, friendly and made me understand things that I previously didn’t. She took some time out to make some questions up to help me which I really appreciated.
Anonymous –
Really informative. Well paced. Interactive – Enjoyed the snippets of Angelina’s experience which she shared throughout
Anonymous –
Angelina was amazing. Extremely knowledgeable, knew how to break down complex topics and ensured it was interactive. My only surprise was that she didn’t have her camera on and also didn’t ask the delegates to turn theirs on as well. This makes it really hard to follow and very impersonal. We are so used to being virtual that I would expect cameras turned on as standard. Of course you can’t force delegates, however, at the very least I would expect the trainer to be on.
Anonymous –
The course was quite intense (theory wise) with a lot of new words being thrown at me – but after raising this was my weakness Angelina mentioned ways of reading and testing my knowledge (and double checking the syllabus).
She was fun and friendly throughout the 3 days and I have learnt a lot.
Anonymous –
Very informative and very well presented.
Anonymous –
John was very good. I felt he could have asked closed questions of individuals to check understanding rather than ‘are we all ok?’ or ‘do we all understand?’ though. I found that despite it being a Foundation course, I was the minority in the group of those who were not already working as testers/similar and this severely impacted on my ability to relate to the content and grasp the concepts at the rate the course seemingly expected. The syllabus also seemed place little emphasis on laying a general, introductory-level foundation of the various types of testing, etc and instead spent a disproportionate amount of time focusing on reporting techniques that appeared hugely theoretical, somewhat antiquated and likely to only be utilised by those few in very large corporates.
Anonymous –
Very well lead course, John was very clear, and created a positive learning environment. Well structured course with good walkthroughs of in class examples and debriefing of sample exam questions.
Anonymous –
A brilliantly executed course by a man who really knows his stuff but thee is so much information to take in!
Anonymous –
Very informative, knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. John explained everything with his notes and annotations
Anonymous –
Fantastic work by John. Very detailed and meaningful explanations.
Anonymous –
Awesome course material
Anonymous –
Intense but very useful
Anonymous –
John was useful, well rounded at explaining and had many examples up his sleeve to use to explain concepts and examples.
He took time to listen to why we as a group answered some questions incorrectly, and was friendly and jovial throughout what is quite literally a very material intensive 3 days cram course!
Anonymous –
John was really excellent, one of the best trainers I have done a course with. He is extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic even after several days of the course.
Anonymous –
Very friendly and professional trainer
Anonymous –
Very thorough. well spaced out with breaks
Anonymous –
Was good but did not stick to scheduled times.
Anonymous –
It was a 3 day training course and our trainer Ms Angelina really explained the topics very well.
At the end of each topic she checked our knowledge to make sure we are following and also kept the session very interactive and engaging. I will really like to join another course with her as a trainer.
Thanks
Sree
Anonymous –
Although the syllabus was hard to follow for me personally the trainer did a great job and getting me through it all. I’m not feeling overly confident for the test but fingers crossed a lot more revision between now and then will get me over the line. Thanks
Anonymous –
Angelina is an excellent trainer, obviously very experienced both in the subject being covered and teaching it. She constantly sought to engage the delegates, to ensure we were all absorbing the course material. I was extremely impressed with her conduct.
However, I do think the course maybe needs an extra day of learning. We were covering a lot of terminology and concepts and were in some areas forced to go quickly through things. And we only had time for a 45 minute lunch break, which I felt could be an hour if we had another day to work with!
Anonymous –
It was good to know lots of terms , which is new to me
Anonymous –
It was a really insightful and helpful session. Overall great course to gather more knowledge for the ISTQB exam. Well Explained. Thank you!
Anonymous –
Very good training and will recommend to others.
Anonymous –
With all the information been well explain and useful I found it very stressful to study for 8 hours and process all the new data.
Also I would love to have more practice with exam questions and similar quizzes, since I took lots of those myself to be better prepared for exam (and also to let the course information sink properly).
I also found that trainer skipped some parts of presentation and led the course her own way, which made me feel like some course pieces are not actual and valid anymore.
To sum up I’m really satisfied with the course and would definitely recommend it to others. Maybe questions I have are just mine own misunderstandings (came from my QA experience).
Anonymous –
This was the first instructor-led classroom course I have done for quite some time and it really was well worth the wait. John is an extremely versatile and capable trainer and nothing was too much trouble for him throughout the course. I would sincerely recommend TSG Training and would doubly recommend John Young as a trainer. Excellent overall!
Anonymous –
It was well delivered and covered about the right depth, at the right tempo. 11/11 have passed the exam so far (with one more to take it on Monday)
Anonymous –
Angelina explained the details of the course very well.
Anonymous –
The training did not provide techniques on how to answer the questions.
Anonymous –
It was a very rewarding course to take, Angelina was very helpful and detailed when explaining each part of the course. Couldn’t have asked for a better trainer.
Anonymous –
In depth and informative. However, exam questions are shocking in their language use and understandability
Anonymous –
The course (when using the full 3 days) was a good length for the training being provided. Any less would have been too much in such a short time.
Anonymous –
The course was ran really well, Angelina knows her stuff, I’m just not 100% sure on how a lot of the syllabus is worded, I feel like it tested my word play skills rather than informing me of the actual QA knowledge, I guess we will see for definite after taking the exam.
Kelly Pygott | Analytics Test Analysis | MHR –
Really good course, very interactive! The course tutor happily answered all questions raised and walk through areas which seemed to be problematic.
Poornendulal Venugopalan | Principal Consultant | Capgemini –
Very clear and very detailed instruction. Perfect content delivery. Thank you so much.
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It was a lot of material that was covered very quickly but the support and the ability to go through example questions was very helpful.
Catherine Gould | Senior Test Analyst | Mission Marketing Group –
Really useful, interactive and well run course
Daniel Murphy | Business Analyst | Trace Solutions –
Very interactive and a lot of content covered
Gauri | Kaza | Barnett Waddingham –
Would be good if it was 4 day course
Jennifer Price | Test Analyst | New Look –
I think Rosie did a great job of explaining the course material and making it engaging with relevant examples.
Nicole (Nicki) Jackson | Test Lead | New Look –
The course was good, but I felt if day 3 was on day 1, that would have been a better as it was less to remember. Days 1 and 2 I found intensive to remember and day 3 wasn’t so much, but that’s just me personally.
Luke Waite | Test Analyst | New Look –
Well presented with good examples and practice questions, in particular the practice questions were really helpful to apply what we learned in the previous section
Vidhya Ethiraj | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Very interactive and the concept was thought from basic to in depth. Well planned and received all the course materials well before.
Juliet Reed | Test Analyst | Office for National Statistics –
The course was presented well with good clear content on the power slides. Angelina’s delivery of the course was very clear and was presented in a jovial and professional way and managed to get good participation from all the attendees.
Nirojan Yogeswaran | Tester | Capgemini –
Course was presented in a very understandable manner, with Angelina making sure everyone understood the material. The Summaries and Excercises furthermore supplemented the course very well. Thoroughly enjoyed it and most important of all, I feel I am in a better place to pass the exam.
James Butchart | QA Engineer | Foundry –
The course was intense but Angelina made it as entertaining as possible and kept me engaged.
Iain Stanley | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Very informative and broken into understandable (and logical) chunks, taken at a very good pace. Trainer was helpful, and answered any questions from the class as and when required.
Matthew Rogers | Test Engineer | Capgemini –
Course was fantastic, teacher was very enthusiastic and took time to carefully explain.
William Dambe | Junior Analyst Developer | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust –
Angelina was clearly very knowledgeable, and the course material was interesting and relevant to my work.
At times, it did feel like subjects could have been covered in more depth, but given the limited time available the balance was probably about right for an introductory course.
Richard Alston | eForm Developer | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals –
This was my first look at formal software testing approaches/techniques. Whilst some of the course was a bit too in-depth for the low code platform I use, there were many aspects which I found useful. Testing is something I have already been doing but with no formal structure, so it was good to see that I was already following the correct methodology but also to learn a lot more about the techniques used and to learn some new/alternative techniques.
Susan Lythgoe | EPR Project Manager | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust –
Angelina was very knowledgeable and engaging. She encourage lots of discussion amongst the group helping us translate what we were learning into our real life scenarios. It was a really enjoyable course and very interesting.
James Thorniley | Quality Assurance Officer | LSCFT NHS –
Angelina was very friendly and informative; I’ve come away with a lot more knowledge on testing than I did before.
Jason Watts | Information Manager | MLCSU – NHS –
A compehensive introduction to testing. Although a lot of material to cram in to a single session.
Chris Calderbank | NCA Child Health System Development, Training & Testing Lead | Northern Care Alliance NHS Group –
Excellent knowledge shown by trainer detailed explanations but was able to simplify for those who didn’t understand.
William Lugsden | Software Development Support Analysis | LTHTR (NHS) –
The course was very informative and presented very professionally.
Nathan Gray | Systems Test Engineer | ASMPT SMT UK Limited –
Lots of information, but very well delivered. Good pace. Regular breaks to digest. Good amount of example and homework questions with follow-up debrief.
Jordan Higson | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
It is a long course and I imagine doing it alone would get tedious so having someone like John able to explain and demonstrate made it easier to digest
Luke Fletcher | Software QA Specialist | Nextbase –
I found John to be very informative and helpful in not only explaining why something was correct but also why other things weren’t correct.
Harvinder Bedi | Test Analyst Consultant | Capgemini –
Course was taught extremely well in a lot of detail with many examples. John was very helpful and explained all the content thoroughly and effectively. I have learnt a lot from the past 3 days and would like to thank John again for all the support.
Steve Adams | Test Engineer | Foundry Visionmongers –
Clearly laid out, all resources are easy to access.
John clearly has the experience to answer our questions and pace the breaks!
Jodie Hooper | Junior Test Analyst | OVO Energy –
The course itself was taken really well by John – John presented all information thoroughly and clearly and was very attentive to supporting everyone’s learning needs, and allowing space for questions.
Kate Nettell | IT Trainee | Ordnance Survey –
Very well paced and thorough with friendly helpful advice and tips – extremely good 🙂
Erik Dulay | Senior Quality Assurance Engineer | Hoegh –
Richard is good in explaining and giving examples to the concepts being discussed. Not sure if he will give tips on what to focus on for the certification exam towards the end of the training . If he will then my rating would already be 5 stars!
Patricia Eugenio | IT Automation Tester | Hoegh Autoliners –
The slides are a bit too busy, thankfully Richard was drawing different diagrams to help understanding.
Rob Welsh | KPMG – Technology Consultant | KPMG –
Rosie was very good trainer but course was very slow and sometimes felt a little repetitive. We had internal KPMG training last week that was meant to build on this course (rather than precede it) so that timetable error may account for the slow pace.
Mina | Graduate Trainne | KPMG –
Rosie is a great instructor; she clarified my questions and made many analogies which helped me understand testing better.
Daniil Ivanov | Junior Test Automation Engineer | Global Inkjet Systems Ltd –
A lot of useful information. I felt comfortable in asking questions throughout the course. Fantastic Trainer
JANARANJANI MURUGANANDAM | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Good explanation and the session was going interactively.
Chika Ike | Test Analyst | WTC –
Good content coverage. Excellent communication and a very interactive session.
Karen Graham | Tester | Total Mobile –
Very informative course. There is a lot to take in.
Jobin Cheruparambil | Programme Test Manager | Sogeti –
The trainer was very knowledgeable and patient.
She went through the course material with examples and I did not feel rushed.
She kept the course interactive and made sure everyone was engaged.
Natalie Brett | Associate technician | Ordnance Survey –
Angelina is an excellent trainer, she gives very comprehensive and understandable explanations and is very welcoming of any questions. She is good at engaging with the people on the course and obviously has a lot of experience in software testing.
Stewart Benson | Embedded Tester | Rare Ltd –
Well laid out, cut out into good chunks and well explained throughout.
Mark | Test Analyst | Frontier Agriculture Ltd –
Very helpful, took the time to explain things when you were not quite sure.
Mahit Ashit | Test Engineer | Capgemini –
Course was good, I found that you needed a bit of knowledge of some words before taking it but I think I handled it well.
Tessa Atkinson – van Veen | QA Manager | Lumi Global –
Lot’s of information but most of it was very well explained by Angelina. She brought in relatable examples to make the material easier to understand
Kumarappan Chidambaram | Test Environment Manager | Sogeti-Capgemini –
It was a good training course with detailed information
Alice Maghie | QA Test Analyst | Caseware –
I think the course was appropriate. If the course had been done in a shorter time (as it has been said it used to be), I think it would have been too rushed and not given adequate time to prepare for the exam.
Ian Plummer | QA | Trust Payments Ltd –
Great course, well presented, loads of examples
Tracey McVean | Sr QA Engineer | Moody’s Analytics –
While it contained a lot of information to digest in a short period of time Angelina was very good at breaking it down and making it less daunting.
Pavani Orra | Senior Test Analyst | –
Good training course to refresh my testing basics
Shripriya Poomandalam | Test Manager | Sogeti UK –
The course material was really good and easy to read. Angelina made it interesting all 3 days and we had a real interactive session. The examples used were from real world and so easily relatable. Timing was perfect and practice papers were highly helpful. Hoping to make the best out of this.
Michael Edwards | Software Tester | Capgemini –
Well paced and explained, very friendly
David Renner | Test Analyst | Euroclear –
It was done at a good pace, with the collaborative exercises helping hugely with understanding of the syllabus content and any confusion with it.
Daniel | Junior QA Engineer | Trust Payments Ltd –
Very good course and the instructor was very good at presenting.
Andrew Pease | Software Test Lead | Ikon Science –
The course was excellent. I found it extremely useful and I have taken away very valuable information from it. The course instructor made the course enjoyable and was very good at explaining things in a way which was easy to understand.
Mert Sahindogan | Games QA Engineer | Bally’s Interactive –
She was very helpful and she explained everything really detailed and clean. I was happy with the instructor.
Charukshi Wijesinghe | Graduate test engineer | Refeyn Ltd –
Anjelina is a great coach and she explained the modules very clearly
Yukimi Nishiguchi| Functional Test Analysis| Ocado –
Very good course and easy to understand.
Andrew Cummins| QA Test Automation Engineer| TotalMobile –
Really insightful, will definitely improve the way i go about testing in my day to day
Christine Milne| Actuarial Modelling Quality Analyst| Hymans Robertson –
I found three full days over zoom, primarily focussed on following a 260+ slide deck, very difficult to remain focussed and engaged. Half days of slides with more interaction would be my preference if I have to do a similar course online. The most valuable parts of the course were the recaps at the beginning of the day, the exercises, homework and sharing real world examples. I would have preferred more exam style questions and discussions throughout.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to address a very uncomfortable part of the course on day 2 when one candidate was quite persistent with his point regarding an answer to one of the questions. I found the candidate to be rude and disrespectful to the tutor and the group. It made me feel uncomfortable and very anxious listening to this (through my headset for at least ten minutes) that I had to walk away from my laptop and take a break from the course. This was extremely frustrating and had this been a face-to-face tutorial, I suspect it may have been handled differently. I want to thank the tutor for his composure and getting the course back on track. I just wanted to point this out to tsg as it may go unnoticed to the tutors, especially while the course remains virtual, how these sort of events can impact other peoples experience and their wellbeing on a course. Given the nature of the issue, I certainly didn’t feel comfortable raising this at the time.
David Alexander Wells| Test Analyst| Computacenter (UK) Ltd –
The training officer kept us on track, was punctual, and presented the details to a professional standard.
No query regarding the syllabus was overlooked and all questions and input from attendees was positively approached and used to progress the coverage of the material under review.
Some anomalies in the material provided came to light, each was immediately attended to avoid any impact to our instruction and to avoid future courses from having the same issues.
My recommendation to your program would be to ensure you retain his services, as his training approach enhances TSG’s reputation.
Ivaylo Leonkev| Technology Consultant Graduate Trainee| KPMG UK –
Course was very well structured and presented. The pacing was good and the breaks were scheduled just at the right times.
Tiffany Hines| Graduate Software Tester| Proctor + Stevenson –
The course was amazing the three days flew by, John was a great instructor
Margo Bowes| Product Delivery Manager| Tracsis plc –
Absolutely brilliant – really enjoyed the course and John Young was excellent
Ashwini Nayak| Quality Engineer| American Express –
Overall course was good
Anusha Sundari| Senior Tester| Wunderman thompson –
Trainer had made sure that we have attention on what he is covering
Course coverage is good and exercises are very nice and the explanation to reach to the answers is very helpful, Thank you very much
Nicole Jeffery| Quality Assurance Specialist| Smartbox Assistive Technology –
John was great – really knowledgeable. We went through all of the content at the right pace, and had breaks at the appropriate times. The content when thrown at you can be a bit dry, but the practical applications, John’s writing throughout, and the mix of lecture to test questions made the course enjoyable. It would be nice to get other people’s details who are taking the course to learn from one another as well.
Yolanda Navarrete| Tester| –
Really good, well explained, and easy to follow even for a non-native English speaker.
Stephanie Lee| Test Analyst| Computacenter –
it has been a good experience, John as been very thorough when explaining.