QA/TestingTable-stakesAround since 2004
Selenium / Cypress / Playwright
Also written as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright
Popular tools for automating browser-based end-to-end tests — Selenium is the oldest and most widely supported; Cypress and Playwright are newer and generally faster/easier to write tests in.
Think of it like
Like different generations of the same power tool — Selenium is the reliable original, Cypress and Playwright are newer models built to be faster and less fiddly to operate.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Can't explain why their team uses one E2E tool over another.
Senior sounds like
Can describe what made their team choose that specific tool over the alternatives.
Ask them
“What made your team choose that specific tool over the alternatives?”