QA/TestingDevOps/Cloud
Load / Performance Testing
Also written as Load Testing, Performance Testing, Stress Testing
Testing how a system behaves under heavy simulated traffic or usage, to find its breaking point and performance limits before real users do.
Think of it like
Like a bridge engineer testing how much weight a bridge can hold before it's opened to real traffic.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Ran a load-testing tool and read the report without acting on it.
Senior sounds like
Can describe a specific bottleneck the test surfaced and what was actually causing it.
Ask them
“Tell me about a bottleneck a load test surfaced. What was actually causing it?”