Quality Assurance and Defect Management Questions

Articulate your approach to ensuring quality and managing defects. Discuss: quality gates or checklists, testing strategies (unit, integration, user acceptance), peer reviews, client feedback loops, defect triage and prioritization, severity vs. priority frameworks. At senior level, demonstrate that quality is built in through prevention, not inspected in reactively. Discuss trade-offs between fixing defects vs. timely delivery. Reference specific examples of quality improvements you've driven or complex quality issues you've navigated.